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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