West of Waterlooville Forum
In order to assist in the joint working
between local authorities to deliver the new community West of
Waterlooville, a Forum consisting of elected members from
Winchester, Havant and Hampshire Council was constituted.
Winchester City Council Committee Administration Team provides
secretariat support for the Forum.
For
a full explanation of the Forum, and details of the next meeting,
please visit the Winchester City Council
website (there are also minutes of all the previous
meetings held by the Forum).
Link to latest West of
Waterlooville Newsletter (72Kb pdf)
The Vision of the Forum for West of Waterlooville was agreed on
3 October 2005:
- To create a sustainable urban
extension to Waterlooville, integrated with Waterlooville town
centre and forming the fourth quadrant of the town; delivering at
least 2,000 dwellings, with employment provision, and associated
physical and social infrastructure, and making provision for a
further 1,000 dwellings and associated infrastructure to be held in
reserve.
- To enhance the vitality and
viability of the Waterlooville town centre and help secure and
deliver the economic regeneration objectives of the wider
area.
- To aspire to achieve the highest
quality of urban design and create a new sustainable community with
a strong sense of identity and belonging, which is safe and secure,
is inclusive and which provides for the necessary social and
economic needs of its residents to compliment the wider area.
- To facilitate active community
engagement to create a place which is capable of adapting and
changing to meet community needs over the next 15 years and
beyond.
- To aim for best practice in all
aspects of design and sustainability - in transport, construction,
energy efficiency, environmental protection and enhancement and
urban drainage.
- To create an exemplar
development from which others can learn for the future and which
the local authorities are proud to have facilitated and
promoted.
The West of Waterlooville Forum also agreed
that, if the West of Waterlooville MDA is to be considered an
'exemplar' development, as much emphasis would need to be given to
the community infrastructure as would be given to the physical
infrastructure. The Forum recognised that in order to achieve this,
the community and other stakeholders would need to play an active
and continuing role. To this end at their meeting of 23 June 2005
they agreed that a 'Community Development Strategy' for the
MDA should be produced.
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