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Joint Core Strategy - Rob (16th Apr 2014 - 09:27:05) Well, at least we know now what the authorities are up to. If they refuse planning applications and they go to appeal and then they are approved the Council loses the developers funding. So as they want the money they will now approve all applications to ensure they have money in the bank!! In Liphooks case the allocation from EHDC does NOT include the allocation for SDNP so we have to allow another 175 houses from EHDC but then we could have 200 or more from SDNP in Liphook as they are counted separately. When the infrastructure was mentioned the reply was this is the same all over Southern England so hard luck.

Re: Joint Core Strategy - liz (16th Apr 2014 - 10:17:38) Good to know our councillors care about the local area!! What a lily-livered lot.

Re: Joint Core Strategy - Dawn Hoskins (16th Apr 2014 - 10:42:38) Please do not think that local Parish Councillors who are unpaid local volunteers are the same as the 'career' kind of 'political' councillors who make/enforce Government policy or simply follow the political party doctrines. Local parish Councillors DO CARE about the local community - however, we are powerless against the hierarchy of governance that is being thrust [unwanted] at us. At one point, I thought the 'Localism Bill' which was to put power into the hands of local councillors was going to change things for the better - but is was all a 'crock' - certainly as far as local housing is concerned. Do not tar us all with the same brush.

Re: Joint Core Strategy - bdavies (16th Apr 2014 - 11:40:31) Dawn I am sorry but I disagree. The local Parish Council is not powerless to stand against unwanted and indiscriminate building or bad policy decisions. It may be an unwritten rule that they should bow to a higher authority but that has not stopped many Parish Councils fighting (and winning) cases where public opinion is the driver against that authority. You just have to decide how far you and the other members of the PC team are willing to go. Please do not take this is a criticism as we all know that the PC does it's best for Liphook. Sometimes you have to stick your neck out a little further to get what the community wants, not accepting what is being foisted onto it by a perceived greater power just because that authority has a bigger bulldozer. PCs volunteer as I assume they want to help the community and this is an admirable service to us which we should not undermine. Please do not keep under-estimating your powers of persuasion should you wish to really fight a proposal that is either unpopular or just plain daft. Yours very appreciatively! B

Re: Joint Core Strategy - liz (16th Apr 2014 - 12:17:25) My comments were directed at EHDC as they generally make the planning decisions - although I think bdavies makes some valid points.

Re: Joint Core Strategy - Dawn Hoskins (16th Apr 2014 - 14:49:06) Hi all I was talking about the Joint Core Strategy mainly, of which the PC has been a consultee. So, yes there has been some input. However, if top down governance tells us 'as a village' we have to build a certain number of houses - we cannot turn them down - other than for planning reasons.

Re: Joint Core Strategy - bdavies (17th Apr 2014 - 08:54:04) Damian Hinds is visiting Liphook on May 2nd. Perhaps thise who want to should express some concerns to him: 1. Building in the village and its impact 2. Fracking and its impact - property rights legislation, industrial traffic, the environment. Damian Hinds MP for East Hampshire House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA 0207 219 7057 // 01420 84122 damian.hinds.mp@parliament.uk Next open public meeting is on Fri 2 May at 7pm at Liphook Village Hall. Please come along and make a point or ask a question.

Re: Joint Core Strategy - Mike (17th Apr 2014 - 09:57:14) Repeated references to the Joint Core Strategy have been to proposed developments contained within it, Lowsley Farm, Silent Garden et al. So how come construction of 62 Dwellings has already started on the remaining part of the old OSU with, apparently, no reference to any strategy or plan at all? And the sop to the community? Each dwelling will have access to a bike rack, a £50 cycle voucher and a pack explaining Liphook's vast network of bus routes. No need to worry about extra traffic in the village then.

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