Is Popham closing?
It was - a huge section of it to the North of the access road but Winchester City Council has put that particular project on the downers for now I am very relieved to report.
https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk...osition-plans/
https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk...osition-plans/
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From Basingstoke development plans. The zigzag line is the A303
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It was - a huge section of it to the North of the access road but Winchester City Council has put that particular project on the downers for now I am very relieved to report.
https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk...osition-plans/
https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk...osition-plans/
The land is in Basingstoke and Deane so Winchester City Council have limited powers to stop it. The main concern for those in Aviation circles should be that the current owner of the land appears to have invested some effort getting it put into the plan and whilst there are some issues identified which might hinder development none of them are what you might describe as absolute stoppers.
I haven't looked in for a cup of tea for a while - let alone alighted there - so I'm not totally up to speed on things.
Thanks for the info.
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There is a public consultation, due to end on 4 March (next Monday) https://consult.basingstoke.gov.uk/c...garden-village .
There is a public consultation, due to end on 4 March (next Monday) https://consult.basingstoke.gov.uk/c...garden-village .
Real shame I used to enjoy flying in for a cuppa and they had some good meets during the year such as the microlights show and vintage bikes and cars and whatnot and of course it'll make a few chaps - including some old folks - homeless with no storage for their old wings.
Can't understand why there hasn't been more opposition locally.
I remember when I was there almost 20 years ago, there was a rumour that John Prescott had declared it a brownfield site, so the pessimists were already predicting a housing estate.