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paulstevens24
Feb 23, 20232 min read
Sustainable Transport and the Local Plan Update
Let’s look at some facts related to Reading University’s proposal to build 4,500 dwellings on the countryside around Hall Farm. • ...
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Pat Phillipps
Feb 16, 20233 min read
Local plan consultation - what’s happened?
The WBC Local Plan was put out for consultation again after the failure of the Grazeley scheme two years ago. A fair number of sites were...
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paulstevens24
Feb 10, 20232 min read
SOLVE Politics
How many times in recent days, months or even years have you sighed in despair at the parlous state of politics in this country? Would...
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paulstevens24
Jan 30, 20233 min read
Our neglected infrastructure: Schools and surgeries
Over a decade ago, the south of the borough was targeted for massively increased house building. But what infrastructure was put in...
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paulstevens24
Jan 25, 20235 min read
Watch this space!
The Green Belt is an area of land surrounding urban areas in the UK that is protected from development in order to preserve the...
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paulstevens24
Jan 17, 20234 min read
Brownfield not Greenfield, please!
In a recent edition of the Daily Express was an article headlined “Rural villages 'under assault' by greenfield property development”. In...
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Pat Phillipps
Dec 30, 20223 min read
"Trying to make housing sound popular"
Reading University’s ‘Garden Village’ Pat Phillipps The University of Reading wants to sell off the fields between Shinfield, Arborfield,...
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paulstevens24
Nov 12, 20224 min read
Bob de Builder wins Greenwashing Award!
No disrespect to the hard work of many at the University of Reading (UoR) in their highly commendable efforts to reduce the carbon...
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paulstevens24
Nov 2, 20224 min read
How Woke is Wokingham?
Suella Braverman is much in the news, although Matt Hancock seems to be doing his best to knock her off the front pages! Matt is free to...
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paulstevens24
Oct 14, 20222 min read
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...
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paulstevens24
Oct 12, 20223 min read
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...
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paulstevens24
Oct 4, 20223 min read
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...
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paulstevens24
Oct 2, 20223 min read
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...
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paulstevens24
Oct 2, 20221 min read
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...
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paulstevens24
Sep 28, 20222 min read
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...
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colwatts145
Sep 27, 20224 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. ...
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paulstevens24
Sep 26, 20226 min read
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...
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paulstevens24
Aug 15, 20225 min read
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,...
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paulstevens24
Aug 7, 20223 min read
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)....
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paulstevens24
Jul 26, 20224 min read
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...
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