Green Belt Designation Consultancy

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Portsmouth City Council ('the council') on behalf of the Partnership for South Hampshire (PfSH) has awarded a contract to a suitably qualified supplier to provide consultancy advice to determine whether a potential Green Belt designation would be appropriate, and how to achieve it, in South Hampshire. The contract will be let for an initial term of 9 months which may then run for a further 3 months in increments set by the Council to a total maximum term of 1 year, subject to performance and at the sole option of the Council. Lot 1: Portsmouth City Council ('the council') on behalf of the Partnership for South Hampshire (PfSH) has awarded a contract to a suitably qualified supplier to provide consultancy advice around whether a potential Green Belt designation would be appropriate, and how to achieve it, in South Hampshire. This Study will follow on from the results of work to select a preferred development strategy currently being undertaken, as advised in the Specification, and consider whether a Green Belt designation would be appropriate in South Hampshire and the broad strategic locations of land that could be subject to designation, having regard to the five purposes for Green Belt designation (NPPF para 138) and five tests for establishing a new Green Belt (para 139). The existing comparative assessment work will give an indication of the most sustainable locations for development and also the strategic green infrastructure needed to deliver the development. This Study will need to provide advice to inform the development of the approach that will need to deal with how both strategic green infrastructure needs can be met and how a potential Green Belt designation could be achieved in South Hampshire. Lot 1: Portsmouth City Council ('the council') on behalf of the Partnership for South Hampshire (PfSH) has awarded a contract to a suitably qualified supplier to provide consultancy advice around whether a potential Green Belt designation would be appropriate, and how to achieve it, in South Hampshire. This Study will follow on from the results of work to select a preferred development strategy currently being undertaken, as advised in the Specification, and consider whether a Green Belt designation would be appropriate in South Hampshire and the broad strategic locations of land that could be subject to designation, having regard to the five purposes for Green Belt designation (NPPF para 138) and five tests for establishing a new Green Belt (para 139). The existing comparative assessment work will give an indication of the most sustainable locations for development and also the strategic green infrastructure needed to deliver the development. This Study will need to provide advice to inform the development of the approach that will need to deal with how both strategic green infrastructure needs can be met and how a potential Green Belt designation could be achieved in South Hampshire.