Update on Planning Applications October 2008
Planning History Taylor Wimpey
- Outline application approved 11/2006
- S106 signed 12/2007
- Design code application received 02/2008 resolution to approve subject to amendments at joint PDC 16/6/2008
- Infrastructure application received 02/2008 resolution to approve subject to amendments at joint PDC 16/6/2008
- Phase 1 residential received 02/2008pending decision, negotiations ongoing. Joint PDC scheduled 20/11/2008
Planning History Grainger
- Outline application approved 11/2006
- Design code application received 02/2008 resolution to approve subject to amendments at joint PDC 17/6/2008
- Infrastructure application received 02/2008 resolution to approve subject to amendments at joint PDC 17/6/2008
- Phase 1 application, anticipated submission 1Q 2009
Background
A new community is proposed at West of Waterlooville, one of four Major Development Areas (MDAs) required by the Hampshire County Structure Plan 1996-2011 (Review).
Two planning applications have been submitted to both local planning authorities:
Developers George Wimpy (UK) Ltd have submitted the outline plans for the site at Old Park Farm, south of Hambledon Road in Waterlooville to provide:
- 450 new homes,
- 24 live/work units,
- 7.29 hectares of employment land,
- provision for retail, food and drink, financial/professional and health,
- areas set aside for recreation and open space
- The construction of two new accesses from Hambledon Road.
Winchester City Council reference no. 05/00500/OUT
Grainger Trust Plc have submitted the outline plans for the site at Plant Farm to provide:
- 1550 dwellings
- the provision of 12.5 hectares of employment land (including B1, B2 and B8),
- 85 live/work units,
- mixed use land including 7.19 hectares of commercial uses, land for primary school, a local centre, land for allotments, land for a cemetery, open space, recreation and play areas,
- construction of three vehicular access points to the public highway at Maurepas Way, London Road and Milk Lane,
- Associated infrastructure including a vehicular link to Old Park Farm.
Winchester City Council reference no. 06/02538/OUT
I totally disagree with houses etc being built on the area known as newlands common,as that field(now known as newlands common) was one of the last remnants of fields which is basically the history of waterlooville,waterlooville always used to be farmland,now people like grainger are ruining waterloovilles HISTORY AND HERITAGE,by wanting to build more houses,Waterlooville needs to have some history and heritage left,to remind the people who have lived in waterlooville(and its surrounding villages ie purbrook and widley)there all their lives of what and how waterlooville used to be like,instead of allowing grainger to bulldoze and ruin the field by building houses,this should not be allowed and there should be a law against it.grainger are based in london and i dont think that they would like it if a property developer based around here decided to knock down an area of london that is basically the history of london to build houses or a shopping mall.so i strongly OPPOSE grainger building houses on the field now known as newlands common as its the local residents history and heritage
Is the area to the rear of Puffin Walk and Partridge Gardens to be developed?
David, not as part of the Major Development Area, that’s all south of Hambledon Road. I am not aware of any other planning applications for rear of Puffin Walk, but if there were, as a neighbour you would probably be notified
Thank goodness ASDA have refused to move their store to make way for a road to this new development. Where do these daft ideas come from? Put an underpass in Maurepas Way the same as I use to access the town approaching from the North. Where are these plans displayed by the way?
Mike, which plans are you referring to please?
Thanks
Help ! just seen some new plans that came through the door yesterday
looks like the field behind my house I thought was to be allotments is now to be a buliding site
I posted the mail detailed below on the Newlands site.However if anyone can answer some of my questions would really appreciated it.
As a resident of Purbrook Gardens (80) I have an obvious interest in the location of houses intended for construction directly to the rear of my property.
On previous plans I have seen there were no plans to build houses directly behind the town houses at Purbrook Gardens (am sure it was ear marked for allotments) why the change ?
It seems that of all other residents that are to be affected by this new development Purbrook Gardens is the most directly affected i.e everywhere else has either a main road industrial estate or trees or fields separating them from any construction yet we have it on our doorstep and potentially have to live on a building site for years.
I am not against the development and understand probably more than most the need for affordable housing etc as bringing up a young family with four children is far from easy.
However we have worked hard for years and have a happy and safe home so would appreciate my concerns to be taken in to account as we could be massively affected by this development !
● What are the sizes of the houses to be built on the site directly to the rear of my property ?
● Will the new houses be positioned so to over look my property ?
● What proximity of the nearest new home to mine (80 Purbrook grds)?
● What will be the proximity of the road to access the new homes to my property ?
● As the size of the gardens of the townhouses in Purbrook gardens are very small would there be an opportunity to purchase additional land to improve on this for the residents ?
I have some other real concerns
My first concern is one of access to the new homes
Regards the use of the alleyway between my property (80) and that of (81).
As I am led to believe the alleyway is private and for use of the residents to access there properties and “not” a public footpath.
However it already acts as a public footpath for every Dog owner and rambler in the area who are too lazy to use the public footpath access on the London road. (most are considerate)
However I have had a number of near misses with people on push bikes, mini motos’s and dog owners letting dogs off leads to run though the alleyway as we exit our property (I have a 2 yr old and 3 yr old so its a real worry that they could be hit my a push bike )
We have also had lots of Damage to the fencing over the years by people learning over the fence into our property and bikes scraping down it etc
The alleyway is a narrow space that echo’s noise between the two buildings and both my property and (81) front door open onto it.
My concern is that it will be use in the same way by all the new residents of the development as it will certainly be the shortest route to the shops etc for any home built to the rear of Purbrook Gardens and hence the problems we currently have will just get worse..
My other concerns are of Health and safety
Its obvious form the plans that we will be living right on top a building site when works starts and hence have to noise and other pollutants and have real concerns living so close to a building site with young children and want to know how you intend protecting the site for access by inquisitive children etc.
The other is in relation to the Gas plant near to Purbrook Gardens.Has the proximity of the new houses to the gas plant been looked into and are there any health and safety report’s available ?
I look forward to receiving your reply
Mr L.Cole
Mr Cole, I’m not in the office today but will reply fully tomorrow
I. Completely agree with Darren Platt.