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paulstevens24
- 23 hours ago
- 4 min
WBC planning committee breaks its own rules - but that's OK
Landowners Farley Farms unsuccessfully tried to foist a cement works and quarry on Arborfield Cross back in 2019. Now they have succeeded...
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paulstevens24
- Nov 13
- 5 min
How to get 9,000 more cars on our roads
Reading University’s proposal to build around 4,000 houses on green fields beside the River Loddon would massively increase traffic for...
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paulstevens24
- Nov 4
- 3 min
Only 3,750 new houses at Hall Farm?
So, the big news is that the University of Reading (UoR) and Wokingham Borough Council (WBC) have come to an agreement over the Local...
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Pat Phillipps
- Oct 31
- 5 min
What has SOLVE been doing?
Our campaign might seem to have gone quiet for a while. If so, there’s a reason it might look like that. We’ve been waiting to see what...
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paulstevens24
- Oct 17
- 5 min
What’s been happening with our neighbours?
We’re still waiting for our Borough Council to finalise the local plan update. While the wait goes on, let’s see how campaigns against...
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paulstevens24
- Oct 7
- 5 min
Infrastructure
Here’s a surprise! Mystic Meg predicts more houses for Wokingham. (WBC Infrastructure newsletter, 4th October 2023). Ok, so the graphic...
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paulstevens24
- Sep 20
- 3 min
Hall Farm alternatives
We have known for a long time that viable alternatives to building houses at Hall Farm are being ignored by Wokingham Borough Council. As...
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paulstevens24
- Sep 1
- 3 min
Over my dead body?
A recent Blog Post dealt with aspects of research carried out by the University of Reading (UoR) but it was pointed out to me by one...
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paulstevens24
- Aug 27
- 2 min
Remind Clive Jones what he used to stand up for!
Back in April 2022 SOLVE Hall Farm held a demonstration against the proposed building of 4,500 houses at Hall Farm, outside the gates of...
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paulstevens24
- Aug 16
- 4 min
How now, Uni-cow?
While we await the much-anticipated Local Plan for Wokingham it feels like a good time to consider some of the wider issues around land...
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paulstevens24
- Jul 25
- 3 min
People, places, and plans.
Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, has been out and about on the media circuit today. It comes...
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Pat Phillipps
- Jul 10
- 4 min
A Tale of Two Parish Councils
Pat Phillipps United reponse? In January 2022, Arborfield and Newland Parish Council and Shinfield Parish Council gave their consultation...
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paulstevens24
- Jun 23
- 5 min
Where did those housing numbers come from?
The Hall Farm proposal first appeared in the Tory council’s November 2021 draft local plan update. At that point, Cllr Lindsay Ferris,...
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Pat Phillipps
- Jun 9
- 4 min
Responses to the planning reform consultation
Pat Phillipps Tory housing policy 2020 Tory housing policy 2023 We’re told this country has a housing crisis: we...
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paulstevens24
- May 31
- 2 min
What now for the Loddon Valley at Hall Farm?
I see in the Reading Chronicle that a “local councillor” has been asking Steve Barclay M.P. “When will the new Royal Berkshire Hospital...
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Pat Phillipps
- May 18
- 4 min
How will the housing numbers change?
This blog has strongly opposed building 4,500 houses in the Loddon Valley countryside area around Hall Farm, and has suggested an...
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paulstevens24
- May 10
- 3 min
After the local elections, what next?
The local elections are over, but the local issues remain. Especially, what is to happen about the local housing plan update that the...
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paulstevens24
- Apr 28
- 2 min
Can someone please explain "eco-savvy"?
"SEVEN Reading schools got eco-savvy at a University of Reading event which challenged students to explore ways of tackling one of...
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Pat Phillipps
- Apr 28
- 4 min
Election prospects-another hung Council?
It's time to look ahead and think about what the future might hold for our rural environment in the Shinfield-Arborfield area. We are...
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paulstevens24
- Apr 21
- 2 min
Reflections on the Liberty of Newland.
The Parish of Arborfield and Newland is 75 years old today. On the 21st March 1948 the first meeting of the new Council elected Brigadier...
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