Tag Archives: Wokingham Borough Council

A Lot Can Happen in a Week

In the course of the last week a lot has changed with regards to the Arborfield Strategic Development Location. Firstly the extraordinary planning committee meeting on Wednesday unanimously approved the Crest Nicholson planning application, warts and all. Having done that … Continue reading

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Will They Approve? Do You Approve?

This week we reach a critical point in the Arborfield Strategic Development Location when the Crest Nicholson led Arborfield Garrison Landowners Consortium planning application along with the application for the school comes before the Wokingham Borough Council planning committee. If … Continue reading

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Arborfield Garrison Landowners Application Changes

At the beginning of this week, Wokingham Borough Council published a large number of addendum documents that they had received from the Crest Nicholson led consortium relating to their current application for the two thousand houses in the northern part … Continue reading

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Arborfield School Meeting

The latest update meeting on the school planned as part of the development took place last night at Henry Street Garden Centre. There was a mixed group of attendees – many parents, plus representatives of all of the local parish … Continue reading

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News Release on the School Planning Caveat

Following confirmation in Freedom of Information requests that Crest Nicholson had in fact included a planning caveat that they would only release the land for the school if the Garrison development was approved, and that even as they were denying … Continue reading

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Consultation Period Closed

The consultation period on the two planning applications is now officially closed. However the applications will not be determined until the applications come before the planning committee in spring next year. In the intervening time the officers at the council … Continue reading

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Questions

Time is running out to have your say on the two planning applications – public consultation closes this Friday, 5th December. If you are still considering what to write, here is a list of questions or queries that other members … Continue reading

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Spot the Difference

You can tell there is an election coming. If you live in the Arborfield, Barkham, Swallowfield or Shinfield parts of the Wokingham Constituency the latest Liberal Democrat newsletter will recently have dropped through your door, with a number of items … Continue reading

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Given the Nod

We expect our planing application to be given the nod because it is in everybody’s interest for the project to go ahead. So says Scott Black, Crest Nicholson’s group director of new business in the front page story of the … Continue reading

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What is Most Important?

Firstly, thanks to everybody who made the time to come along to the Community Forum on Thursday. Even if you didn’t manage to make it, everybody should now have received a letter from the council with details of the two … Continue reading

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