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PLANS GO IN FOR 750 MORE HOMES Concerns raised over application to build on Hounsome Fields site
New school building officially unveiled A £4.35MILLION school campus in Rooksdown was officially opened last Friday in front of parents and pupils. Castle Hill Primary School’s new building will provide a total of 210 new school
places for children aged four to 11 years old. Hampshire County Council’s executive member for education Peter Edgar, headteacher John Martin (centre) and
fighting hunger, tackling food waste
deputy Rebecca Willmouth were assisted in cutting the ribbon by students (from left) Jude Beatens, Mia Andrew, Ellis Osborn and Scarlett Hamilton. See page three for full story.
AN OUTLINE planning application to build up to 750 homes on land to the west of Basingstoke has been received by the borough council. The £90million proposals would also see the construction of a neighbourhood centre – including a new primary school, community centre, nursery, shopping facilities and indoor sports hall on land off Trenchard Lane near Dummer. As previously reported in the Observer, developers Wates Development Ltd invited residents to attend two consultation events in November to give their views on the proposed development. The site, known as Hounsome Fields, is already included in Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council’s emerging local plan to build 850 new homes each year until 2029 after previously being approved by councillors. And with the fi ndings of a Government planning inspector’s report into the local plan due in March, the applicants have now set out their desire to create a
The charity that tackles food waste has come to Basingstoke.. Turn to page 12
By Christian Wilson
“gateway to Basingstoke” at the 45-hectare site. The application reads: “The scheme has the potential to deliver a high-quality built environment whilst protecting and linking to its surroundings. “In addition to the muchneeded new homes, the development will bring accessible new jobs as well as regeneration and social benefits for the wider community.” The plans would see 41 fivebed, 146 four-bed, 194 threebed and 174 two-bed houses built opposite Basingstoke Golf Course just off Winchester Road, as well as 133 two-bed and 62 one-bed flats. But with around 1,000 homes planned for the golf course, and 310 houses already approved to the north of the site at Kennel Farm, Oakley and North Waltham borough councillor Stuart Frost expressed his concern that the area would lose its identity. VË Í ÖjÄË Ë¬?~jËÏ