In Twithouch our community Conservatives – AUTUMN 2011 Planning brief seals future for Coldeast site THE FUTURE of the 150- •Affordable and sheltered acre Coldeast site has housing been settled once and for •Recreation and leisure all and promises tremen- •Site option for a swimming dous public benefits. pool These include an extension •Cemetery and allotments to the new Community •Biodiversity enhancement Hospital, a swimming pool •Accessible parks, wood- and many more. lands and green spaces It’s taken a 25-year strug- •Repair and re-use of listed gle, much of it against the buildings including the last Labour Government’s mansion and its landscape. Looking ahead: Whiteley Councillors David Swanbrow dictatorial planning policies, Coldeast’s planning history (left) and Seán Woodward visit the Coldeast site. to achieve. dates from 1986 when an There are 10 acres for only after we lost the plan- With a relatively small price application for 800 houses healthcare uses, including ning appeal that it was zoned to pay in new housing, the was refused by the Council. expansion of the community in part for housing. Conservative-led Borough Numerous applications and hospital. “This development brief Council tipped the planning refusals followed, culminat- Other uses include Lord finally settles the future of the scales very much in the pub- ing in an appeal decision Wilson School, Royal Mail site in perpetuity and lic’s interest by adopting the when former Deputy Prime sorting office, Coldeast ensures that with a limited Coldeast Development Brief. Minister John Prescott gave Mansion and its grounds amount of extra housing Had former Deputy Prime consent for 250 houses. which comprise 11 acres, so there will be tremendous Minister John Prescott got His decision affected 35 housing will occupy about a community benefits. his way, 1,000 more houses acres. third of the site and over half “Without the new facilities would have been added. The development brief pro- will be handed to the and handing over of the land Councillor Seán Woodward poses a further 170 homes Borough Council to maintain. the housing cannot happen. said: “It will ensure develop- and up to 60 for sheltered Councillor Woodward said: “It is important that addition- ment is planned and deliv- accommodation on 17 “I worked successfully for al money is generated from ered in an integrated and acres, plus 77 acres for open over 20 years as a the housing to provide comprehensive manner.” space and community facili- councillor to keep building off improvements to education The brief provides for: ties. the Coldeast site and it was and transport locally.” Olympic daffodil rings reminder of the greatest sporting show on earth SPRINGTIME at the Allotment Road recreation ground in Sarisbury will bring a colourful reminder of the momentous spectacle to come later in the summer. Sarisbury Athletic Cricket Club, the Fareham in Bloom team and Councillor Seán Woodward are pictured planting daffodil bulbs in the shape of the symbolic Olympic rings. Local sporting organisations joined the Community and Streetscene team and Fareham in Bloom volunteers to plant bulbs to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and create a lasting legacy. The bulb planting took place at the four newly nationally- designated Queen Elizabeth II playing fields in the Borough at Allotment Road, Wicor in Portchester, Bath Lane in Fareham and Seafield Park in Hill Head. •Olympic torch comes to Fareham. Page 4 We keep In Touch throughout the year - not just at election time In Touch 2 Autumn 2011 Whiteley Matters Community funding helps Whiteley girl footballers buy new kit NEWS WHITELEY Wanderers months and is a real success excellent relationship the club Football Club has been story within the local football shares with the local schools. BRIEFS awarded £600 to buy 16 new community. Whiteley Wanders FC has kits for the newly formed “The money awarded from also recently been awarded girls' team. the Community Fund will help the Charter Development Club Borough Council Leader the team buy the new kits." Standard by the Football Councillor Seán Woodward The girls were invited to join Association which recognises said: "The team has been the team through the school- the high standard of the club's established in the last three club link project showing the facilities and its coaching team. Reckless cyclists put school Council acts Whiteley on-line to stop illegal If you would like to kids’ safety at risk, police warn parking at get "on-line" with RECKLESS cyclists are threatening way to and from school, often without junctions members of the com- school children’s safety on the any audible warning. munity in a friendly, greenway network in Whiteley and “The police have now become COMPLAINTS non-threatening police are warning them to slow involved at our request to issue friendly about illegal park- atmosphere to dis- down. warnings to some cyclists to watch their ing near junctions cuss issues about liv- It was built for shared use of cyclists speed and to give an audible signal in Whiteley have ing in Whiteley, and pedestrians and is now more heav- when they approach. led to the Borough or any ily used by cycle commuters following “We have a wonderful network of Council painting other topics of inter- the improvement of the cycle route greenways in Whiteley which are double yellow est then there is only between Solent Business Park and enjoyed by all – walkers, cyclists, lines. one place to go. Swanwick Railway Station. young and old. The culprits are Log on to Whiteley Councillor Seán Woodward said: “We “All groups can and have safely co- some parents with Community Forum at have received several complaints existed for many years and with a little children at Whiteley www.whiteleyforum.n recently about the reckless behaviour commonsense and courtesy from a Primary School and et of a minority of cyclists who are riding minority of cyclists will I am sure do so others. very fast among young children on their again.” The problems Cash in hand involve people leav- Councillor Seán New pavement makes it safer for pedestrians ing cars too close to Woodward still has the junctions with £2,500 left in his PEDESTRIAN safety Yew Tree Drive and County Council on Sweethills Arabian Gardens grants fund ready to Crescent has been and occasionally award towards improved. parking on the south deserving community The County Council side of Rookery causes. has built a new pave- Avenue, reducing ment on the Buchan the road to a single Dictionary gifts Avenue side of the road lane. For several years, leading to the Painting of double County Councillor Strawberry Track and yellow lines should Seán Woodward has roundabout. help prevent this with funded the Rotary County Councillor a proposal to reduce Club of Whiteley to Seán Woodward said: “We have ment ran out, which is on a bend the speed limit from present dictionaries received complaints about the dan- and down a hill. 40mph to 30mph. to school leavers at gers for children walking to school “This new pavement will make Signs have also Sarisbury Church of needing to cross at the Buchan walking on Sweethills Crescent been erected warn- England Controlled Avenue pillar box where the pave- safer.” ing of school children Junior and Whiteley in the area. The new Primary Schools. Tree control Collapsing Oh yes it is! regulations have He has just award- THE Council will THE surface of Yew IT’S PANTO time been approved and ed £400 again for this carry out work on Tree Drive between again at Ferneham the painting should year’s leavers to trees and shrubs Sweethills Crescent Hall, Fareham. be done soon. receive the books. forming a buffer roundabout and Gull ‘Beauty and the Ward councillors, “A dictionary is between housing Coppice is collaps- Beast’ is this year’s county councillor, the appropriate to give to and Yew Tree Drive. ing in several show from December school’s head children moving from It’s part of the long- places. 9 to January 1. teacher, Winchester primary to secondary term tree manage- Seán Woodward Call the booking City Council and the school and I am sure ment plan for has asked the high- office on 01329 police were consult- they will treasure Whiteley and is due to way authority to fix it in 231942 or email boxof- ed and supported them in later life.” take place this winter. the next financial year. [email protected] the proposals. Autumn 2011 In Touch 3 Whiteley Matters Community Hospital is Whiteley’s church where you can’t take a pew surgery option So the congregation He asked whether “I’m amazed they attends services in building a church are apparently HAMPSHIRE NHS the Community would be a legitimate unaware of the exis- has suggested 3 Centre. charge on the devel- tence of the church options if the pro- But all that may opment consortium. group. Now they posed closure of WHITELEY church change when 3,000 Planning consult- most certainly are. Locks Road Surgery has existed for 20 new homes are ants acting for the “The consortium goes ahead. years, but you can’t added to the area. development consor- will, I hope, now 1 Transfer to the worship in it. County Councillor tium agreed it could, agree that the build- Whiteley Surgery. The Church owns Seán Woodward but knew nothing ing of a place of wor- 2 Transfer to an the site pictured raised the issue at a about the Whiteley ship is a reasonable extended Brook Lane above, but can’t recent North of church group that thing to do for the surgery. afford to build. Whiteley Forum. might want to run it. community,” he said. 3 Use space at the Community Hospital for a new surgery. Countryside and a community will be Option 1 is impracti- cal for most residents swamped by vast North Whiteley plan as the Whiteley WINCHESTER City Council Whiteley is entirely on countryside Surgery is too far. wants to double the size of which has been in the control of a Share a taxi In the circum- Whiteley by adding 3,000 homes. development consortium for sever- to hospital stances, using It would extend Whiteley north- al years. accommodation in the wards into Curbridge and, if Councillor David Swanbrow, who A BOOKABLE Community Hospital approved by an inspector at a pub- represents Fareham Borough taxi-share service would be the pre- lic inquiry into Winchester’s new Council on the North of Whiteley is running to take ferred option. local plan next year, construction Forum, said: people to the Councillor Seán would begin in 2013. “This is a vast development of Community Woodward said: It would bring about the comple- concern to a number of people both Hospital. “Whiteley Surgery tion of Whiteley Way northwards to from within Whiteley and in It follows withdraw- was built for Whiteley join the A3051 Botley Road at Curbridge, a small community al of the local bus patients and can take Curbridge. which risks being overwhelmed by service and will run them from the existing This is likely to be early in the this major development. for a trial period. Whiteley and from development, so Yew Tree Drive “There are, however, several It will start at the the proposed dou- would also be opened to all traffic major infrastructure benefits once Lockswood Centre bling of its population. as the condition in the Fareham Whiteley is expanded, including with pick-up points “It is on this basis local plan would have been met. Whiteley Way, a secondary school at several locations. that the Council Development of the land north of and more primary schools.” Costs will be £2.10 agreed to sell the doc- single or £3.50 tors the land. Popular traders’ carol service gets a cash grant return, with reduc- “It is unlikely it could COUNTY Councillor Seán It takes place on Monday, tions for children. accommodate all the Woodward is again supporting December 12 at 7pm. Bus pass holders patients the popular Park Gate traders’ The traders supply hot mince travel free. as well as those of an carol service with a grant to pies and soup and there will be a Call 01962 846786 expanded Whiteley.” cover the costs. raffle. for information. SARISBURY & WHITELEY CONSERVATIVES Do you support Conservative principles? Would you like to VOTE to select your Council and Parliamentary candidates? Would you like to ATTEND social or political events with like-minded people? Would you be willing to HELP us by deliver- ing InTouch newsletters in your road? If your answer to any of these questions is YES then why not JOIN the Sarisbury & Whiteley Branch of Fareham Conservative Association? Please telephone David Swanbrow on 01489 572723. WARD COUNCILLOR WARD COUNCILLOR COUNTY COUNCILLOR & Sarisbury & Whiteley Sarisbury & Whiteley Fareham Sarisbury

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High tech treatment at the vets’ YOUR voice in Westminster by MARK HOBAN MP for Fareham

Contact Mark on 01329 233573 or www.markhoban.com Their questions often put me on the spot Anthony’s RC Primary School and Cams Hill have new freedoms to build on their success. DESPITE the challenging economic climate, Year 5 pupils at Wicor local businesses thrive. Primary School put me New technology helped Titchfield’s Eaton on the spot by asking Aerospace win the contract to make the fuel for my election winning system for the new Boeing 787. Man’s best tips just before they friend gets high tech treatment at the hold their own elec- Companion Care vets’ surgery which I opened. tions. When I visited Henry View from the battlements I NEVER cease to be impressed Cort Community College stu- by our local schools - whether it’s dents explained how we could JAMES Humphrys from the questions pupils ask or the improve facilities for teenagers in the Environment commitment of staff and students Titchfield Common. Agency took me to the to raise standards. The Principal, Phil Munday, top of Portchester Congratulations to two local then took me to talk to students Castle to talk about schools on becoming the first about their work as part of an flood and environmen- academies in Fareham: St anti-bullying day. tal risks. Historic day for Fareham when Olympic torch blazes into town IT’S MADE from gold coat- strating a commitment to ed aluminium, pierced with Olympic values. 8,000 holes and shaped Any school or college in like an elongated cornetto. the UK can become a And it’s coming to member of the ‘Get Set’ Fareham. network and receive Even its designers admit rewards and recognition the Olympic torch has a from London 2012. slightly ‘bling’ appearance, Fareham is one of over but nobody among the thou- 1,000 villages, towns and sands expected to line cities announced by the Fareham’s streets to see the London Organising relay of runners bearing it Committee of the Olympic towards its destination will care much and Paralympic Games about that. be coming to Fareham as part of its through which the Olympic flame will The symbolic flame, lit by 11 ‘vestal 8,000 mile journey to the Olympic be carried by relays of torchbearers. virgins’ at Olympia in Greece and mak- Stadium in London." The 30-inch tall torch has 8,000 laser- ing a 70-day journey across Britain He made the announcement with pierced holes, each representing a from Land’s End to the Shetland Council Executive Leader Councillor relay runner and the distance the flame Islands, will be passing through on Seán Woodward, pictured in Westbury travels, and the triangular sides reflect Sunday, July 15 – 12 days before the Manor Museum garden with the 1948 the three Olympiads staged in Britain. opening of the London 2012 Olympics. London Olympics torch, where they The torch that passes through Fareham Mayor Councillor Trevor greeted representatives from the 10 Fareham will be one of 8,000 made by Cartwright said: “It’s an honour for me 'Get Set' network of schools and the a small London firm - one for each run- to confirm that the Olympic flame will college in Fareham, who are demon- ner.

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