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Editors note.

The green4grow blog has been running since September 23rd 2021. (Scroll down far enough and you can still find all of them). In the past we have covered a wide range of related subjects, but in the run up to the Examination in Public (EIP) we will be focussed exclusively on the proposal to build houses at Hall Farm. If you would like to have your writing considered for publication then please submit it using the link below

Any views expressed here are the authors' own and are not necessarily shared by SOLVE Hall Farm, or by the editors of this website.

Readers may comment on any of the posts on this site, there is a comment section at the bottom of each post. Commenting requires you to give an email contact address.

Thanks.

Paul Stevens on behalf of SOLVE Hall Farm.

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Over-development caused secondary school places crisis

Over-development caused secondary school places crisis

Over-development caused secondary school places crisis

In the catchment area for Shinfield, Arborfield and Barkham, secondary school waiting list numbers have nearly quadrupled since 2016,...

Jan 31, 20243 min read

Welcome to gridlocked (South) Wokingham!

Welcome to gridlocked (South) Wokingham!

Welcome to gridlocked (South) Wokingham!

Shown below is a composite image put together from a satellite photo of the Hall Farm area with the proposed Loddon Garden Village...

Jan 17, 20247 min read

Consultation on the new NPPF proposals: Who wanted change, who didn’t, and what did the government decide?

Consultation on the new NPPF proposals: Who wanted change, who didn’t, and what did the government decide?

Consultation on the new NPPF proposals: Who wanted change, who didn’t, and what did the government decide?

In December 2022 the government published proposals to reform the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and asked for responses....

Jan 11, 20246 min read

Planning reforms: much ado about nothing much

Planning reforms: much ado about nothing much

Planning reforms: much ado about nothing much

At last! The much-trailed reforms of the government’s National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) were published a couple of days before...

Jan 2, 20244 min read

Levelling up Wokingham

Levelling up Wokingham

Levelling up Wokingham

Wokingham’s Conservative Member of Parliament, Sir John Redwood, made a speech recently that has significant relevance to our campaign...

Dec 10, 20234 min read

WBC planning committee breaks its own rules - but that's OK

WBC planning committee breaks its own rules - but that's OK

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...

Nov 27, 20234 min read

How to get 9,000 more cars on our roads

How to get 9,000 more cars on our roads

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...

Nov 13, 20235 min read

Only 3,750 new houses at Hall Farm?

Only 3,750 new houses at Hall Farm?

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...

Nov 4, 20233 min read

What has SOLVE been doing?

What has SOLVE been doing?

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...

Oct 31, 20235 min read

What’s been happening with our neighbours?

What’s been happening with our neighbours?

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...

Oct 17, 20235 min read

Infrastructure

Infrastructure

Infrastructure

Here’s a surprise! Mystic Meg predicts more houses for Wokingham. (WBC Infrastructure newsletter, 4th October 2023). Ok, so the graphic...

Oct 7, 20235 min read

Hall Farm alternatives

Hall Farm alternatives

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...

Sep 20, 20233 min read

Over my dead body?

Over my dead body?

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...

Sep 1, 20233 min read

Remind Clive Jones what he used to stand up for!

Remind Clive Jones what he used to stand up for!

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...

Aug 27, 20232 min read

How now, Uni-cow?

How now, Uni-cow?

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...

Aug 16, 20234 min read

People, places, and plans.

People, places, and plans.

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...

Jul 25, 20233 min read

A Tale of Two Parish Councils

A Tale of Two Parish Councils

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...

Jul 10, 20234 min read

Where did those housing numbers come from?

Where did those housing numbers come from?

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,...

Jun 23, 20235 min read

Responses to the planning reform consultation

Responses to the planning reform consultation

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...

Jun 9, 20234 min read

What now for the Loddon Valley at Hall Farm?

What now for the Loddon Valley at Hall Farm?

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...

May 31, 20232 min read

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