Category Archives: Planning

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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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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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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Consultation. What consultation?

The City Council has announced their consultation plans for Winchester City Council’s Local Development Framework. This is a hugely important paper for the future of the Winchester area. To quote the paper itself, it covers: what need(s) to change across …

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Planning and facilities in King’s Worthy

Another doorstep conversation about planning today – this time in King’s Worthy. Unsurprisingly, the first item to come up was the Elan development. I remember once when Michaela and I were driving through King’s Worthy saying to her – ‘There’s …

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