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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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So what's the point of a Neighbourhood Plan?

So what's the point of a Neighbourhood Plan?

So what's the point of a Neighbourhood Plan?

Interesting to see that houses in Shinfield are imposed on the community by WBC while houses in Hurst are rejected. After the furore over...

Oct 14, 20222 min read

The builders that could “SOLVE” Hall Farm

The builders that could “SOLVE” Hall Farm

The builders that could “SOLVE” Hall Farm

You probably already know that SOLVE Hall Farm stands for Save Our Loddon Valley Environment at Hall Farm, and I suspect you are also...

Oct 12, 20223 min read

Back to the Future?

Back to the Future?

Back to the Future?

Just to be clear, it's not just the "lefty liberal press" reporting concerns about the Governments proposed reforms to the planning...

Oct 4, 20223 min read

In adversity grows strength!

In adversity grows strength!

In adversity grows strength!

I am writing this Blog on the day the Conservatives open their party conference in Birmingham. Earlier this morning I was reading my...

Oct 2, 20223 min read

Please sign our petition!

Please sign our petition!

Please sign our petition!

THE PETITION: “I urge Wokingham Borough Council not to include any significant housing development at Hall Farm as part of its Local Plan...

Oct 2, 20221 min read

What price a game of footie?

What price a game of footie?

What price a game of footie?

Hot on the heels of the Open Letter from SOLVE Hall Farm to Helen Gordon, President of the Council of the University of Reading comes...

Sep 28, 20222 min read

University of Reading - Reputation at Risk

The following open letter was sent to Helen Gordon, the President of The Council of The University of Reading on 16 September 2022. ...

Sep 27, 20224 min read

Is the tail wagging the dog?

Is the tail wagging the dog?

Is the tail wagging the dog?

Let’s start with a recent article published in Wokingham Today: https://wokingham.today/five-year-land-supply-council-vows-to-keep-fighti...

Sep 26, 20226 min read

Hall Farm: Nature generator or cash cow?

Hall Farm: Nature generator or cash cow?

Hall Farm: Nature generator or cash cow?

"Summers marked by more extreme heat, droughts and wildfires are the new reality in Britain as the climate crisis grips the planet,...

Aug 15, 20225 min read

Drought, what drought?

Drought, what drought?

Drought, what drought?

First, compare the colour of the grass in the foreground (un-watered) with the colour of the grass in the background (very well watered)....

Aug 7, 20223 min read

Agroecology matters!

Agroecology matters!

Agroecology matters!

At the recent meeting between SOLVE Hall Farm and the University of Reading I was slightly surprised to learn that of all our ideas for...

Jul 26, 20224 min read

A walk on the wild side.

A walk on the wild side.

A walk on the wild side.

The 7th July 2022, will no doubt be remembered more for Boris Johnson resigning as our Prime Minister than for anything else, but it was...

Jul 14, 20226 min read

Do you know your swales from your culverts?

Do you know your swales from your culverts?

Do you know your swales from your culverts?

A lot has been going on “behind the scenes” with the University of Reading (owners of the largest part of the land along the Loddon...

Jun 24, 20225 min read

ASB, ASC and the APM

ASB, ASC and the APM

ASB, ASC and the APM

So let's start with an image to give some meaning to the first of those acronyms. ASB stands for Anti Social Behaviour. The picture above...

Jun 12, 20224 min read

When is Green Belt not Green Belt?

When is Green Belt not Green Belt?

When is Green Belt not Green Belt?

It was a brief moment of celebration (for me at least) when the Conservatives lost their overall majority in Wokingham at the recent...

Jun 8, 20223 min read

Where do the Local Election results leave the Local Plan?

Where do the Local Election results leave the Local Plan?

Where do the Local Election results leave the Local Plan?

An interesting question, to which there is sadly no hard and fast answer. The Revised Local Plan Update as proposed by the outgoing...

May 24, 20224 min read

What makes a “Community”?

What makes a “Community”?

What makes a “Community”?

Sometimes I wake up and whatever it is that has been happening around me seems to form itself into a post for the Blog. Other times I...

May 14, 20225 min read

Interesting times

Interesting times

Interesting times

Following on from the Local Elections held on May 5th the make-up of Wokingham Borough Council is now: Conservatives - 26 Liberal...

May 9, 20223 min read

What's new?

What's new?

What's new?

Hall Farm is back in the Media (that is NOT new). The attendance at the University of Reading by SOLVE Hall Farm members last weekend has...

May 5, 20224 min read

Housing on the Election agenda?

Housing on the Election agenda?

Housing on the Election agenda?

The Conservative ruling group sanctioned the draft local plan which the Conservative Executive approved for consultation. It sets out...

Apr 29, 20222 min read

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