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Are You Ready to be Persuaded?

This week attention was once again focused on the Arborfield Bypass Relief Road as Arborfield Parish Council published the results of their survey. The results are probably not too much of a surprise to those people who are up to … Continue reading

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Press Coverage

It is well worth picking up a copy of the Wokingham Times this week, with a number of development related stories. Front page news is details of the Arborfield Relief Road and North Wokingham Distributor Road consultations. As a result … Continue reading

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Wokingham Times Article on the Cancellation of the Community Forum

Our press release earlier this week was picked up by the Wokingham Times and is in this weeks newspaper. The paper asked for a statement from the Borough Council who suggested that they thought people would only be focused on … Continue reading

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September 9th Community Forum CANCELLED

If you are on any of the various council mailing lists you will have already received notification of this, however just to confirm that Wokingham Borough Council have decided to cancel the next Arborfield Community Forum, and are not proposing … Continue reading

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Summary of Responses to the Planning Application

As with any planning application, the responses to the outline planning application by the Arborfield Garrison Landowners Consortium earlier this year are a matter of public record, and any member of the public should they so wish can review them … Continue reading

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Bypass or Relief Road

In many places when talking about the traffic mitigation for Arborfield village the terms “Relief Road” and “Bypass” get used interchangeably. In general the Wokingham Borough Council officers will make sure they use the term “Relief Road” whereas the councillors … Continue reading

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Arborfield Secondary School Meeting

It’s fair to say that for a number of people who attended the meeting tonight on the secondary school strategy, and in particular the proposed school as part of the Arborfield Garrison SDL, the meeting was rather a disappointment. Many … Continue reading

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Another Opportunity to Ask Questions on the Bypass

As was mentioned in the meeting on Monday, the proposal in the presentation we saw this week goes before the Council Executive at the July Executive Meeting. This meeting is due to take place at on Thursday 25th July, at … Continue reading

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Update on the Closure of the Shop

It’s now a week since the Spar shop closed suddenly. The closure has been covered both by BBC Berkshire and also by the local press. We’ve had quite a mix of responses. In general the response has been sympathetic towards … Continue reading

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How to Submit Your Comments on the Planning Application

Many local residents and anybody on the council mailing list will have had details of how to submit comments sent to them, possibly several times, however if you’ve mislaid the letter or haven’t as yet found yourself on any Wokingham … Continue reading

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