Category Archives: Littleton

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 …

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Post Office Closures – despite all the hard work, almost all closures to go ahead

Well now we know… After all the effort people made across Hampshire to argue for their local post offices, almost nothing has changed. Only one Post Office (Goodworth Clatford, near Andover) managed to get a reprieve. A branch in Whitbury …

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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 …

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Taking the post office campaign to Whitehall

The Government decided to close these 2,500 post offices. Post Office Management are just administering a government decision. That’s why I was in Downing Street today with Chris Huhne MP, Sandra Gidley MP and Councillor Kelsie Learney presenting the petitions we collected opposing the closure.

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Littleton Post Office – a strong case against closure

Just back from an excellent meeting about Littleton Post Office in Littleton Village Hall – exceptionally well chaired – and very constructive. Around 200 people were there to question two senior post office managers about the plans to close Littleton …

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