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SIDEto EFFECTS ward from Covid-19 off Covid tax hike To ’s precept will be added played havoc with Fareham’s financ- the much larger County es, leading to the worst budgetary Council precept and that from the Po- situation in two decades and threat lice & Crime Commissioner and Fire & of a council tax hike. Rescue Service. But the wise Conservative adminis- Overall income from council tax of tration had an antidote ready for rainy £7.5m represents just 15% of the bud- days – and pandemics. get to deliver all services costing over Prudent investments and careful han- £48m. Other income is realised from dling of the coffers had built up a ‘vac- fees and charges such as rents arising cine’ of reserves, so £2m was available from the Council’s £64m commercial to inject into the budget to relieve the property portfolio, car parking charges, pain in taxpayers’ pockets. hire of sports pitches etc. Fareham Borough Council’s tax increase for Fareham’s 44,000 There is also a capital programme over the next 5 years of £86m. homes is just 1p per day and the result for the average home stays Subject to necessary viability studies, we plan to invest: at less than £3 per week for all Council services. •£10m for building new council houses “This remains almost the lowest in the country,” said Council •£15m for improving existing council houses Leader Seán Woodward, recalling that in 1999 Conservatives in- •£6.5m for acquiring new council houses herited a huge deficit from the previous administration. •£12m for a new arts and entertainment facility – Fareham Live ‘Toughest by far’ •£7m investment in improving Fareham’s two leisure centres “Now we are in a similar situation. This is the 22nd budget that I have presented to the Council and it was the toughest by far. •£0.5m for playground improvements “The economy of this country has been decimated by the Co- •£2.5m for disabled adaptation grants vid-19 pandemic and Fareham Borough Council, like every family •£10m for investment in Solent Airport @ Daedalus and business, has not been immune to the turbulence. including new buildings for businesses and jobs “Thankfully, due to Conservatives’ financial prudence that we •£6m for car parking improvements across the Borough have practised over two decades, we have been able to weather Councillor Woodward added: “I am grateful to our residents the financial hurricane. for stepping up during these tough times to help friends, “The Council has paid over £45m to businesses in the Borough neighbours and strangers. Our Borough is one amazing com- for Covid hardship by way of grants and business rate reliefs.” munity.” Fareham planning nightmare: ‘Events out of our control’ PLANNERS are tearing their hair out again, reverting from 2018 to 2014 figures housing completions over the last 3 years, after another Whitehall U-turn sent for estimating housing growth. but fewer houses have been completed the housing element of the current Councillor Martin said: “Consequently, against the Government’s requirements. Fareham Draft Local Plan to the shred- Fareham’s annual housing need has been Government added 20% to the 5-year der. confirmed as 508 homes per year, as op- housing targets and required preparation Executive Member for Planning and De- posed to 403 homes per year that the of a Housing Delivery Action Plan. velopment Simon Martin said: “We are Publication Local Plan was based upon. The Council couldn’t meet the target being penalised by events out of our con- “We must now revisit the housing re- due to being unable to issue planning con- trol.” quirement, amendments will need to be sents for 2 years due to the impact of ni- The Plan went out for consultation just put forward and also to consider the re- trates on the Solent. Simon Martin added: before Christmas after the Council ap- sponses received from the consultation. “We are lobbying Government hard to proved an earlier Government change- “Additional sites required to deliver the ensure they support us. Despite our best around allowing a lower number of houses. higher number of houses will be included efforts to issue planning permissions and Two days before the consultation closed, in an amended version of the Local Plan.” proceed with the Local Plan, we are being the Government moved the goal posts Fareham has to submit annual figures on penalised by events out of our control.” Almost England’s lowest district council tax – thanks to CONSERVATIVES 2 InTouch FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/InTouch InTouch 3 Residents’ joy as Wallington Thrills on 2 wheels and skills of life Steve’s support for those in need ‘little boxes’ hillside homes THEY will be a big hit youngsters is outstand- THE LATEST lock- meal on the table to being unable to pay bills. development is withdrawn at shows all over Fare- ing and I am honoured down has hit some He realised more needed to be done, so he set ham and beyond. to help them as a spon- families extremely up a support group to help as many people as Solent Stars is a kids’ sor. hard, resulting in them possible. It includes supplying food, offering advice motorbike stunt team “The skills they are be- not knowing which and in some cases paying bills. which trains every ing taught will help them way to turn for help. Steve thanked friends and business associates, weekend to deliver throughout their lives.” InTouch Team Leader for generously giving up their time to help. NEWS ROUND thrills on two wheels. Enthralling crowds is Steve Ingram said: “I have During the first lockdown, he set up a system InTouch Team Leader one thing, but the aim had a lot of requests for with the manager at Fareham ASDA, which al- Steve Ingram said: “This also is to build strong help from people who have not qualified for the lowed his support team to shop in bulk. Covid grants available Photo: Tim King Struggling charity and community organ- is exactly what our children need during foundations of what they consider to be assistance set up by the Government and local Manager Dean Glasspool quickly set up the isations can apply to Fareham Council for these troubled times. essential social skills – positive attitude, authorities.” system again during this latest lockdown, enabling OBJECTORS to a controversial plan to a Covid-19 special grant. “The work Joanne Bull is doing with these teamwork, discipline and respect. Problems range from not being able to put a supplies to be obtained easily. build five 3-storey detached houses on The application process is quick and the hillside overlooking Wallington cel- easy and groups who have had to close ebrated when developers were forced or stop operating due to lockdown to withdraw the application. Vibrant homes plan to revamp town centre wastelandNotes

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Lg Stay Lg Schedule of Areas Cycles Bins DIMENSIONS TO BE CHECKED ON SITE BEFORE COMMENCING WORK AND Lg Stay ANY DISCREPANCIES SHALL BE REPORTED TO THE DESIGNER. FIGURED Bins Cycles Lg Stay Total Site Area = 4160sqm/0.416ha/1.03acres Cycles DIMENSIONS MUST BE TAKEN IN PREFERENCE TO SCALED DIMENSIONS. Lg Stay Bins Cycles P1,P2,P3,P4&P9 Those successful will receive a one-off tippers. sold it to Hanover Housing Garden land in Fareham 2 Bedroom Terrace Houses access to the site at No 20A Riverside Garden Garden Garden Garden NFA = 81sqm/872sqft Rev:- Description:- Date:- Chkd by:- P5,P6,P7,P8,P10,P11,P12,P13,P14,P15,P16,P17&P18 A Changed mix of units 25/11/20 3 Bedroom Semi Detached Houses payment of £250, provided they can pro- Imperial Homes’ which was given consent for NFA = 95sqm/1023sqft town centre will be Bins Avenue, a large plot at the end of a private

Total NFA = 1640sqm/17653sqft Plot 16 Plot 14 Plot 17 Plot 15 Plot 18 Total 18 Units vide evidence to meet the criteria. turned into a smart plan will split the site 60 homes, but failed to take (5x 2bed & 13x 3bed) drive where the existing property was to P24 P25 P26 P27 Car Parking P28 P29 P30 Total Spaces 32 P31 The grant is not available to profit new housing es- around the pub’s car it up. P32 Unallocated 1.78 spaces per unit be demolished. Store to be timber shiplap boarded shed on a concrete based with a felted pitch roof Provide sheffield stand bolted to concrete slab for 2 No. Cycles Provide 5 lever mortice lock to shed door Parking & Turning

Timber Cycle Bins Lg Stay Lg Stay Bins making organisations, those with large re- park, with access via East Ward Councillor Tom Store tate if a plan for 18 Cycles Cycles It is reached via a cul-de-sac at the top P23 P22 Bins Bins

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PLAN Lg Stay P16 SIDE FRONT Cycles P15 Cycles Plot 13 Garden Garden Garden serves, or any that have received funding Garden Garden Garden an existing road into Davies said: “This is just the Plot 12 homes is approved. Bins of an increasingly steep gradient, but the Bins Plot 11 Plot 10 Plot 9

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Plot 2 Plot 1 Plot 6 Plot 5 Plot 4 Plot 3 Garden Garden Proposed Cycle Store Garden Garden pleased to see. P5 P4 Imperial Homes Company director P6 P8 P7 a dangerous blind, right-angled bend with Garden (1:100) Lg Stay Cycles P9 Lg Stay Bins P10 Cycles P11 Bins Lg Stay The Red Lion Hotel Car Park Bins Cycles Lg Stay Cycles Bins P3 Commercial Ltd Ben Olds said they “It’s on a disused site, it’s Lg Stay several other drives within a few yards. Police raid illegal party Cycles Bins Parking & Turning P2

P1 Plot 7 The Barn, Calcot Mount Business Park, Calcot Lane, Curdridge, , Hampshire, SO32 2BN A pub landlord’s licence is at risk after he want to regenerate were confident of going to provide affordable Extg Access Garden Residents also feared months of noise, P14 Tel: 01489 786670 P13 Email: [email protected] P12 Website: www.vividdesignstudio.co.uk New Access Plot 8 broke the lockdown rules. the site behind the Red Lion pub that has quickly solving a one-way access priority issue housing and the houses have Project:- Proposed Residential Development dust, and polution from heavy construction Garden Land to the Rear of

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Extg Access Road Lg Stay Bath Lane Police raided an illegal party at The been an eyesore for decades. raised by the highways authority and present- their own parking. Proposed Site Plan Cycles Fareham lorries struggling up the hill followed by an (1:200) Title:- Proposed Overall Site Plan

Client:- Delme Arms and 9 people were reported They propose building 2 and 3-bedroom ing the revised plan to Fareham planners in “It gets my backing and I Imperial Homes Commercial Ltd increase of up to 20 cars from the houses, 0 10 20 Scale:- 1:200 (@A1)

Drawn By:- Checked By:- SCALE BAR 1:200 PJD PJD for summons. houses with private parking and individual April or May. hope the planning committee Date:- Date:- more service, delivery and visitor vehicles. 06/11/20 06/11/20 Job.No:- Drg.No:- Rev:- Under lockdown, pubs must stay shut gardens, 40% of them classed as affordable. “We would like to start work in the sum- grants it approval.” 200040 03 A One property would be overlooked by except to serve takeaway food and non- Formerly occupied by Gibbon’s Foundry, mer if we get the committee’s approval,” he Team Leader Steve Ingram “It’s really important that our council makes the 5 new houses, designs of which were alcoholic drinks. its demolition in 1998 led to years of neglect said. (pictured at the site) agreed: “The site is an use of brownfield and I’ll be supporting this, described by one resident as ‘little boxes’ Fareham Council’s licensing team and and degradation. It became a haunt for junk- Tesco owned the site when it opened the eyesore, used only for illegal fly tipping. so that we can save more of our green fields.” utterly out of keeping with the village sur- the police are engaging with the licensee roundings. as a review of the licence is highly likely. Every wall in the cul-de-sac has been ‘New look’ leisure centre work advances The French connection goes live smashed down by lorries trying to turn WORK has started on trying to clear the ground ELECTRICITY is flowing between of 1000-megawatts – enough energy to THE NEW LOOK and reverse over the years and the knock- Energy efficient schools the £6.8m scheme to for the new extension and France and England as the massive power 1 million British homes. Hampshire’s schools will benefit from on effect on narrow approach roads, improve the Borough’s have built a new temporary sub-Channel project powers up. The 127-mile connection runs from £26m to make them more environmen- already restricted to one lane through leisure centres. tarmac path beside the Interconnexion France-Angleterre 2 Normandy and surfaces at Monks Hill tally friendly. Most of the cash will be fenced area. (IFA2) was tested successfully in De- Beach just south of Solent Airport at parking. was another major issue. The County Council can use Govern- spent updating the 40-year- The centre, which is run cember and has now moved to a 90-day Daedalus and goes on to a large convert- County Councillor Peter Latham, pic- ment climate change funding to improve old Fareham Leisure by award-winning Every- operational phase. er station north east tured visiting the site, supported residents’ schools’ energy efficiency as well as Centre in Park Lane. one Active, will boast new In this Phase they of the airfield. concerns, which resulted in Hampshire council-maintained corporate buildings. County Council recommending that the Since lockdown was features designed to appeal can transfer low From there, 11/2 announced in December, external works have to users of all ages carbon electric- miles of underground Borough Council’s planners should refuse Bid to halt tree disease progressed well and while the Leisure Centre is In the Western Wards, Holly Hill Leisure Cen- ity between the UK cables link it to the consent, mostly on grounds of the narrow Ash dieback disease is spreading closed, internal work was completed. tre users can look forward to a steam room and and France using National Grid at access, severely restricted visibility and lack through Western Wards woodlands. Contractors battled against bad weather while sauna towards the end of 2021. IFA2’s full capacity Chilling, near Warsash. of space for kerbside refuse collections. Holly Hill Woodland Park and White- ley have been affected, so has Wicor COUNTY COUNCILLORS BOROUGH COUNCILLOR COME AND JOIN US Copse, Portchester where 65 trees If you support Conservative principles have to be felled. Fareham Town Fareham East and would like to vote to select your Fareham Council started taking ur- Peter Latham Fred Birkett Tom Davies Council and Parliamentary candidates, gent measures in February to halt the Posbrook Gardens 22 Lynden Close 28 Old Road to attend social and political events or spread by removing infected trees while Triangle Lane Fareham PO14 3AL Fareham PO16 0QR help us by delivering InTouch in your dormant. Titchfield PO14 4HD Tel: 07505 000 987 Tel: 0783 299 1436 In many areas such as woodlands and street, then why not join Fareham Tel: 01329 843267 email: [email protected] email: [email protected] East Branch of Fareham Conservative semi-natural greenways natural regen- email: [email protected] eration will be encouraged, but in parks Association? Please call Tom Davies and open spaces trees will be replaced Whether you voted for us or not, your Conservative councillors promise the highest standards of service to everyone in the on 0783 299 1436 the following winter. WE SERVE YOU ALL community. Contact us any time and we’ll respond personally within 48 hours. 4 InTouch with Westminster Looking forward to a year of success and recovery I know that many people are strug- Suella gling with covid restrictions. However, I sincerely believe that 2021 will be a year of recovery and success for us. BRAVERMAN MP for Fareham With Brexit finally done, thisConservative Gov- BUILDING on my recent ernment fulfilled its major promise to the British visit to the Royal South people, securing a historic deal with the EU which Hants Hospital in South- takes back control of our borders, laws, money ampton to meet the team and trade restoring our political and economic behind the Hampshire Re- independence. search Hub, I am delighted We have also delivered one of the most com- that we as a nation have prehensive economic responses in the world to now passed the 15 million support jobs and businesses during the pandemic, vaccinations milestone. providing over £280bn in jobs support-including At the time of writing, the protecting 12 million jobs through the furlough UK was the first country in and self-employed schemes. the world to approve the Together, we are beating Covid. Pfizer/Biontec vaccine and Suella at the Hampshire Vaccination Research Please note that I am on maternity leave until is one of the global lead- Hub with Team Leader Professor Saul Faust and September following the birth of my daughter. My ers in its roll-out of the MP Damian Hinds. office remains fully functional and I continue to vaccine. also one of the leading Partnerships serve Fareham residents through my Proxy Vote in I know I speak for many people in the South East and the country, Parliament and representation to Ministers in the in Fareham in paying tribute to the issuing over 100,000 doses in one usual manner.’ front-line NHS staff and volun- week alone. Community First are providing a CONTACT SUELLA teers who have helped to vaccinate thousands of local people at sites safe, accessible and Covid-secure 14 East Street, Fareham PO16 0BN like Fareham Community Hospital, transport option for people in need. Tel: 01329 233573 Brook Lane Surgery, Portches- For more information see www. Email: [email protected] ter Practice and Village Pharmacy. cfirst.org.uk/transport/community- Facebook: fb.com/SuellaBraverman Hampshire and the Isle of Wight is transport-to-vaccinations. Win up to £25,000 on Fareham’s Community Lottery WANT TO to help good causes and 11 from our local area.” be in with a chance of winning up to 26 Executive Member for Leisure and £25,000? Raising 47 Community Councillor Sue Bell thanked money for Then buy a ticket for Fareham’s new good causes One Community for their efforts. Community Lottery which is now live in Fareham “ With 55 good causes registered to 14 online with draws taking place every Sat- Win cash For more information or benefit from the scheme, every ticket prizes up to to buy a ticket visit urday, having started on March 13. £25,000 www.farehamlottery.org.uk 8 purchased will contribute to the fantastic Tickets are on sale at £1 each, of which work they do across our Borough. 40p will go to one of 55 local charities possible through hard work by volunteers. “I sincerely hope that Fareham residents that have registered to take part. “This scheme will help provide vital will show their support now that tickets When you buy a ticket, you can choose support to good causes which have been are on sale.” which charity you want to support. hard hit by the pandemic and it’s lovely to Tickets can only be bought online at Funding was awarded to set it up to be able to offer a positive, simple way for www.farehamlottery.co.uk or by visiting One Community, whose Chief Executive, them to increase their income and contin- Fareham Community Lottery Facebook Jean Roberts-Jones, said it had been made ue to support people in every generation page. Steve reveals a worrying impact of lockdown on young lives DEPRESSION among children and teens and have worked in the child care sector for extreme fear of separation from parents. has become one of the main problems over 40 years. They said: “It is very damaging if left resulting from the pandemic. He said: “They made it clear that the past untreated, so don’t wait and hope the symp- Many have lost contact with friends and 12 months have had a negative impact on toms will go away. If you see warning signs, family, what they relied on in the past has children’s lives and said it was important to seek professional help.” disappeared and the disruption is seriously notice any changes and what to do in the Steve Ingram has prepared a check list affecting how they see things. event of a problem.” which parents will find useful as it details Worried parents have contacted InTouch Janet and Austen said depression in ado- changes in a child’s or teenager’s behaviour Team Leader Steve Ingram, who has spent lescents might be hard to spot as symptoms which may indicate signs of depression. weeks delving into the problem. were part of growing up, but in younger You can access the check list and get any Steve approached Janet and Austen Pearl children it may present as a morbid preoc- further information by contacting him at: ste- who run Tenja Care, a local fostering agency cupation with death or a child might exhibit [email protected] Website: www.farehamconservatives.org.uk Email: [email protected] Published by Fareham East Conservatives,14 East Street, Fareham PO16 0BN. 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