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SAVING Stoneham Park!
There are few other places in the United Kingdom where such unbroken continuity in the landscape can be demonstrated to the public.
An update for the New Year! - The Local Plan has been thrown out!.
A victory for now, however a new Local Plan is being worked on that may well include Stoneham Park or any other of our green spaces.
Sadly however plans have now been passed as of yesterday for development at Boorley Green of 1400 homes. This planning application was submitted even though the local plan has been torn up.
Now onto the future for Stoneham Park, all our efforts will be required again: that's signatures on petitions, going on walks and submitting objections to the council etc....
In the meantime, on the run up to the local election for the Eastleigh MP, you should be asking the candidates about their views on Stoneham Park.
Email your thoughts to: savestonehampark@gmail.com
Stoneham Park, Eastleigh's special historical area of interest could soon be developed to the horror of local residents and without their full and proper consultation.
The area highlighted in red is at risk of being developed into a new housing estate with over 1300 homes being located on it, click on the image to see an enlarged version.
There are lots of key questions that have yet to be answered, including provision for schooling and the future traffic situation on both Chestnut Avenue and Stoneham Lane.
The council continue to advise this housing will be used to clear the housing register, however we're advised by the councils planning department that social housing housing will equate to between 10 and 35% at best of the 1300 homes.
(35% is a very rare figure achieved when negotiating with housing developers).
We contacted the council and its planning team to organise a public meeting, for this issue to be discussed. However they have advised that this is not in there interest and will attend a small group meeting of around 10 to 12 people only. As a result we intend on setting up several of these small surgery type meetings to ensure that YOU the residents of the Aviary estate and beyond get your say.
If you are interested in attending, please do get in touch via email.
Email your thoughts to: savestonehampark@gmail.com
Sunrise over Stoneham Park
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The map of Stoneham Park indicating where 1300 homes are proposed to be built.
Photo's of Stoneham Park and the land afected by the development can be seen > here <
Please support our online petition, it is available in paper too for those not wishing to sign online - please email us for where to come to sign up.
Traffic on Chestnut Avenue at 1500 on a weekday afternoon - how will this look with 1300 homes situated to the left of this picture.
Cows that were introduced to Avenue Park in 2011, which led to the park being fully fenced and enclosed at some considerable cost. | 
