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A new bus service starts today in Whitehill & Bordon which has been paid for with Eco-town funding – and now there’s a chance for youngsters to get their design on it.
The much-needed new service offers residents three new routes to get around the town and to the nearby villages [...]
Continue Reading →The Eco-station was busy on Saturday as local residents popped in to get their bikes checked so they’re ready for some summer rides.
Deadwater Valley Trust rangers also led families and their dogs on woodland walks through Bordon Inclosure, after meeting at the Eco-station.
Dr Bike, who was on hand to give [...]
Continue Reading →Grab your dogs and your family and head to the Eco-station on Saturday to explore the town’s woodland on a guided walk.
A Deadwater Valley Trust ranger will be leading two walks which will both start and finish at the Eco-station.
The dog walk starts at 10.30am and will last for approximately 45 minutes.
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Continue Reading →Eleven new bus shelters are being installed along the A325 and a further 6 are being reused and improved to be used along Conde Way.
The bus shelters are being installed in preparation for the new Eco-town bus service for the town, which starts on Monday 13th May.
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Continue Reading →Whitehill & Bordon residents got to grips with an array of energy-saving improvements when they visited the new exhibition at the Eco-station on Saturday.
The exhibition has been kitted out with energy-saving games as well as samples of insulation and glazing.
If you couldn’t make it to the Eco-station on Saturday, [...]
Continue Reading →A new room is open at the Eco-station which provides lots of advice on saving money and saving energy in your home.
This new room exhibits samples of insulation and glazing as well as other money-saving ways to improve your home.
Everyone is welcome to drop-in to the Eco-station on Saturday 13th April between 10am-1pm. If you cannot make this, then [...]
Continue Reading →Residents in Whitehill & Bordon can find out which home improvements will save them the most money with a free home energy assessment.
These assessments are being paid for by the Eco-town with funding received from central government but would usually cost householders more than £100.
All you need to do is be one of the [...]
Continue Reading →Come to the next meeting of the Delivery Board and find out more about how businesses will be attracted to Whitehill & Bordon Eco-town.
The meeting will be taking place on Wednesday 20th March from 10am until 12:30pm at the Eco-station.
Also on the agenda is an update from the Ministry of Defence, [...]
Continue Reading →Sixty visitors flocked to see ducks and chickens that took up residence in the Exhibition House’s garden on Saturday.
Also at the Eco-station children and adults enjoyed Easter related activities, seeing baby chicks and painting their own egg cups.
The event was one of a series of events that will take place [...]
Continue Reading →Hampshire County Council and the Whitehill & Bordon Eco-town team would like your help to develop proposals to improve the A325 as it passes through the town.
A drop-in consultation event is being held on 22nd and 23rd March at the Forest Community Centre from 1pm-8pm on Friday and from 10am-1.30pm on Saturday, and [...]
Continue Reading →Free home energy assessments are up for grabs for Whitehill & Bordon Eco-town residents.
These assessments will recommend ways householders can reduce their energy bills and usually cost more than £100.
All you need to do is be one of the first 100 householders to sign-up for one.
Whitehill & Bordon has received more than [...]
Continue Reading →Come along to the next meeting of the Standing Conference on Wednesday 6th March and take part in a workshop about inward investment.
The meeting will take place at10amat the Eco-station in Whitehill & Bordon.
Also on the agenda is an update about the consultation on transport studies and a workshop about how to fund [...]
Continue Reading →Get ready for a day of fun on Saturday 9th March when ducks, chickens and turkeys will be visiting the Eco-station, along with lots of free activities for children and adults.
The event, which runs between 10am and 1pm, will also have baby chicks and advice on how to keep chickens of [...]
Continue Reading →The first 10 people to drop in each day to the Eco-station on 4th, 6th and 7th March will receive a free DVD.
The Eco-station is open Mondays and Thursdays,9am-5pm and Wednesdays, 10am-5pm and the free DVDs are being offered to celebrate Climate Week.
Climate Week is Britain’s biggest climate change campaign, [...]
Continue Reading →Meet Steve Pearce the regeneration expert who has been tasked with delivering new jobs, facilities and opportunities in Whitehill & Bordon.
Steve has been appointed as the new Project Director and takes over from Daphne Gardner who is retiring.
Steve will lead the team to secure investment in the town and will work in [...]
Continue Reading →A free guided bird walk will be on offer at the Eco-station on Saturday 9th February, from 8.30am-10.15am.
The walk, which was postponed in January due to the snow, will be led by Deadwater Valley Trust’s Eco-town ranger and the RSPB (North East Hampshire group) will also be on hand to share [...]
Continue Reading →Project Director Daphne Gardner is saying farewell to Whitehill & Bordon Eco-town and retiring – after securing more than £15million to kick-start the town’s regeneration.
Daphne was instrumental in setting up the original Whitehill & Bordon ‘Opportunity’ Project and developing the Green Town Vision. She has helped secure Eco-town status as well as launching numerous [...]
Continue Reading →Whitehill & Bordon has received more than £100,000 from central government to pave the way for more energy-saving improvements in the Eco-town.
Part of this funding will establish a dedicated room at the Eco-station offering information about how to save energy.
The funding will also be used to develop an online tool so that more [...]
Continue Reading →The way you drive could be costing you money- want to find out how to make it better?
Have a go on a free driving simulator to find out what you can do to reduce your fuel consumption.
The interactive driving simulator will be at the Eco-station on Saturday 19th January, 10am-1pm.
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Continue Reading →A free guided bird walk will be on offer at the Eco-station on Saturday 19th January, from 8.30am-10.15 am.
The walk will be led by Deadwater Valley Trust’s Eco-town ranger and the RSPB (North East Hampshire group) will also be on hand to share its knowledge and help residents get involved with the Big Garden [...]
Continue Reading →Residents can now have their say on how Whitehill & Bordon Eco-town attracts businesses and jobs.
An inward investment strategy has been developed which sets out how 5,500 new jobs will be created in the town as part of its regeneration – and residents can now comment on the plans.
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A Ministry of Defence site in Whitehill & Bordon Eco-town has been released early and bought by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) to provide much-needed homes and jobs as part of a £3m investment in the town.
The HCA has bought the Quebec Barracks site which will see 100 much-needed new homes built and employment [...]
Continue Reading →The notes from the December Delivery Board meeting have been published and can be found by clicking on this link.
Continue Reading →Three zero-carbon homes that will be built at the Eco-station site in Whitehill & Bordon Eco-town have been given the green light by planners and praised as ‘stunning’.
The standard of design of the Eco-terrace is extremely high as the architects who designed it won an international competition that had an amazing response and attracted [...]
Continue Reading →The next meeting of the Whitehill & Bordon Eco-town Delivery Board is on Thursday 13th December at 6.30pm in the newly-opened Eco-station.
Anyone is welcome to come to the meeting and items on the agenda include an update from the Ministry of Defence and a strategy for improving the energy-efficiency of existing homes.
Traffic and [...]
Continue Reading →The agenda for the next meeting of the Delivery Board meeting has been published.
The meeting is taking place on December 13th at 6.30pm in the Eco-station. (The Eco-station address is Camp Road, Bordon, GU35 0LH).
Delivery Board papers (December 2012)
Continue Reading →The Eco-station and Exhibition House are proving really popular with residents and the next date for your diary is Saturday 8th December from10am-1pm.
Free face painting and Christmas treats will also be available this Saturday*.
There has been a steady flow of visitors during Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and the Saturday events [...]
Continue Reading →Come to a workshop on Thursday 29th November and have your say on how the A325 could be improved.
As part of the Eco-town project, the A325 is being redesigned to provide a more attractive town centre environment, improve traffic management and make it easier for pedestrians and cyclists to get around – as well [...]
Continue Reading →Please find the agenda for the Standing Conference below.
The meeting is at 6.30pm on Thursday 29th November at the Eco-station.
Standing Conference November 29th
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If you’re looking for something to watch now Downton Abbey has finished then look no further.
The Earl of Grantham is appearing in a new video which charts the momentous day that the Eco-station and Exhibition House opened last month.
Downton star Hugh Bonneville opened the community’s new facilities and the event was [...]
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Come to a workshop on Thursday 29th November and have your say on how the A325 could be improved.
As part of the Eco-town project, the A325 is being redesigned to provide a more attractive town centre environment, improve traffic management and make it easier for pedestrians and cyclists to get around – as well [...]
Continue Reading →Regeneration adviser and author Joost Beunderman gave a presentation at last week’s meeting of the Community Facilities and Amenities Specialist Group.
The presentation is available here
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Drop-in this Saturday (10th November) from 10am to 1pm to see the fun-packed exhibition, view the Exhibition House and if that isn’t enough there will also be free face-painting.
The Eco-station, which was opened last month, will be open one Saturday every month.
As well as this Saturday, the Eco-station will be [...]
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Grants of £500 are still available to Whitehill & Bordon Eco-town residents to replace their old boiler with a new energy efficient one.
These grants could save a household up to £300 a year on its gas bills* and are being paid for by central government funding that was given to the [...]
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Dozens came along to the Eco-station’s first event, last Saturday evening, which was Halloween themed and included lots of fun experiences.
This well attended event gave visitors a chance to see a hawk and a barn owl first hand.
Despite the cold evening adults and children were fascinated to see [...]
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If you care about Whitehill & Bordon’s community facilities then come along to the next meeting of the Community Facilities and Amenities Specialist Group.
The meeting is on Tuesday 6th November from 7-8pm in the newly-opened Eco-station (Camp Road, GU35 OLH).
The specialist group has been undertaking an audit of the community facilities, [...]
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Local pupils were delighted to see their ideas in print at the recently opened Eco-station.
Students from Mill Chase Community Technology College have contributed to the fun-packed exhibition with new tips to help the environment.
The exhibition, which has involved familiar faces from the town throughout, is all about how to live a greener life [...]
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The Eco-station opens its doors on Monday 22nd October – so residents can drop-in and enjoy the new fun and interactive exhibition or talk to the Eco-town team.
The building was officially opened by Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville on Saturday October 13 when almost 1,000 residents enjoyed a day of [...]
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Stare into the night sky to see the moon at the newly opened Eco-station and get close to owls and other birds of prey, learn about bats and the sounds they make at the Eco-station on Saturday 27th October, from 6.30pm until 8.30pm.
Free soup will be on offer at this event [...]
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Almost 1,000 residents celebrated the opening of the Eco-station and Exhibition House on Saturday and hailed it a massive success.
Star of Downton Abbey Hugh Bonneville opened the Eco-station as hundreds of residents gathered to see the fun-packed exhibition for the first time. The town’s deputy mayor Cllr Adam Carew [...]
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Get ready for a day of fun this Saturday (13th October) when Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville will be at the opening of the Eco-station and Exhibition House.
There will be a free hog roast (and vegetarian option) as well as free curry (which is being supplied by Dhanmondi to mark the company’s tenth anniversary).
And [...]
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Free curry will be on offer at the launch of the Eco-station on Saturday 13th October, thanks to Whitehill based restaurant, Dhanmondi, which this year celebrates it’s 10 year anniversary since it opened.The opening day, which will run between 11am and 3pm, provides the first opportunity to view the new Eco-station and Exhibition House.
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Four draft transport strategies for Whitehill & Bordon Eco-town have been published and residents can have their say on them.
The strategies are: the public transport strategy, parking strategy, walking and cycling strategy and the traffic management strategy.
They can all be read here and there are online questionnaires for residents to [...]
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Residents and school pupils in Whitehill & Bordon feature in the exhibition in the Eco-station which is set to open on the 13th of October.
The exhibition displays an array of quotes from local children, clearly expressing how passionate youngsters are about their planet, and about going green.
It also features pictures of familiar faces [...]
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The latest addition to the Whitehill & Bordon Eco-town team is Town Transport Manager Kim Hardwick. Kim is working to help residents and organisations in Whitehill & Bordon get around more easily and wants to encourage residents to leave their car at home once a week.
She has recently shown her experience in this field when [...]
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Come along on October 23 and be one of the first to experience an event at the brand new Eco-station, after it’s opening, by attending a business efficiency workshop run by the Eco-town team and East Hampshire Environment Network (EHEN).
The workshop is aimed at reducing the energy costs of small businesses, by increasing efficiency [...]
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Hugh Bonneville*, star of the much-loved period drama Downton Abbey, will be in Whitehill & Bordon next month as he opens the new Eco-station and Exhibition House.
Keep Saturday 13th October free as you won’t want to miss the fun-packed launch event that will herald the opening of the two exciting buildings.
The event, which runs [...]
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Jamie Cummins, the Eco-town countryside ranger, has written to residents about a project happening to enhance the urban green spaces within Whitehill & Bordon so that plants and wildlife can thrive.
Last summer an article appeared in the town council newsletter explaining what is trying to be achieved and asking [...]
Continue Reading →The next meeting of the Whitehill & Bordon Eco-town Delivery Board is on Thursday 6th September at 2.30pm in the Forest Community Centre – and everyone is welcome.
Some of items on the agenda at the meeting include inward investment research, outcomes from specialist group meetings, a draft public engagement strategy for the outline planning [...]
Continue Reading →If you’d like to help to make Whitehill & Bordon’s existing homes more energy-efficient then come along to the next meeting of the Standing Conference.
The meeting is taking place on Thursday 30th August at 2.30pm in the Forest Community Centre.
At the end of the meeting there will be two workshops. One [...]
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Whitehill & Bordon’s Local Biodiversity Action Plan now includes two additional areas – so a new supplement has been produced.
The action plan, which is called Wildlife of Whitehill or WoW, now includes the additional areas of Standford Grange and Roudhill (which is an MoD Army training area) and a new supplement has been produced [...]
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Winning design: From Ash Sakula
Whitehill & Bordon Eco-town’s international architecture competition is being featured at a prestigious exhibition inLondon.
The competition was launched to design three zero-carbon homes to set the standard of design in the town – and the winning team Ash Sakula Architects were chosen by a [...]
The next meeting of the Whitehill & Bordon Eco-town Delivery Board is on Thursday 14th June at 10am in the Forest Community Centre – and anyone interested can come along.
Items on the agenda include an update on transport studies, the revised masterplan and the Neighbourhood Quality Charter.
To see the full agenda please click [...]
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Whitehill & Bordon’s Local Biodiversity Action Plan (LBAP), which is called Wildlife of Whitehill (WoW) and was produced by the Environment Conservation Group, has just been updated and reveals that many improvements have taken place in the town thanks to Eco-town funding.
This is the fourth update to the document and it was [...]
Continue Reading →The next meeting of Whitehill & Bordon’s Standing Conference will be on Thursday 31st May at 10am in the Forest Community Centre.
At the meeting there will be a presentation about how businesses could be attracted into the town.
The agenda is available online at http://www.whitehillbordon.com/home/standing-conference/
Other items on the agenda [...]
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Work to convert the old Ministry of Defence Fire Station into an Eco-station and the construction of a carbon-busting Exhibition House is going well.
To see more photos please click on this link.
The buildings will open to the public this autumn and will give [...]
Continue Reading →The masterplan for Whitehill & Bordon Eco-town has been formally approved by East Hampshire District Council and will now guide the regeneration of the town over the next 25 years.
The masterplan, which sets out how the town will get the facilities and infrastructure that it so desperately needs while protecting and enhancing the environment, [...]
Continue Reading →A revised masterplan for Whitehill & Bordon has been prepared to take on board extensive community consultation and is going through a rigorous approval process.
Once it has been approved the masterplan will provide a framework guide to how the town will be regenerated to get the facilities and infrastructure that it so desperately needs [...]
Continue Reading →Grants of £500 will be given to the first 20 eligible homeowners who sign up to replace their old boiler with a new efficient one.
These energy saving grants are being paid for by central government funding that was given to the town because of its Eco-town status and could save a household up to [...]
Continue Reading →East Hampshire District Council has decided that it will not be holding a referendum about Whitehill & Bordon’s Eco-town status because there is not a relevant and useful question that the community could be asked.
EHDC’s new Leader Ken Moon made the decision as he wanted to clear up the uncertainty that had surrounded the issue.
He felt [...]
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Whitehill & Bordon Eco-town is waiting to find out if it has been chosen to be one of the first communities in the UK to have an electric car club (known as an E-car club).
Eight communities across the UK were shortlisted for an E-car club from more than 100 communities who originally expressed an [...]
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A questionnaire to find out the public’s views on the exhibition at the Eco-station is being carried out. The online questionnaire can be filled out here
The former Ministry of Defence fire station is being converted into an Eco-station and will open in the autumn.
The Eco-station will have [...]
Continue Reading →Tell us what you think about the exhibition at the Eco-station by filling in this online questionnaire. (The questionnaires are also available in the Forest Community Centre, Bordon Library and the Phoenix Theatre).
The former Ministry of Defence fire station will open in the autum as the Eco-station – a new [...]
Continue Reading →If you would like to find out more about an electric car club for Whitehill & Bordon Eco-town or if you would like to give your ideas about how it could be implemented then please come to a meeting on Thursday 5th April at 7pm in the Forest Community Centre.
Continue Reading →An electric car will be present at Whitehill Village Hall on Wednesday 28th March, 6.30pm-7.30pm along with other information about an electric car club.
Whitehill & Bordon Eco-town is one of only eight communities from across the UK to be shortlisted for an electric car club.
The town was chosen from a total of 40 and [...]
Continue Reading →The consultation on Whitehill & Bordon’s masterplan was praised at a recent meeting as being ‘thorough and extensive’.
John Walker, the independent chairman of the Eco-town Delivery Board, made the comments at the meeting on Thursday evening.
The aim of the masterplan consultation, which has run since 2008, is to ensure the masterplan takes account [...]
Continue Reading →Free training for builders and construction companies is being provided in Whitehill & Bordon Eco-town on Tuesday 27th March. This is being organised by East Hampshire Environment Network (EHEN) and Whitehill Bordon Eco-Town, and supported with Government funding.
The training session, which takes place at 4pm-7pmat the Forest Community Centre will help people in the construction [...]
Continue Reading →Come along to the next meeting of Whitehill & Bordon’s Delivery Board to see the shortlisted entries from the international architecture competition that was recently held to design three zero carbon homes.
The meeting is being held at BordonJuniorSchoolon Thursday March 15th at6.30pm and anyone is welcome.
Items on the agenda include the masterplan, the development of a local education strategy, [...]
Continue Reading →Hundreds of homes will be able to find out how much heat they are losing as special thermal images are being taken in Whitehill & Bordon Eco-town.
These images, which have already been taken in the rest of East Hampshire, will only be shared with the specific owner of the property.
It is hoped that [...]
Continue Reading →The winners of the international architectural competition to design three zero carbon houses that will set the standard of design for Whitehill & Bordon Eco-town have been announced.
The competition had an amazing response with 54 companies entering and competing to design houses with the highest possible standards of environmental sustainability.
These companies submitted outline [...]
Continue Reading →Whitehill Bordon Eco-town is one of only eight communities from across theUKto be shortlisted for an electric car club.
The town was chosen from a total of 40 and now those shortlisted are competing against each other to get one of these innovative clubs.
So if Whitehill Bordon residents want an electric car club then they need [...]
Continue Reading →Whitehill Bordon Eco-town has been given £39,423 from central government to help pave the way for more energy-saving improvements in the town.
The money has come from the Local Energy Assessment Fund and the Eco-town team joined forces with the East Hampshire Environment Network (EHEN) to bid for the funding.
Some of the money will be [...]
Continue Reading →You can now watch the Exhibition House being built from the comfort of your own home – because a camera has been installed on the site and streams photos to the internet every three minutes.
Twenty photos of the site will be taken every hour and sent to this [...]
Continue Reading →Whitehill Bordon and Lindford residents will be reducing their carbon emissions by a whopping 550 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year because more than 850 homes have received free insulation thanks to Eco-town funding[1].
The free scheme was launched a year ago and offered free loft and cavity wall insulation. However, as other [...]
Continue Reading →Residents in Whitehill Bordon and Lindford can help make it easier to walk and cycle in the area by giving their views on how they currently get around the town and how this could be improved.
Views are also being sought on how parking is used now and how it could be improved as the [...]
Continue Reading →There is still time for residents to have their say on Viking Park as the deadline for comments has been extended until the end of January.
Views are being sought on the Viking Park Design and Feasibility Study which looks at possible uses for the site in Whitehill Bordon.
The study is available to read [...]
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A new boardwalk has been built in Bordon Inclosure – thanks to Eco-town funding.
The 55-metre long wooden boardwalk has been constructed to protect the habitat from damage and to allow walkers to cross the area.
The boardwalk, made from green oak which is from a sustainable local source, has opened just in [...]
Continue Reading →On 16th November, the jury selected a shortlist of 5 design teams from 54 stage 1 submission, to proceed to stage 2 of the competition. The shortlisted teams are: Ash Sakula Architects with Stockley, KMCS, Michael Popper Associates and Eight Associates Proctor and Matthews Architects with Price and Myers, WT Partnership, Atelier 10, Daedelus [...]
Continue Reading →The next meeting of Whitehill Bordon Eco-town’s Standing Conference is on Thursday 1st December in the Forest Community Centre.
The meeting will run from 2.30-5pm and will include an update on the overall project as well as two workshops.
The workshops will be on the Neighbourhood Quality Charter (this is a framework which is being [...]
Continue Reading →Free Wi-Fi is now available in the Forest Community Centre and the town’s events space thanks to Eco-town funding.
The free internet access means you can check all your favourite websites, email or keep up-to-date with your friends on social media while you’re out and about in the town.
There is also free Wi-Fi available in the [...]
Continue Reading →Work to renovate the Fire Station and transform it into an innovative exhibition centre starts this week.
The old Ministry of Defence building is being revamped and turned into an Eco Station which will showcase the latest carbon-busting technology and be a place where residents can find out more about the Eco-town.
The building is [...]
Continue Reading →An additional masterplan consultation event has been arranged for Standford on Wednesday 23rd November.
There were originally going to be nine neighbourhood events taking place in Whitehill Bordon and the surrounding villages – but now there will be 10, as well as a variety of drop-in sessions that have already taken place.
Standford residents asked [...]
Continue Reading →Whitehill Bordon residents can have their say on three options for a new bus service – thanks to Eco-town funding.
Some of the government’s funding for Eco-town status was awarded to provide a new bus service for the town.
Hampshire County Council is managing the project for the Eco-town team and has carried out work [...]
Continue Reading →Find out how to influence the quality of development in Whitehill Bordon Eco-town at a special Specialist Group meeting.
Richard Simmons, visiting professor of City Design and Regeneration at the University of Greenwich and former chief executive of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), will be giving his insights into housing density [...]
Continue Reading →Whitehill Bordon’s biggest consultation is underway with events happening around the town and in the surrounding villages.
The first four events have already taken place but there are still plenty of opportunities to have your say on the proposed changes to the masterplan.
The Eco-town team has pulled out all the stops to [...]
Continue Reading →Whitehill Bordon Eco-town terrace design competition
Architect-led teams interested in participating in this two-stage design competition can download the stage 1 brief here: Stage 1 brief Submission deadline for stage 1 is 12pm 7th November 2011.
The purpose of the competition is to find an architect-led design team who can work collaboratively to bring innovative [...]
Continue Reading →Please find via the following link the minutes of the Delivery Board meeting held on 14th September: Delivery Board notes 140911
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The biggest consultation that Whitehill Bordon has ever seen starts on Monday 3rd October.
There will be a total of nine events where you can come and tell us what you think of the changes that are proposed to the masterplan – as well as [...]
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Whitehill Bordon Opportunity
Specialist Group meetings
These are public meetings
Venue for all meetings: Forest Community Centre, Pinehill Road, Bordon, Hampshire GU35 0BS (except for Housing)
Sustainable Environment – Tuesday 11 October at 7pm
Infrastructure Education & Transport – Thursday 13 October at 2pm
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Continue Reading →Open Spaces next to the Fire Station, Camp Road, Bordon.
‘We want your views’ consultation
Whitehill Bordon Eco-town Team is pleased to invite you for the public consultation event at the Eco-station (Old Fire Station), Station Road, Bordon. The purpose of this exhibition is to seek your views on the [...]
Continue Reading →The next meeting of the Whitehill Bordon Delivery Board will discuss the Eco-town vision – as well as discussing transport.
The meeting is on Wednesday the 14th September at the Forest Community Centre from10am untilmidday.
Everyone is welcome to come along to the meeting where there will also be an update from the Ministry of [...]
Continue Reading →The next meeting of Whitehill Bordon Eco-town’s Standing Conference will discuss the Eco-town vision.
The meeting will be held on Wednesday 31st August from 10am-12:30pm in the main hall at the Forest Community Centre.
Other items on the agenda include transport, the future work of the Delivery Board and managing community assets.
The meeting is [...]
Continue Reading →The Exhibition House, which will demonstrate low-carbon living in Whitehill Bordon Eco-town, has been given the go ahead by planners and will be built later this year.
The house, which will be zero-carbon and open to the public, will showcase the very latest environmentally-friendly technology and design.
The carbon-busting home will be built in [...]
Continue Reading →A new liftsharing scheme has started in Whitehill Bordon and Lindford – thanks to Eco-town funding.
The website service enables residents to find people to share lifts with so that they can cut their travel costs as well as their carbon emissions.
To use the new free Eco-town Liftshare all you need to do is [...]
Continue Reading →The Fire Station is now open so residents can pop in and find out more about the regeneration of Whitehill Bordon.
Members of the Eco-town team are at the Fire Station from 10am until 4pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
The initial work to the Fire Station has included basic upgrades to enable the building to open temporarily.
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Whitehill Bordon’s new allotments, which were created thanks to Eco-town funding, were officially opened on Friday evening.
For more photos please click here.
The 17 much-needed allotments provide a green oasis in the corner ofSavile Crescent.
To celebrate the opening, Cllr Adam Carew, the Mayor of the town, planted [...]
Continue Reading →Defence Minister Liam Fox has revealed that the Ministry of Defence will be leaving Whitehill Bordon and will have vacated the site by 2015 at the latest.
The training that currently takes place in Whitehill Bordon, and has done since the late 19th Century, will be relocated to RAF Lyneham, in Wiltshire.
The move means that [...]
Continue Reading →A team will be working in Whitehill Bordon and Lindford over the next eight weeks to ensure that every household knows about the free insulation which is available because of Eco-town funding.
There will be six people, who are acting on behalf of the Eco-town team, who are clearly recognisable as they are wearing black [...]
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