CPRE Hampshire has objected to Basingstoke Council’s plans for a 3,000 home ‘garden village’ on Popham airfield…

The Dever Society is unsurprised that O’Flynn Group, the developers promoting the new town at Micheldever, have announced their support for the proposed ‘garden village’ on Popham airfield…

The Dever Society has worked with Micheldever Parish Council to produce a leaflet about Basingstoke Council’s inclusion in their draft local plan of a ‘garden village’ on Popham airfield and 7,500 houses at ‘Southern Manydown’.

Winchester City Council has confirmed its opposition to Basingstoke council’s plans for 3,000 homes on Popham airfield…

The Hampshire Chronicle (front page and editorial) and the Basingstoke Gazette have both featured our concerns over Basingstoke council’s plans for a 3,000 home ‘garden village’ on Popham Airfield.

The Dever Society has submitted its response to the Basingstoke draft Local Plan. Our response objects strongly to the proposals for a 3,000 house ‘garden village’ on Popham Airfield and 7,500 houses at ‘Southern Manydown’, east of North Waltham…

We need you to object directly to Basingstoke Council. The deadline for responses is midnight on Monday 4th March. Here’s how to respond…

Basingstoke Council’s new draft local plan includes a ‘garden village’ of 3,000 houses, 50% larger than Barton Farm/Kings Barton, on Popham airfield. This would have major impacts on our area and is only a stone’s throw from the boundary with Winchester District. We believe it could also make a new town at Micheldever more likely…

Basingstoke council has recently decided to support a huge greenfield housing development close to Micheldever Station, across the A303 at Popham airfield, in a scheme that could blight the area for years to come…

A full hall at the Warren Centre on 23 May heard Cllr Jackie Porter, the councillor in charge of Winchester’s Local Plan process, and Cllr Martin Tod, the Leader of Winchester City Council…

Please help to defend Micheldever from the O’Flynn Group’s new town plans. Tell the Council once again that large new settlements in the countryside are the least sustainable option for housing development in our district.

Woodland fungi by Rachel Parker