WINCHESTER Conservatives have criticised the Liberal Democrats over the emerging local plan. They say the Lib Dems have refused to “rule out” hugely controversial proposals for new towns at Royaldown between Oliver’s Battery and Hursley, and Micheldever Station. The Lib Dems say the inclusion of both proposals on a developers’ wish list does not indicate their support. The SHELAA lists must be regularly drawn up and both were on the list when the Conservatives controlled the city council until May 2020. Local authorities across the South were expecting to have to plan for far more housing after the Government published a white paper on planning last autumn.