Arborfield and Newland Parish Council, working with Barkham Parish Council, are preparing an update to their joint Neighbourhood Plan. The old plan is over 5 years old and needs a lot of work to bring it up to date with the new National Planning Policy Framework . The Neighbourhood Plan will sit alongside the Local Plan to guide development in our area. It is very much still a work in progress but the website for it will be going live HERE very soon. Public consultation/info

The Inspectors will consider the material they gathered at the first stage of the EIP and should arrive at an initial decision regarding the “soundness” of the plan around early 2026.  At this point the inspectors will decide whether to move on to the stage 2 hearings on the plan or that major modifications are required, in which case the ball will be back in the court of WBC. Meanwhile we have two of the three developers for the Loddon Garden Village site putting in planning

The main body of this blog was sent to me by a resident, who, having attended one of the University of Readings information meetings found themselves less than happy with the answers given to their questions about the likely impact of the additional traffic generated as an inevitable consequence of nearly 4,000 houses being built on green fields with very little in the way of existing transport infrastructure. The transport data to support the Local Plan Update is available t

Now that the Examination In Public (EIP) date has been set it feels appropriate to re-visit the arguments SOLVE Hall Farm has submitted...

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...

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...