Category Archives: Housing

Micheldever Station Eco Town Success

One piece of good news today. The Government has made it clear that Micheldever Station is not going to be one of its new eco-towns.

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Micheldever Station Eco-Town – still a bad idea – and still not eco

I went to the annual general meeting of the Dever Society last night. Steve Tilbury, the Head of Operations at Winchester City Council was there and made an excellent and informative presentation. As part of it, he referenced an …

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Finally… LDF consultation moved to a more suitable venue

After all our previous efforts, the council has finally moved the Winchester consultation meeting for the Local Development Framework to the Guildhall.
This means that there now spaces available on January 17th.
As mentioned previously, this is a hugely important paper for …

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One step forward – two steps back

After all our pressure back in December, the good news is that there is now going to be an extra consultation workshop for the City Council’s Local Development Framework in Littleton Village Hall.
But the two other consultations in the new …

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Micheldever Eco-Town: not eco at all

The Dever Society has launched an online petition against the proposed Micheldever Station Eco-Town.
Despite the Town’s supposed environmental credentials, I’m also opposed and have signed the petition, primarily because the Town’s environmental credentials are a sham: the proposal is not …

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