City Councillors’ News

Proposals to start using the sidings at Micheldever Station for recycling by a waste company have caused great concerns among nearby residents. The traffic application seeks permission to base 22 large vehicles in the sidings with development for offices and paper processing facilities. Access would be via New Road. Local residents alerted their neighbours and representatives, including Caroline and MP, Steve Brine. This has led to contact being made with the Parish Council by the applicant’s chief executive. He has been invited to attend a future parish council meeting to outline the proposal. Both the City and County Councils have also been involved and there is a need for a planning application to be submitted and approved before any new use can be made of the sidings. This will take many months to complete, so we will keep you informed as this matter progresses.

The three of us were briefed on emerging proposals for site allocations that may form part of the Local Plan. We were not allowed to take any information away with us nor were we given access to the detailed policy documents or the underlying rationale for any choices made. We are not able to make any meaningful contribution to the development of the new plan following the briefings, but we reiterated the comments submitted some months ago by our parish councils. We were not shown anything that gave us any confidence that the comments from the parish councils in our Ward have been listened to.

The City Council have launched a consultation website to promote proposals to develop the land owned by the Council and the railway companies around Winchester Station winchesterstationapproach.co.uk. It is unclear what might be proposed, but do view the available information on the website and add your comments in the feedback page.

You can contact your City Councillors at any time or you can catch us at any of the Parish Council meetings. None of our Parish Councils meet during August. Their next meetings are on:

Micheldever PC Wednesday 7th September

Wonston PC Wednesday 14th September

South Wonston PC Monday 12th September

Stephen

Cllr Stephen Godfrey

119 Downs Road

South Wonston

SO21 3EH

Tel: 01962 884477 sgodfrey@winchester.gov.uk

East Stratton Hall.

Victoria Hall, Sutton Scotney.

South Wonston Pavilion.

All meetings start at 7.30pm.

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