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TOURISM |
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Tourism is an important income and employment-generating
activity as the Borough contains a wide range of attractions and leisure
facilities. The results of recent tourism and visitor surveys have
shown a need for continuous improvements to the range and quality
of tourist facilities. On Hayling Island and on the mainland proposals
will be encouraged for high quality tourist accommodation and facilities
and for the extension to existing accommodation and additional ancillary
facilities. |
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TO1 |
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT
OF TOURIST ATTRACTIONS AND FACILITIES |
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Planning permission will
be granted for the development and improvement of tourist attractions
and facilities providing: |
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it is appropriate in scale, siting,
design and layout to its surroundings; and |
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it does not adversely affect the character
and amenity of the area. |
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| 395. |
The following locations on Hayling Island
have been identified as being suitable for the development and improvement
of tourist attractions and facilities: |
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- TO1.1 Creek Road
- TO1.2 Rails Lane
- TO1.3 Central Beachlands
- TO1.4 Mill Rythe Holiday Centre
- TO1.5 Lakeside Holiday Centre
- TO1.6 Sinah Warren Holiday Centre
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Tourist facilities are an important attraction
so it is important that their range is maintained and increased where
possible. Those areas which have been identified on the Proposals
Map are considered suitable sites for developing these facilities
and where their loss would be of concern. However, this policy does
not preclude suitable tourism developments from being permitted elsewhere.
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Hayling Island remains the focus for tourism
development and the above locations will be promoted for tourist related
development. The Council will bring forward its own proposals for
TO1.3 Central Beachlands for a major recreation attraction and a feasibility
study has been commissioned to investigate what type of visitor attractions
would be commercially viable. Central Beachlands is an accessible
location for leisure and recreational facilities where it will form
part of the seafront. The redevelopment of part of the existing amusement
park combined with upgrading or redevelopment of the existing buildings
will also be pursued. Development of Central Beachlands will also
enable the creation of a piazza by diverting the existing access road
to the west. |
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TO2 |
PROTECTION OF TOURIST
ACCOMMODATION AND FACILITIES |
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Planning permission will
not be granted for development which involves the loss of tourist
accommodation unless: |
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the premises are no longer viable as
tourist accommodation; or |
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alternative replacement tourist accommodation
can be provided elsewhere within the Borough. |
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| 398. |
Whilst economic and social trends point
towards a continuing decline in the traditional longer stay holiday
it is accompanied by an increase in short breaks, seasonal holidays,
day trips, business travel, visiting friends and relatives and special
interest or activity holidays. It is therefore important to maintain
and where possible enhance, the quality and range of short stay tourist
accommodation such as hotels, guest houses, holiday centres, self-catering
accommodation and in some cases, caravans. Part of this process is
to protect that accommodation from avoidable loss as there also continues
to be pressure for the redevelopment of holiday accommodation on Hayling
Island for other uses, primarily residential. The Council will expect
applicants to submit a financial statement of all relevant costs where
a case is being made that tourist accommodation affected is no longer
viable. It will also be necessary to produce evidence of marketing
of the premises for a period of at least six months to show that it
has been impossible to sell the premises as a viable concern. |
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TO3 |
TOURING CARAVAN AND
CAMPING SITES |
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Development involving the
provision or expansion of touring caravan and camping sites will be
permitted providing: |
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They are located on the mainland excluding
open coastal areas. |
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They are for touring caravans and tents
only, and do not include permanent chalets or caravans. |
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They are associated with appropriate
existing development such as a farm or recreational or tourist activity. |
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There are over 700 touring camping and
caravan pitches in the Borough, all of them on four large sites on
Hayling Island. It is therefore mainly for reasons of sufficient provision,
countryside protection and traffic control, that only the non-coastal
section of the mainland is considered suitable for further touring
caravan and camping sites. The open coastal areas are defined on the
Proposals Map in relation to Policy C3. |
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TO4 |
CONTROL OF STATIC
HOLIDAY CARAVAN DEVELOPMENT |
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Development involving the
provision, continued location or improvement of static holiday caravan
sites will only be permitted where: |
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the development would have a close
physical relationship to existing caravan sites; |
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the caravan is to be used for holiday
purposes only and has a limited period of occupancy; |
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the site is, or can be, adequately
screened from outside view; and |
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it would not result in an over-intensive
use of the site. |
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| 400. |
All licensed static holiday caravan sites
in the Borough are on Hayling Island and range from small back gardens
of houses to large well equipped sites with over 100 caravans. About
half such caravans are on sites between Creek Road and Itchenor Road
at Eastoke. The policy allows for modest expansion, provision or retention
where appropriate. |
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TO5 |
STATIC HOLIDAY CARAVAN
DEVELOPMENT IN THE EASTOKE AREA |
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Within the area shown on
the Proposals Map, development will only be permitted for static holiday
caravans or other tourist development. Any caravans must be for holiday
purposes and have a limited period of occupancy. |
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Almost all the land in this area is occupied
by static holiday caravans. In order to sustain a focus of provision
for this particular type of holiday accommodation and to minimise
the amenity conflicts which can arise where holiday caravans and permanent
dwelling houses are closely inter-mixed, this area is considered to
be only suitable for static holiday caravans. Most of this area also
has poor road infrastructure. The majority of that area to the north
of Eastoke Avenue is also part of the Chichester Harbour AONB and
borders the Chichester Harbour SSSI. If an alternative use of the
area were proposed a replacement form of tourist development would
be preferable, in order to compensate and enhance the tourism industry,
taking into account the above constraints. |
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TO6 |
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT
OF TOURIST ACCOMMODATION AND ANCILLARY FACILITIES |
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Planning permission will
be granted for the improvement of existing and the provision of new
tourist accommodation including hotels, hotels with conference facilities
and changes of use for the provision of bed and breakfast accommodation
providing: |
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in terms of its scale, siting, design
and layout it does not adversely affect the character and amenity
of the area or an existing building; and |
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in the case of a hotel or hotel with
conference facilities, a sequential study is undertaken such that
suitable town centre sites are considered first, followed by edge-of-centre
sites, district and local centres, and only then out-of-centre sites
in locations that are accessible by a choice of means of transport. |
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Proposals for the provision of an improved
range and quality of tourist accommodation within the urban areas
and in the countryside will be encouraged subject to the criteria
set out in the above policy. Within the urban areas on the mainland
and on Hayling Island proposals will be encouraged for the provision
of high quality tourist accommodation and this would include extensions
to existing accommodation and additional ancillary facilities, provided
they do not conflict with other policies in this Plan. |
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For proposals in the countryside, encouragement
will be given to the re-use and replacement of rural buildings for
quality tourist accommodation and for extensions to existing accommodation
to provide additional ancillary facilities subject to the provisions
of Policy C1. New building in the countryside for tourist accommodation,
including the provision of facilities that are ancillary to an existing
tourism use will be encouraged providing a demonstrable case for development
in the countryside is made. Such proposals will need to demonstrate
a high quality of design, appropriate siting of buildings and landscaping
in accordance with other policies in this Plan. |
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There is also demand for bed and breakfast
accommodation which is useful for those visitors wanting short-stay
holidays at various times of the year. Where the impact of granting
planning permission for bed and breakfast accommodation is uncertain
with regard to the amenities of adjoining residences the Council may
only grant planning permission for a temporary period usually 12 months
so as to monitor the situation. Where the impact of the development
is considered to be acceptable then the Council will grant permanent
permission following an application to renew the temporary permission.
Proposals will need to be appropriate in scale to their surroundings
and shall not adversely affect the character and amenity of the area. |
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