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A review while we wait.
At a recent public meeting in Winnersh I presented some slides and spoke about the impact on our local communities that building close to...
paulstevens24
Feb 242 min read
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Winnersh by-election: what lessons to learn
The Lib Dems have held Winnersh in the recent by-election, with the smallest vote share in that ward for 10 years. Standing on a...
paulstevens24
Feb 84 min read
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Falling rolls - Manna from Heaven?
Most local parents know there’s currently a crisis with places in the borough’s secondary schools. The Council does, too: ‘All schools in...
paulstevens24
Feb 25 min read
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Resident-friendly Councillor disciplined
Earlier this month, it was reported that a Wokingham Borough Councillor was found in breach of the Council’s code of conduct. Wayne...
paulstevens24
Jan 265 min read
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The road to hell?
Above is our new banner. I suppose you could argue that the old one, with its’ “Say NO to 4,500 houses at Hall Farm” has achieved what it...
paulstevens24
Jan 165 min read
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The ‘Tory plan’ to build on Hall Farm
Last autumn, Wokingham Borough Council approved the Local Plan proposal to build nearly 4,000 dwellings on countryside between Arborfield...
paulstevens24
Dec 31, 20245 min read
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Clive Jones gets off the fence (at last).
Our M.P. for Wokingham has deigned to speak at long last after many years of silence on the matter of building houses at Hall Farm, and...
paulstevens24
Dec 19, 20245 min read
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Lib Dem majority in the balance
Candidates have been announced for the upcoming by-election in the Wokingham Borough of Shinfield, the results of which could give the...
paulstevens24
Nov 30, 20245 min read
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Hall Farm, not a problem for us?
The Hall Farm site, threatened with massive housing development in the Council’s Local Plan, lies within Shinfield and Arborfield. So...
paulstevens24
Nov 20, 20245 min read
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Why inspectors reject local plans.
In recent years, quite a number of councils’ local plans have been found unsound or in need of main modifications by planning...
paulstevens24
Nov 4, 20245 min read
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WBC shows how to make the schools crisis worse
WBC’s submission Local Plan (p. 35) provides for 11,968 new dwellings over the plan period 2024-2040. But will there be enough school...
paulstevens24
Oct 20, 20244 min read
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Objecting to the LPU
The Local Plan Update (LPU) passed at the last full council meeting of Wokingham Borough is on its way to the next stage, the Regulation...
paulstevens24
Oct 13, 20248 min read
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Towards a more sustainable local plan.
Back in 2019 a few local Parish Councillors and concerned local residents worked together to create the Arborfield and Barkham...
paulstevens24
Oct 3, 20245 min read
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‘Wild statements’ on Hall Farm?
They say the Internet never forgets. Thanks to the Wayback machine, something we put on the Internet will stay there. Even when, as...
paulstevens24
Sep 23, 20243 min read
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How our politicians let us down.
Grenfell Tower, and the disastrous fire that took so many lives back in June 2017 was just another example of how our politicians,...
paulstevens24
Sep 15, 20242 min read
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Two tier planning for Wokingham?
A recent article published in both the Reading Chronicle and Wokingham Today highlights plans for 230 homes at Riverways Farm between...
paulstevens24
Sep 8, 20244 min read
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When will those houses be built?
I’ve never had a soft spot for the construction industry. I’ve seen a bit too much of it around our villages. In this blog piece, though,...
paulstevens24
Aug 13, 20244 min read
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WHY I’m a NIMBY!
Some context: It is 3.48 in the morning and I cannot sleep. I get up, make a cup of tea and fire up my laptop. Funnily enough the day...
paulstevens24
Aug 1, 20246 min read
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University: ‘Do as I say, not as I do’
Do we know about the British university that flaunts itself as environmentally sustainable and a world leader in delivering ‘carbon...
paulstevens24
Jul 17, 20244 min read
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The Alternative to Hall Farm
“The houses have to be built somewhere” is a common response that we have heard over the past few years as we have campaigned against the...
paulstevens24
Jul 6, 20243 min read
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