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A useful resource for media professionals, this archive of recent news releases is also handy for checking the Society's stance on planning, environment and other relevant topics. All our news releases open in a new window |
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| It was standing room only at the Dever Society’s hustings when over a hundred people came to hear Winchester’s three main General Election candidates set out their views on planning and the countryside. | ||||
| The BBC’s James Landale will moderate a one off election special at 8pm on Monday 1st March, when Winchester's Parliamentary candidates present their vision for development and the countryside. | ||||
| “Rejection of plans for a major holiday development in the middle of Black Wood shows local democracy at its best,” said the Society’s Chairman Douglas Paterson. | ||||
| “Last year’s triumph over the proposed eco-town was your Battle of Britain,” said newly-elected Chairman Douglas Paterson at the Society's AGM in Micheldever Station. But, he cautioned, “the war isn’t over yet!” | ||||
The Dever Society hails the rejection of Eagle Star's bid to build a major new eco-town at Micheldever Station as “the right decision for Hampshire’s people, Hampshire’s economy and Hampshire’s countryside.” |
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| Almost 200 people crowded into the Warren Hall at Micheldever Station last night to give a unanimous veto to Eagle Star’s latest proposals for a major new town in the Hampshire countryside. | ||||
| Local people will get the chance to join the fight against a major new settlement in the Hampshire countryside at a public meeting to be held at Micheldever Station on Tuesday 11 December. | ||||
| “The same, tired old scheme, but with an opportunist edge” – that was the response of the Dever Society’s vice-chairman, Tessa Robertson, to Eagle Star’s latest bid to promote a new town at Micheldever Station. | ||||
| The county depends heavily on its underground sources, especially the chalk aquifer. However, improved detection of pollutants over the last decade has heightened awareness of their vulnerability to contamination. | ||||
| The Dever Society has criticised Eagle Star for continuing to promote its “ridiculous and inappropriate” scheme for a new town in the open countryside near Micheldever, despite an overwhelming lack of support. | ||||
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5/03/10
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