Major Studies Confirms Portland’s Unique Character
Character Assessment Report provides important, up-to-date, evidence to support the planning policies that go in the Neighbourhood Plan
A fresh look at the Portland
As part of the work on the Portland Neighbourhood Plan, a study has helped identify what makes the different parts of the Island special today. On the Town Council’s behalf, AECOM, a leading environmental consultancy, has taken a fresh look at the Portland in 2017. Their Character Assessment Report provides important, up-to-date, evidence to support the planning policies that will go in the Neighbourhood Plan.
The Consultation held to support the adoption of this report resulted in a number of comments which should be read in conjunction with the reports findings.
HC-Consultation-Report-For-Web-V2.pdf (website-editor.net)
Additionally further relevant information is provided by the Conservation Area Assessment
and the Strategic Environmental Assessment and Habitats Regulation Assessment which accompanies the final version of the Plan
Strategic Environmental Assessment
Habitats Regulation Assessment
Housing and Employment Land Development Report
Review of the Development Boundaries
In order to improve the currency of the report a review of the Development Boundaries was also undertaken in 2017
PNP-BUAB-Assessment-V3-Web.pdf (website-editor.net) and the resulting changes were summarised in this 2018 report
Portland-Plan-Development-Boundaries-Revisions.pdf (website-editor.net)
Green Space Review
Local Plan Land Allocation Report
The last structured review was undertaken in 2017 and the subsequent report can be found here:
PNP-LGS-Assessment-Report-Final-October17.pdf (website-editor.net)
Local Plan Land Allocation Report 2015 (link already there) also contained relevant designations and information some areas of which were updated by the Neighbourhood Plan (see Mapbook):
