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The new house will be in the garden of Plover Hill. Image: Winchester City Council planning application PLANNING chiefs reluctantly approved a new home in Compton Down despite fears that it would increase traffic issues. A plan for a three-bedroom house in the garden of Plover Hill, Field Way, went before the city council’s planning committee last Thursday. The application drew a number of objections, particularly from the Compton Down Society and the parish council. Parish council re...

AN infill development in Winchester has been approved, despite dismay that there will be no affordable housing. Developer Chris Rees and Alfred Homes applied to knock down four detached houses on 1-4 Woodpeckers Drive, Weeke, and build 19 new upmarket homes, a mix of flats and houses. The planning committee heard that the high cost of assembling the land had made having affordable housing unviable. But councillors argued that the scheme should have included an affordable element, either...

THE FIRST major visible extension on a street of suburban houses in Winchester has been approved. Phil and Claire Szakowski applied for the extension over the garage of a house at 13 Harestock Close, Harestock. Planning officers recommended approval but there were seven objections and also the local parish council. A report to the planning committee said: "The character of Harestock Close is provided by the identical design of dwellings. Due to the subservience of the extension, the bui...

CITY councillors have approved revised plans for a new care home in Otterbourne. Barchester Healthcare applied to alter permission for a 62-bedroom facility and nurses accommodation on the site of the demolished Captain Barnard public house on Otterbourne Road. That scheme was approved in February and now Barchester has applied to add two bedroom and remove the nurses accommodation and provide 21 parking spaces. Planning officer Verity Murphy told the planning committee that the overall...

CITY councillors have approved revised plans for a new care home in Otterbourne. Barchester Healthcare applied to alter permission for a 62-bedroom facility and nurses accommodation on the site of the demolished Captain Barnard public house on Otterbourne Road. That scheme was approved in February and now Barchester has applied to add two bedroom and remove the nurses accommodation and provide 21 parking spaces. Planning officer Verity Murphy told the planning committee that the overall...

The planning committee approved amendments to houses being built by Shorewood Homes, off Downside Road, Teg Down. Earlier this year the council lost an appeal over the scheme after it had rejected amendments to one of the houses called Hazelwood, with its “unnecessarily restrictive” decisions criticised by the planning inspector who awarded partial costs against the city council. The proposed changes attracted seven objections and one neighbour, a Mr Spencer, told the committee there ...

WINCHESTER planners have resisted a proposal to radically alter an edge of town superstore in order to protect the city centre. City councillors say proposals by Royal London, for the Homebase store on Easton Lane, would damage the vitality of the High Street. Homebase oppose the application and says it wants to remain on the site with a new lease signed at the end of 2019 running until the end of 2024. Royal London said they will not try to change the store with Homebase there but were...