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Urban Capacity Study (Revised July 2002)
This study was undertaken in the autumn of 2001, as part of the review of the Portsmouth City Local Plan. Its purpose is to assess the city's potential to accommodate new residential development. In doing so, it has built upon the work of a previous study in the context of the local plan review, published in December 1999 as Topic Paper No. 13.Since the initial study was published, the Government has formally introduced, through the revised Planning Policy Guidance Note 3: Housing, an expectation on local authorities to undertake urban capacity studies for their areas. This focus on urban capacity studies has developed from the Government's commitment to achieving a national target of 60% of all new housing on previously developed ("brownfield") sites.
Urban Capacity Report (Revised) (0.25 MB)
Map 1 - Paulsgrove area (0.76 MB)
Map 2 - Cosham / Drayton area (0.72 MB)
Map 3 - Hilsea / Port Solent (0.83 MB)
Map 4 - Central Portsea Island (0.98 MB)
Map 5 - Old Portsmouth / Southsea (1.01 MB)
Map 6 - Eastney / Milton area (0.82 MB)
