A Residents Survey to Make Basingstoke Better
Please complete the following residents’ survey to help us understand the local issues that matter…
Campaigns
Oppose Homeless funding Cuts
Hampshire County Council to slash funding by 15% The cuts to homelessness funds could easily affect up to 750 people by the council’s own reckoning. That’s a lot of people slipping through the net and potentially becoming homeless. The intention is to cut 15% off the annual budget for Homelessness…
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GP feedback survey
We know that many of you are experiencing difficulty accessing the services you need in…
Safer Communities
Nothing is more important than keeping you, your family and your neighbourhood safe. That’s why…
Culver Road Homeless Hostel
The Planning Application for 180 Culver Road was made public on Thursday 29th July. Application, ref 21/02263/FUL, can be found on the council web site at: www.basingstoke.gov.uk. The application will go before the Development Control Committee later this year. The Committee has a backlog of cases and the earliest it…
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Public Health Cuts
Until the pandemic most of us barely gave a thought to public health, but Covid has shown us that health is one of the basic necessities of life. Public health spending is an essential preventative measure, providing savings for the NHS, the government, and HCC not just now but far…
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Top of Town strategy
Even before the pandemic footfall has been down in the town. Online shopping has had…
GP Town Hall Meeting
ZOOM Town Hall Meeting 7th November at 11am Join us for our online Town Hall meeting open to residents of the South Ham, Brookvale and Kings Furlong and Brighton Hill wards who are patients of the Camrose Gillies and Hackwood GP Practice. Your local councillors want to hear your views…
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Camrose Campaign
The Government is proposing new legislation to change planning laws which could mean the Camrose could be developed and the Council could be powerless to stop it. This legislation might mean planning permission would be virtually automatic if land is earmarked for development in the Local Plan. We need to…
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Basingstoke declares Climate change emergency
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council have declared a Climate Change Emergency. That makes the 18th July 2019 a special day indeed. The motion was presented by Basingstoke Labour but had the support of all parties who worked together to produce one motion. The motion was passed unanimously and there were…
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Post Office Abbey Road Popley
Petition – return a Post Office to Abbey Road The Abbey Road post office closed in October 2018 and still hasn’t reopened. We asked residents to sign our petition to demand that we get a post office back on Abbey Road as soon as possible. Guess what – we were…
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Sullivan Road Petition
Residents have concerns about road safety on Sullivan Road near the Brighton Hill medical centre and shops. They tell us about the accidents that have happened and the near misses. It is a serious worry and the County Council need to act. The sight lines are poor with stationary buses…
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Saving the Number 12 Bus
Labour Saved the No. 12 Bus In Brighton Hill residents were being threatened with the loss of a vital service because of Conservative County Council cuts. We knew that for many residents, their local bus is a lifeline. That’s why local Labour Councillors and party members opposed the cuts and…
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