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Eastleigh Borough Council have published some of the thousands of submissions that were received during their consultation on the draft local plan. The summary document isn’t complete yet, but what has been processed so far can be read by following the hyperlink on the Planning and Building Control page of the Eastleigh Borough Council...
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Hedge End Town Council’s Community & Culture Committee returned to business as usual this evening, after failing to raise a quorum in December. Present this evening were Cllr Lousie Bloom, Cllr Daniel Clarke, Cllr Cynthia Garton and Cllr Stan Sthankiya, which was sufficient to form a quorum. Apologies were formally received from Cllr Hicks,...
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Up to £166,555 a year of Eastleigh Council Tax payer’s money could be saved by axing council ‘non jobs’ it has been claimed. The Tax Payers Alliance (TPA) have scrutinised four different common council posts, the proliferation of which they say has seen the average council tax bill double in the last decade and...
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With petrol prices hitting record highs and the recession taking its toll on householders’ income, Hampshire County Council is working with both Portsmouth and Southampton City Councils to draw commuters’ attention to the benefits of sharing the drive to work. This week is national ‘Liftshare week’ and people are being encouraged to try and...
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With UK Older People’s Day being celebrated today, 1 October, Hampshire County Council is keen to encourage mature, more experienced drivers to enrol for a scheme which aims to keep people driving safely for longer A Hampshire County Council online poll asked people if they knew anyone over the age of 55 who would...
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County Council Chiefs are preparing to swing the axe in anticipation of government public sector spending cuts to be announced in October and are already planning which services are going to get the chop. This year Hampshire has already seen in year funding cuts of £8.4million revenue and £9.6million capital, mainly effecting Children Services...
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The Leader of Eastleigh council Keith House, has called for an inquiry into the payment of almost £80,000 worth of bonuses to Hampshire county council staff. The payments had been authorised by the Conservative leader of Hampshire County council without, it was alleged, the knowledge of other councillors at a time when cuts were...
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Repairs to potholes on a Hedge End roundabout has driven residents round the bend when work was abandoned leaving the road surface in a worse state. The roundabout, at the intersection of Salwey Road and Duke Road with Kings Copse Avenue had the tarmac surface removed on the May 5 in preparation for resurfacing,...
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The Highways Department of Hampshire County Council has ordered Chris Huhne’s office to move some of their campaign posters following a complaint from a member of the public. Up to ten of the 3 ft Square fluorescent orange billboards proclaiming ‘Liberal Democrats Winning Here’ had been erected outside Bursledon Market on the busy Bursledon...
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It is said that the good folk of Botley once lynched a man for daring not to drink as deep as his neighbours…Chris Huhne must have had some idea of the how the poor chap must have felt at the first hustings of the election campaign held in the old market town on Tuesday...
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A man from Northlands Road in Eastleigh is preparing to climb Mount Kilimanjaro just months after receiving surgery to combat an aggressive bone cancer which led to the bone in his upper right arm being removed and replaced with a steel rod. Peter Barty 39, wants to use the climb to raise funds for...
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In common with many other urban areas Eastleigh has seen a decline in it’s House Sparrow population in direct proportion to an increase in planning applications being granted for ‘back garden’ building with the result that the Sparrow has gone from being one of the countries most common birds to being ‘red listed’ by...
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Drivers who have suffered damage to their vehicles through striking a pothole should seek compensation from their council according to pressure group ‘Potholes.co.uk’. A wet summer followed by a freezing winter has seen a large number of potholes created in Hampshire – including Eastleigh – with the junctions on the Town Centres busy Blenheim...
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Rail workers have been meeting here for almost 100 years in Eastleighs oldest survivng Working Men’s Club. As the Rail Maritime and Transport Union prepared to hold a strike ballot by local Network Rail workers later this week, the Eastleigh branch of The Rail Maritime & Transport Union invited Tim Cutter, the Trade Unionist...
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Eastleigh’s MP Chris Huhne has hit out at the lack of planning that has seen Eastleigh’s town centre centre become surrounded by roadworks and diversions. Traders in Eastleigh’s town centre have been beset bya series of recent problems affecting their trade: power cuts, extreme weather, repairs to the local electricity network and now roadworks....
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