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paulstevens24
- Dec 7, 2021
- 2 min
Not enough Brownfield sites?
As ever there is plenty of interesting stuff out there on the internet, I spotted this on the Council For Protection of Rural England...
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paulstevens24
- Dec 6, 2021
- 1 min
Compare and contrast
WBC's Revised Growth Strategy: "Without effective planning policies there would be no control or influence over where and how new housing...
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paulstevens24
- Dec 5, 2021
- 1 min
15,000 houses planned for Arborfield area?
A conversation with a local landowner, who shall remain nameless, indicates that the 4,500 houses openly planned for Hall Farm are just...
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paulstevens24
- Dec 3, 2021
- 2 min
Councillor Gary Cowan writes:
The Campaign to Protect Rural Wokingham headed by the Leader Of Wokingham Borough Council and the ward member for most of Wokingham’s...
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paulstevens24
- Dec 1, 2021
- 2 min
Right homes, right places?
I will try to keep it brief, but the Right Homes, Right Places mantra being trotted out at last night's meeting is starting to grate....
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paulstevens24
- Nov 30, 2021
- 2 min
Talking Trees
Well it is National Tree Week ;-) https://treecouncil.org.uk/take-action/seasonal-campaigns/national-tree-week/ Wokingham Borough Council...
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paulstevens24
- Nov 28, 2021
- 2 min
So much more than just a few fields
Hall Farm, as an area, is steeped in local history. The site, now owned by Reading University, was once the site of a thriving community....
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paulstevens24
- Nov 27, 2021
- 2 min
Future plan for homes?
ALL of the quotes below are taken from the Campaign for the Protection Of Rural Wokingham website (http://cprwok.co.uk/what-are-the-issue...
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paulstevens24
- Nov 27, 2021
- 2 min
When is Green not green?
"Wokingham Borough Council has started the process to allocate the next phase of housing to be built up to 2036, and HALL FARM is amongst...
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paulstevens24
- Nov 26, 2021
- 1 min
A bad smell at Shute End?
Actually, it's not just a bad smell. Several things really STINK! Bad enough that Conservative Leader of Wokingham Borough Council John...
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paulstevens24
- Nov 25, 2021
- 2 min
Traffic pollution bad enough, but WBC want to make it worse?
As I sit here listening to the hum of the traffic passing along Mole Road I see an article in the Reading Chronicle:...
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paulstevens24
- Nov 24, 2021
- 1 min
SOLVE Hall Farm
Save Our Loddon Valley Environment at Hall Farm have started to distribute flyers around the Hall Farm area encouraging people to attend...
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paulstevens24
- Nov 17, 2021
- 2 min
Green shoots at Shute End?
Awake in the early hours and unable to sleep I have been struggling for a possible group name to rally around in our opposition to the...
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paulstevens24
- Nov 15, 2021
- 2 min
Building a consensus
If you are resident in the Borough of Wokingham then by now you will probably have received a flyer from Wokingham Borough Council...
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paulstevens24
- Nov 11, 2021
- 2 min
NATIONALCLIMATE EDUCATIONACTION PLAN
Reading University are apparently of the opinion that "Climate change is the defining crisis of our generation, and it will be the lived...
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paulstevens24
- Nov 9, 2021
- 1 min
Green4Grow now on Twitter
As mentioned in a previous Blog I want to try and communicate directly with students of the University of Reading. I'm doing this for a...
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paulstevens24
- Nov 8, 2021
- 1 min
Questions for Wokingham Borough Council
Ahead of the Extraordinary Executive meeting to be held at Shute End at 7.00 pm it is perhaps worth trying to co ordinate the questions...
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paulstevens24
- Nov 6, 2021
- 2 min
Where next with the campaign?
The "Just Giving" donation page has reached £190 of the £500 target. This is an excellent start, thank you very much those that gave your...
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paulstevens24
- Nov 5, 2021
- 2 min
Arborfield Arboretum?
As part of the Wokingham Borough Council's target to be carbon neutral by 2030 a commitment was made to plant 250k trees over the next 5...
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paulstevens24
- Oct 23, 2021
- 1 min
Theresa May has stepped in to the fight over proposals to build up to 250 homes on a green field.
The Maidenhead MP visited an exhibition about the scheme for land between Lodge Road and Tape Lane in Hurst last Thursday. The exhibition...
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