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  • Welcome to the site

    Welcome to my website

    It is meant to support my roles

    as a West Berkshire Cllr and Greenham Parish Cllr

  • Which party

    I started being a Cllr as an Independent, then joined the Lib Dems for a while

    I don't believe in the extremes of politics or the arguing politicians do

    I have centralist views

  • Also Greenham, which is non-political.

    I am also a Greenham Parish Councillor which is non-political.

    It overlaps on a key devlopment (Sandleford)

    I'm here to help!

I've recently added my helper bot . Just click the symbol chatbot.jpgwhich is bottom left below. You can type your question or use your voice by pressing this icon. speakicon.jpg

30 March 2025

Ward Surgery

ZOOM Sunday 11:00 am View Meeting Details
06 May 2027

Local Elections

West Berkshire 07:00 - 22:00 06/05/2027 View Event Details

Latest News

Eagle Quarter Rejection

Newbury

15

February 2025
Eagle Quarter Rejection

UPDATE!

Despite the developer bringing forward an alternative proposal for redevelopment of the Kennet Centre, they have decided to take this rejected application to the appeals court.

Personally I find this very disappointing and will look to provide any assistance I can to ensure the appeal looks at all the relevant facts.


Why did I vote against the Eagle quarter development at District Planning

1) Parking was a major issue from what I saw presented. A lot of maybes about how people live were used to say why it would work. That was to big a risk to take

2) No affordable housing – Given the proposal was for 427 homes and they were all to be flats, then zero affordable homes made no sense.

3) Height. The heights and associated massing would fundamentally change the town. It did not comply with the latest NPPF and associated Model Design Code

4) Lack of community and personal space. The amount being offered was far below the required standards.

On balance the negatives outweighed the benefits offered which were speculative not guaranteed.

Old Town - Eagle Quarter 2

Newbury

01

February 2025
Old Town - Eagle Quarter 2

A new version of the Kennet centre redevelopment is in - It is very different so see https://www.oldtownnewbury.com/

What to expect from me 


My Pledges

Be visible and engaged across the whole area. I’ll do this by running surgeries online when needed

Represent the issues facing Wash Common as best I can