PLANS have been put forward to build a huge 2,500-home garden community around Farleigh Wallop in Basingstoke. However, this project has been met with fierce opposition from residents who have formed an action group, calling on Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council to stop this proposal from going ahead. Here is everything you need to know about the project, its impact, and the opposition.
What is the project? Named ‘Upper Swallick Garden Community’, the project is planned by Viscount Lymington and the Trustees of the Portsmouth Settled Estates.
Where is it planned? The 302.77-ha site is an extensive, undulating tract of arable farmland stretching east from the M3 on the southern side of Basingstoke, and immediately south of Cliddesden village. The site comprises a number of agricultural fields divided by hedgerows, small tracks and lanes. The site falls into three Parishes: the majority of the site falling within Cliddesden CP, a large portion within Fairleigh W
The former estate agents at 51 High West Street, centre ANOTHER Dorchester town centre office building could be converted to flats. The latest application is for a former estate agents at 51 High West Street, with a request to Dorset Council for a change of use from office and ancillary accommodation to provide three flats. One would be one-bed, the others both two-bed. The building is listed, grade 2, and lies within the town’s conservation area. A similar application was made for a nearby building earlier in the month which was supported by Dorchester town council. Other local application include - 23 Cornwall Road, new home with integral garage and garden store; 52 & 52A South Street, two storey rear extension and internal alterations; Watcombe Farm, Forston installation of ground source heat pump; 18 Long Street, Cerne Abbas, internal and external alterations to include a single storey extension; 4 Walnut Court, Hawthorn Road, Charlton Down, garden room; Manor
The proposed development area PLANS have been put forward to build a huge 2,500-home garden community around Farleigh Wallop in Basingstoke. However, this project has been met with fierce opposition from residents who have formed an action group, calling on Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council to stop this proposal from going ahead. Here is everything you need to know about the project, its impact, and the opposition.
What is the project? Named ‘Upper Swallick Garden Community’, the project is planned by Viscount Lymington and the Trustees of the Portsmouth Settled Estates.
Where is it planned? The 302.77-ha site is an extensive, undulating tract of arable farmland stretching east from the M3 on the southern side of Basingstoke, and immediately south of Cliddesden village. The site comprises a number of agricultural fields divided by hedgerows, small tracks and lanes. The site falls into three Parishes: the majority of the site falling within Cliddesden CP, a l