Today was the last day for contributions to the application for a Scoping Opinion. Once again thanks to everybody who has contributed by sending letters to Wokingham Borough Council.
As before, we were also grateful to those people who shared their letters amongst others on our mailing list. With the variety of people who live in Arborfield there are often different angles on the proposals, and indeed greater knowledge of the history of the site.
One particular letter came from a resident who followed the planning process for the Badger’s Mount development, built on the site of the old Arborfield Brick and Tile Works in the late 1990’s. The letter highlights that this earliest development was called in by the planning inspector over lack of infrastructure and amenities – and was only passed with a number of conditions over access to army facilities – and the latest scoping study indicates that some of these facilities, in the form of the playing fields will be taken away to provide building land for one of the schools, and as the letter points out, access to some other facilities has never been granted.
The report mentioned is a matter of public record, but was produced prior to WBC sharing such documents electronically on their website, as a result we need to apply to the council to obtain a copy. Members of the RAG have already made this request, and are currently awaiting a copy of the report.
The full text of the letter can be found here. Our thanks to the local resident for allowing us to publish it more widely.
Broken Promises
Today was the last day for contributions to the application for a Scoping Opinion. Once again thanks to everybody who has contributed by sending letters to Wokingham Borough Council.
As before, we were also grateful to those people who shared their letters amongst others on our mailing list. With the variety of people who live in Arborfield there are often different angles on the proposals, and indeed greater knowledge of the history of the site.
One particular letter came from a resident who followed the planning process for the Badger’s Mount development, built on the site of the old Arborfield Brick and Tile Works in the late 1990’s. The letter highlights that this earliest development was called in by the planning inspector over lack of infrastructure and amenities – and was only passed with a number of conditions over access to army facilities – and the latest scoping study indicates that some of these facilities, in the form of the playing fields will be taken away to provide building land for one of the schools, and as the letter points out, access to some other facilities has never been granted.
The report mentioned is a matter of public record, but was produced prior to WBC sharing such documents electronically on their website, as a result we need to apply to the council to obtain a copy. Members of the RAG have already made this request, and are currently awaiting a copy of the report.
The full text of the letter can be found here. Our thanks to the local resident for allowing us to publish it more widely.
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