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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: No.5 Fairclose and proposed new house beside it |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 4:01 pm
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AndrewRH wrote: Even with nearly 60 objections, the B&DBC and WTC have agreed that the Yew trees on Fairclose be cut.
BDBC have made no such decision, it goes to Committee on 13th October.
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: atms being out of order/empty |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 3:42 pm
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Replies: 22
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| It would be much easier for them if they had the receipt with my signature on it. |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: No.5 Fairclose and proposed new house beside it |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 3:27 pm
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Graham Burgess wrote: How much longer can we let this sort of thing go on ?
Certainly for as long as nobody is willing to visit Basingstoke to give the Committee four minutes of education on the subject. |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: atms being out of order/empty |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 3:19 pm
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Replies: 22
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| Suppose, when I see my bank statement, I say "I didn't get cash from the CoOp"? |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: No.5 Fairclose and proposed new house beside it |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 9:42 am
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Replies: 44
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| This will go to Committee. Who will turn up to put a case for preservation of the trees in a disciplined four minutes? |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: atms being out of order/empty |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 9:38 am
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Replies: 22
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| She was correct. Your signature is your acceptance of the cash as shown on the receipt, hers is that she gave it you (not strictly necessary I'd have thought) So if you walk back in 10 minutes later and claim you were short-changed (say, after counting through a wad of £10's and finding only £40 in... |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: atms being out of order/empty |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 9:07 am
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Replies: 22
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| Meanwhile: more Coop fun : If you buy individual Gingsters pasties they will cost you £1 each. But... If you buy a pack of two, it will cost you £2.49 Even more fun (and back to the topic). Yesterday the Co-Op ATM was out of order so I bought a Black Sheep and asked for £50 cashback. The Cashier pr... |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: atms being out of order/empty |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:08 am
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Replies: 22
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| The machine in the Co-Op accepts Smile and Alliance & Leicester cards. |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: Harvest Home pub |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:06 am
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Replies: 5
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| The town website has a story about the closure of the Harvest Home pub . Does anyone know if the B&W photos of Whitchurch that hung above the fireplace were saved? I'd hate for them just to be stripped out of the place and dumped. The pictures were poor copies brought into the pub by Ange Tuffi... |
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Forum: Community Events Topic: Becoming a plastic bag free town? |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 4:55 pm
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Replies: 10
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If I can still walk, I shall be rambling on Wednesday evening.
I trust that you all know that SEEDA / WA has paid for a cotton bag for every household.
Keith |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Park View Playground |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:56 am
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Replies: 12
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Also tested by small grandchildren on Sunday. Grandparents would second proposal for seats with backs if we had had any time to sit down.
I am following up a request from a local resident for a dog proof fence.
Keith |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Which green fields are suitable for housing development? |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 10:21 pm
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Replies: 57
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| I came across the response to public consultation on the SHLAA from Town Councillor Michael Fitzgerald, proposing an increase of 2,500 in the population of Whitchurch and saying that Arnolds Farm is a prime site for development. Cllr Fitzgerald owns Arnolds Farm. You can download Mr Fitzgerald's co... |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: DVD Rental Shop - RIP |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 10:18 pm
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Replies: 17
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AndrewRH wrote: Isn't town council the landlord?
Or would it still be HSBC responsibility since they are still the tennent until Nov (?) ?
Strictly speaking, the Town Hall Trustees are the landlord but they are the same people as the Town Councillors. |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Which green fields are suitable for housing development? |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 8:01 pm
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Replies: 57
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| Two Whitchurch residents planning to speak at the meeting sat there for four hours while Councillors wrangled over the principles to be applied and discussed some Basingstoke sites. The report of the Corporate Director of Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council on the sites called-in for review on ... |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Which green fields are suitable for housing development? |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 8:19 pm
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Replies: 57
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| The Borough Council Planning & Infrastructure Overview & Scrutiny Committee has agreed that the case for building houses on sites near The Gables and at the back of Micheldever Road should be reviewed by the Council’s Corporate Director before it goes forward for the next stage of planning. ... |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: BMX Track |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 3:13 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 137
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Thanks for doing that, Rob. I had emailed the responsible manager but he has just returned from his hliday.
Keith |
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Forum: Does Anyone Know...? Topic: Redwoods |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 3:11 pm
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Replies: 5
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It was rumoured (months ago) to be a combined hairdressers and cafe.
Hair soup, anyone? |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Which green fields are suitable for housing development? |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 2:29 pm
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Replies: 57
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| Three Whitchurch green field sites will be discussed this evening. I am expecting representatives from Whitchurch Town Council and residents of Micheldever Road and The Gables to attend and speak as well as me. In furthering my preparation for this meeting I came across the response to public consul... |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: DAB radio in Whitchurch |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 1:58 pm
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Replies: 9
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Mike Stead wrote: Where we are on Newbury St we can't get R4 on FM
Living right opposite you we have no problem with Radio 4 on 92.9 |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Application for Car Park on Railway Hotel site |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 4:08 pm
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Replies: 145
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| I'd welcome any response from one of the Cllrs who supported the application, to explain why they thought the 28 written submissions and that of myself and Cllr Watts did not warrant even a second's discussion, whilst the height of a porch did. Mike On their behalf, I must say that the height of a ... |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Application for Car Park on Railway Hotel site |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:53 am
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Replies: 145
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| ... we don't want Whitchurch to become another Thatcham or Woodley (i.e. large areas of housing, with minimal facilities, only accessible by car). I can't allow this slur on Woodley to go unchallenged. When I left Woodley 19 years ago I was Chairman of a brand new Youth & Community Centre built... |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Application for Car Park on Railway Hotel site |
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:05 am
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Replies: 145
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| To be absolutely clear, our elected representative Cllr Keith Watts was there, did speak as an objector (he made a special trip to be there until 9pm), and made a bloody good case for not approving the application. Thanks, Mike. In fact, I was there until 9.30 because the Tree Preservation Order fo... |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Which green fields are suitable for housing development? |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 10:31 am
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Replies: 57
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| I will 'call-in' sites WHIT007, WHIT009 and WHIT010a for reconsideration by a Committee of elected members on 26 or 29 July. Last night's meeting did not reach the Whitchurch sites. The session on Thursday is already programmed so there will have to be one or more further meetings to consider 'call... |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Application for Car Park on Railway Hotel site |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 11:55 am
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Replies: 145
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| Committee Site Visit Date: 23/07/2010 Committee Meeting Date: 28/07/2010 A panel of Committee Members visited the Railway Hotel site this morning. The applicant was not represented. The Committee Meeting will start at 6.30 pm next Wednesday. Also on the agenda is a proposal for a permanent Tree Pre... |
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Forum: Playpen Topic: Life in the old dog |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 9:44 pm
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| It is said that during a General Election (1859? 1865?) someone rushed into Disraeli's office saying "There's a rumour that Palmerston is engaged in an amorous affair with a lady half his age" :shock: . Disraeli replied "don't tell the people of England or he will sweep the country&qu... |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Which green fields are suitable for housing development? |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 1:14 pm
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Replies: 57
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| This is a disaster. The decision to include all the sites in the SHLAA is a fundamental shift in the direction that Whitchurch could take and has been made by the tories in B&DBC who don't live here. Tory democracy in action - rich developers get richer and damn the local people. This is unfair... |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: Driving people crazy - inconsiderate parking |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 12:59 pm
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Replies: 41
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Mike Stead wrote: I wonder what happened to the idea of making the whole town centre a 20MPH zone? Most cars move slower, and it would bring the people who do 40 down to 30.
A rule was found that bans 20 mph zones affecting 'main roads' where there is not an 'alternative route'.
Keith |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Which green fields are suitable for housing development? |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 8:15 pm
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Replies: 57
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| STOP PRESS I have received Draft 5 of the SHLAA. Apart from minor amendments, the Whitchurch sites are all included in the same category as before. There is also a new proposed site for housing development in Whitchurch - Land to the rear of Redleaf cottage. I am about to take a week's holiday. Whe... |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Which green fields are suitable for housing development? |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 6:36 pm
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Replies: 57
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AndrewRH wrote: Keith Watts wrote: PS, Zurich haven't given up on 08, either, but so far as I can see no resident commented on that. I did. I emailed you a copy of all my submitted comments on Thu 03/06/2010 16:45. (WHIT006,7,8,9,10a,15,16). ~Andrew~
Sorry |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Which green fields are suitable for housing development? |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 6:28 pm
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Replies: 57
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| If Whitchurch is selected as a 'strategic site' it will be BDBC Tories who select it. I will let you know when it will be useful for you to spend an evening or two in Basingstoke. If it is not, there will still be the issue of how many houses are to be built here. The coalition government has abolis... |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Which green fields are suitable for housing development? |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 5:18 pm
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Replies: 57
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| ... are all the proposed development sites in Whitchurch very likely to be included in the SHLAA if the public consultation, etc fail to stop tem? That's 06, 07, 09, 010a with a total of 400 houses. Is this correct? First, don’t assume that because the sites get in the SHLAA they will inevitably be... |
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Forum: Feedback about these forums Topic: Timeout of session when writing a post |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 4:49 pm
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| Yes, well, first there was the lady who phoned to say that the contents of someone else's bin had been tipped into hers, then the fact that the Officer who deals with this is on sick leave, etc. etc... Then the lady who called in to say that the land on which her house stands is being sold by the la... |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Which green fields are suitable for housing development? |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 12:01 pm
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Replies: 57
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| Sorry for me being thick but are all the proposed development sites in Whitchurch very likely to be included in the SHLAA if the public consultation, etc fail to stop tem? That's 06, 07, 09, 010a with a total of 400 houses. Is this correct? No you're not thick but I just lost the whole of a lengthy... |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Which green fields are suitable for housing development? |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:02 pm
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Replies: 57
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| Planning Officers rejected my comments on the Whitchurch sites so Version 4 was the same as Version 3 in these cases except that the 'Yield' for WHIT009 was reduced from 100 to 50 dwellings. All the public consultation comments will now be considered and another Version produced. Councillors will th... |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Which green fields are suitable for housing development? |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 9:40 am
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Replies: 57
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My comments on the Public Consultation can be read here. These expand upon comments that I made during the 'Councillor consultation' phase and were rejected.
Keith |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Application for Car Park on Railway Hotel site |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 9:26 am
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Replies: 145
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I'm spartacus wrote: In your opinion:
Does any new development within the AONB set a precedent for further development close by within the AONB?
No. |
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Forum: Feedback about these forums Topic: Problem using 'Quote' |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 5:46 pm
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Replies: 4
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I have a problem using the 'Quote' facility when the quoted entry is fairly long. I just had a marathon session embedding replies to 'I'm Spartacus' because after a certain number of lines the contents of the window bounce about and disappear below the lower line.
Am I alone in this?
Keith |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Application for Car Park on Railway Hotel site |
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Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 5:39 pm
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| Phillippa and Cathy and Kathy came along to a Council Committee meeting to defend their local open spaces...... etc Go thou and do likewise. How do you know that I don't? I didn't mean to aim that just at you personally but at all local people interested enough to express their views through the fo... |
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Forum: Playpen Topic: Witty phrases |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 4:40 pm
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Replies: 4
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Many are cooled but few are frozen  |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: Driving people crazy - inconsiderate parking |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2010 9:58 am
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Replies: 41
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| I was planning to post a picture here of an Andover Glass van parked in the disabled space outside the Co-op but it had gone by the time I had fetched my camera. The driver must have changed his mind after we exchanged words a few minutes earlier. |
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Forum: Does Anyone Know...? Topic: ...about bollards article in todays gazette headliner |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 1:08 pm
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Replies: 51
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Which green fields are suitable for housing development? |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 9:27 am
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Replies: 57
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AndrewRH wrote:
If comments have already been put in, then would putting in further comments invalidate the previous one?
~Andrew~
I can't see why it should. Just in case, copy your comments to me at my Council email address. |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Which green fields are suitable for housing development? |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 12:55 pm
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| Please don’t assume that your comments are not needed if you agree with the planners. Let them know what you think. As I expected, Zurich are not lying down and accepting the planners' recommended rejection of site WHIT008 as suitable for housing development. At yesterday's exhibition in Overton, Z... |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Which green fields are suitable for housing development? |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 2:34 pm
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| Article in the June 16 2010 Basingstoke Observer highlights one concern about planning all this greenfield development... Basingstoke's 'water stress' under the spotlight While the enquiry ended last Sunday, the final verdict by the Secretary of State on what changes, if any, will be made to South ... |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Application for Car Park on Railway Hotel site |
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Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 1:59 pm
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Replies: 145
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| It left me shocked that they could just manipulate that local authority. All it takes is perseverance, patience and the knowledge that you're dealing with planning officers who are overworked and go home at 5pm. It's my job as Councillor to counter that, with the evident support of local individual... |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Which green fields are suitable for housing development? |
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Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 1:38 pm
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| Does the access road to the northern car park breach the AONB? One weakness of the new Management Plan for the AONB is that it doesn't deal with the 'fringe' issues around exisiting settlement bordered by the AONB. It would be up to the AONB planning people to comment on a specific application. I h... |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Which green fields are suitable for housing development? |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 7:44 pm
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| If there isn't any prospect of development on the land north of the town just why has ZL bought it. Zurich bought Eagle Star who had long term landholdings in Hampshire. But the argument you make could equally well follow the question "why haven't ZL sold it?" They have sold off all the g... |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Application for Car Park on Railway Hotel site |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 4:04 pm
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| This 'Tescograd' idea seems to have grown over the weekend. If anything like it were to happen it would not be a result of a railway car park or the access road, it would be because the administration of Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council use their new found freedom to disperse major developme... |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Which green fields are suitable for housing development? |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 3:59 pm
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Replies: 57
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| ... development which benefits local people and not some Zurich Life shareholder. Once again, just who benefits? As always, follow the money. Interestingly, the Contribution made by Cluttons on behalf of Zurich on WHIT007 ends with: The Core Strategy should allocate site in those settlements outsid... |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Which green fields are suitable for housing development? |
| Keith Watts |
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 3:22 pm
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| Note, I'm not arguing for no new development but a slow development which benefits local people Good thinking. But at this stage just comment on the 'suitability' and 'deliverability' of the available sites. I think that should allow for comments on phasing - no sites are recommended for implementa... |
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