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

New Micheldever wetland project aims to improve the environment.

We are delighted to announce the category winners of the Autumn Photography Competition 2021.

Today, we are delighted to open our Autumn 2021 Photography Competition. Find out how to enter and submit your entries here.

The Council rejects new towns in the Winchester District. Thank you to all of our supporters.

Steve Brine MP announces the winner of the Spring Photography Competition 2021.

Grow your own in lockdown by Anna Parker

On the 13th of April 2021 we hosted our Annual General Meeting, welcoming over 70 members and guests from across Hampshire including county and local councillors. We were delighted to have Cllr Jackie Porter as our guest speaker for the evening. She reported that many hundreds of responses had been received for the Strategic Issues and Priorities Consultation.

The Dever Society has submitted its response to the City Council’s first consultation on its new Local Plan. The response strongly rejects the option of a large new town in Winchester District as a way of building the new homes Winchester is required by the government to provide.

We officially launched our Spring Photography competition at the Dever Society AGM on the 13th April 2021. We are looking forward to seeing your entries.

As part of its work on the new Local Plan, Winchester City Council is asking residents for their views on four possible options on how to meet its housing target over the next 20 years. One of these, option 3, is to build a large new settlement in the countryside. This puts the prospect of a new town at Micheldever squarely in the frame. If we are to stop it then the Council needs to hear from as many people as possible that Option 3 is the WRONG option for the district. If the Council rejects Option 3 at this early stage of the Local Plan’s development, then the new town threat is greatly diminished. We need to act now!