City Councillors’ News

The Council’s new Sport and Leisure Park at Bar End is nearly complete and should start being used in the next few weeks, just as other indoor sports facilities begin to open up again. With a large sports hall, several studios, a huge gym and 4 pools, including a 50m pool that will normally operate as two separate facilities, and a hydrotherapy pool, the new centre will offer many new leisure and fitness opportunities. I hope that you will be able to benefit from this large investment of public monies.

Many hundreds of people have responded to the public consultation on the City Council’s Strategic Issues and Priorities document. This document does not allocate sites for development but will set down the approach for those allocations. The next stage will be for the Council to agree the preferred option and then to start allocating land for development. This should start in June.

We were pleased that the Government has allocated several significant grants to some of the artistic performance organisations and venues in and around Winchester. Funding from the Culture Recovery Fund has gone to the Theatre Royal, The Railway Inn, Hampshire Cultural Trust and several other groups. We hope that this will help this important sector to recover from the pandemic lockdowns. Government financial support is still available for qualifying businesses through Winchester City Council. Contact one of us for details.

Local elections will go ahead this year on 6th May 2021. You will be able to vote in elections for a County Councillor, a City Councillor and the Police and Crime Commissioner. Voting in person will take place in the normal polling stations from 7am until 10pm on election day.

Following the Government decision not to extend the period allowing councils to meet online from 7th May 2021, Parish Councils are soon to start meeting face-to-face again. Micheldever PC will meet online on Wednesday 5th May; Wonston PC and South Wonston PC are yet to announce their plans. Please look at their websites for details. All City Councillors are available for you to contact at any time.

Stephen

Cllr Stephen Godfrey 119 Downs Road South Wonston SO21 3EH Tel: 01962 884477 sgodfrey@winchester.gov.uk

Caroline

Cllr Caroline Horrill Wheatlands Woodman Lane Sparsholt SO21 3SH Tel: 01962 776844 chorrill@winchester.gov.uk

Patrick

Cllr Patrick Cunningham The Corner House North Drive Littleton SO22 6QA Tel: 07866 367897 pcunningham@winchester.gov.uk