Category Archives: Housing

A big thank you to everyone who sponsored the ‘Big Sleep Out’

Thank you to everyone who gave so generously to members of the Lib Dem Sleep Out team (or anyone else!) as part of the Big Sleep Out. Thanks to your generosity the Lib Dem team has so far raised more than £3,800 towards the Nightshelter and …

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City Council’s survey totally misleading

There’s a big problem with the Winchester City Council survey which they’ve used to conclude that people locally want step-change growth or to build on Barton Farm. The problem is that their survey doesn’t include enough people from the city …

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Police Headquarters move should be an opportunity, not a threat

I’m surprised that the Chamber of Commerce and George Beckett are so negative about the impact of the move of the Police Headquarters from Winchester to Chandler’s Ford. This is not the same as a big local business going bust …

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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 article …

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