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Regulation 19 Objections to Loddon Garden Village (LGV).
Now that the Examination In Public (EIP) date has been set it feels appropriate to re-visit the arguments SOLVE Hall Farm has submitted...

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7 hours ago4 min read


Plan for the worst, hope for the best.
We are now hearing that the Examination in Public of the Local Plan is finally going to happen. While this is good (because after years...

paulstevens24
10 hours ago3 min read


Aeberfeld
WARNING! The views expressed in this Blog Post are the Authors own and do not represent an official change of stance from SOLVE Hall Farm...

paulstevens24
Jul 194 min read


Planning farce!
Last week’s WBC Planning Committee meeting was, in my humble opinion a complete and utter travesty. To say it made a mockery of our...

paulstevens24
Jul 174 min read
Answers came there none.
29th May 2025 It has been a while since I posted an update on the green4grow blog but essentially there has not been a great deal...

paulstevens24
May 294 min read


A review while we wait.
At a recent public meeting in Winnersh I presented some slides and spoke about the impact on our local communities that building close to...

paulstevens24
Feb 242 min read


Winnersh by-election: what lessons to learn
The Lib Dems have held Winnersh in the recent by-election, with the smallest vote share in that ward for 10 years. Standing on a...

paulstevens24
Feb 84 min read


Falling rolls - Manna from Heaven?
Most local parents know there’s currently a crisis with places in the borough’s secondary schools. The Council does, too: ‘All schools in...

paulstevens24
Feb 25 min read


Resident-friendly Councillor disciplined
Earlier this month, it was reported that a Wokingham Borough Councillor was found in breach of the Council’s code of conduct. Wayne...

paulstevens24
Jan 265 min read


The road to hell?
Above is our new banner. I suppose you could argue that the old one, with its’ “Say NO to 4,500 houses at Hall Farm” has achieved what it...

paulstevens24
Jan 165 min read


The ‘Tory plan’ to build on Hall Farm
Last autumn, Wokingham Borough Council approved the Local Plan proposal to build nearly 4,000 dwellings on countryside between Arborfield...

paulstevens24
Dec 31, 20245 min read


Clive Jones gets off the fence (at last).
Our M.P. for Wokingham has deigned to speak at long last after many years of silence on the matter of building houses at Hall Farm, and...

paulstevens24
Dec 19, 20245 min read


Lib Dem majority in the balance
Candidates have been announced for the upcoming by-election in the Wokingham Borough of Shinfield, the results of which could give the...

paulstevens24
Nov 30, 20245 min read


Hall Farm, not a problem for us?
The Hall Farm site, threatened with massive housing development in the Council’s Local Plan, lies within Shinfield and Arborfield. So...

paulstevens24
Nov 20, 20245 min read


Why inspectors reject local plans.
In recent years, quite a number of councils’ local plans have been found unsound or in need of main modifications by planning...

paulstevens24
Nov 4, 20245 min read


WBC shows how to make the schools crisis worse
WBC’s submission Local Plan (p. 35) provides for 11,968 new dwellings over the plan period 2024-2040. But will there be enough school...

paulstevens24
Oct 20, 20244 min read


Objecting to the LPU
The Local Plan Update (LPU) passed at the last full council meeting of Wokingham Borough is on its way to the next stage, the Regulation...

paulstevens24
Oct 13, 20248 min read


Towards a more sustainable local plan.
Back in 2019 a few local Parish Councillors and concerned local residents worked together to create the Arborfield and Barkham...

paulstevens24
Oct 3, 20245 min read


‘Wild statements’ on Hall Farm?
They say the Internet never forgets. Thanks to the Wayback machine, something we put on the Internet will stay there. Even when, as...

paulstevens24
Sep 23, 20243 min read


How our politicians let us down.
Grenfell Tower, and the disastrous fire that took so many lives back in June 2017 was just another example of how our politicians,...

paulstevens24
Sep 15, 20242 min read