This is a meeting of the z North Whiteley Development Forum of Winchester City Borough Council held on the 16th Feb 2023.
The last meeting was on 13th Feb 2025.
Cornerstone Primary School, Bluebell Way, Whiteley, PO15 7QE and streamed live on YouTube at www.youtube.com/winchestercc
No recordings have been submitted for this meeting yet. If you have one, you can Upload a Recording
Item | Title | Minutes |
1 | Apologies |
Apologies were noted as above.
|
2 | Disclosures of Interests |
No declarations of interest were made.
|
3 | Chairperson's Announcements |
The Chairperson welcomed everyone and thanked Tim Clarke, Headteacher, Cornerstone Primary School for hosting the meeting.
The Chairperson advised the forum that a decision as to whether future meetings would be held online or in person would be taken by Winchester City Council's cabinet in the new municipal year. |
4 | Public Participation. |
Tim Clarke, Headteacher of Cornerstone Primary School, addressed the meeting regarding the issue of safer routes to school. Specifically, he wanted to ask about the progress of the construction of a pathway to the south of the school's boundary. He explained that several families who lived around three hundred metres away from the school had to walk almost a mile to get to school, and some had to use unsafe routes.
In response, Jeff Davis from Tetra Tech stated that the construction of the pathway had taken longer than expected. However, the intention was to complete it by Summer 2023, after the necessary legal agreements, planning permissions, and construction were completed. Mr Clarke expressed his hope that the pathway would be ready for the new school year in September 2023, which would benefit local families.
The Chairperson informed the forum of a question received from a resident who was unable to attend the meeting. Mr Fletcher had written to express concern about parking problems on the estate, with people ignoring off-road parking and double yellow lines. He believed that there was a lack of enforcement action, and he also wished to raise the issue of parking on pavements due to poor planning for off-road parking. Mr Fletcher was concerned that if the situation did not improve, the estate would become an eyesore with cars parked on verges and footpaths. He also mentioned that during the Christmas holidays, vehicles had been parked in a way that could obstruct emergency vehicles.
In response, Mr Alborough from Hampshire County Council stated that currently, the roads were regarded as private, and so the developers were responsible for resolving issues with them. Double yellow lines had been provided at the northern end of the site, but they were not supported by a traffic regulation order. The County Council would only issue a traffic regulation order when the roads were adopted, which would happen gradually as several road adoption agreements still needed to be entered into. Adding additional yellow lines before the traffic regulation order was advertised could prejudice the decision, so any existing yellow lines may have to be removed before the public consultation stage. Mr Alborough also addressed concerns about the effectiveness of parking restrictions and the associated issues of managing their enforcement.
During the meeting, further questions were asked by members of the public observing the meeting regarding the cycle path network and mobile phone coverage. These points were responded to by the officers’ present |
5 | Minutes of the previous meeting held on 14 November 2022 |
Minutes of the Meeting 14/11/2022 North Whiteley Development Forum
RESOLVED:
That the minutes of the previous meeting held on 14 November 2022 be approved and adopted.
|
6 | Update from Hampshire County Council re Junction 9/Roundabout 1 |
Patrick Bingham from Hampshire County Council provided an update on the ongoing works at Junction 9 and R1 roundabout. He advised that only a few activities were left to complete and that some work was on hold pending agreement from National Highways. Regarding Whiteley Way South, he advised that some vehicle restraint barrier works remained on the Northbound approach to the Parkway roundabout. A lane closure was in place over the next few weeks to finish that work, and in general, the works continued across the site for the next few weeks until the scheme was finally complete.
Members raised concerns and questions, which included the following:
In response, Patrick Bingham stated that a third safety audit would take place in the coming months to review the operation and consider its safety standing. In addition, he advised that the lane markings were correct as designed; however, he would request that the design team review the markings at Junction 9 to ensure they genuinely reflected the capacity and requirements needed.
Regarding Whiteley Way/Botley Way, Mr Alborough advised that a review of the operation of the junction had been undertaken and that the developer had been tasked with making several improvements within the next 4 weeks. These improvements would be further monitored. |
7 | Update from Winchester City Council re Governance Update |
Hilary Oliver, Winchester City Council, informed the forum that a community governance review had been conducted to decide on the area's governance structure. The recommendations from the review were discussed at the council's Licensing and Regulation committee meeting on 7 December 2022, where they were accepted, and a further consultation for comments was agreed. The Full Council meeting on 18 January 2023 reviewed and accepted the recommendations, resulting in an adjustment to the boundary so that all of the North Whiteley development fell under Whiteley Town Council. The changes are to take effect on April 1, 2023, with elections for Whiteley Town Council taking place with the adjusted boundary in May 2023. The forum discussed the representation on Curdridge Parish Council and Whiteley Town Council and thanked those involved in the governance review for their efforts. |
8 | Update from Developer and Implementation Officer |
Report NWDF20 - February 2023
Appendix 1 - S106 Obligation Tracker January 2023 Appendix 2 - Applications February 2023 Appendix 3 - Occupations - January 2023 Appendix 4 - Bus Timetable Jeff Davis (Tetra Tech) provided the forum with a presentation which had been made available on the council's website. The presentation covered a range of issues, which included the following:
Hilary Oliver, Implementation Officer, Winchester City Council, addressed the forum and referred members to the report, ref NWDF20, available on the council's website.
Members had asked several questions and made comments regarding the following:
Jeff Davis and officers responded to the individual points raised. Regarding the numerous points raised concerning parking, they explained the difficulties with undertaking enforcement and the difficulty of changing resident behaviour. They also advised that many residents had signed a covenant not to park on the pavements. Developers had written to residents, and the consortium would be discussing further measures to address the issue. |
9 | Future agenda items. |
Members put forward the following for future agenda items:
1. Buses: a detailed report on the current situation regarding services, usage, and funding. 2. Education: updates on second primary school and secondary school progress. 3. Parking: discussion on the current parking situation.
|
LIB
Apologies, sent representative
LIB
Present, as substitute
Conservative
Present, as substitute
CON
Present, as expected
CON
Apologies, sent representative
None
Apologies
None
Present, as expected
None
Present, as expected
None
Present, as expected
None
Present, as expected
None
Not required
None
Not required
None
Not required
None
Present, as expected