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If you think you could do better than Alan Sugar’s wannabe apprentices then now’s your chance.
The Whitehill & Bordon Eco-town team is looking for a marketing apprentice to learn the ropes, get new skills and ultimately have all the tools they need to land themselves a job at the end of their training.
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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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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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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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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 [...]
Continue Reading →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 [...]
Continue Reading →Have your say by 21st September.
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 [...]
Continue Reading →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 [...]
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 →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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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 →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 →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 →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 [...]
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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 →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 →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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 →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 [...]
Continue Reading →The next meeting of the Whitehill Bordon Delivery Board will be on Wednesday 15 June from 6:30pm – 9pm at the Forest Community Centre – and will discuss how residents can get more involved with the masterplan.
Some of the topics which will be discussed at the meeting include an update from the Ministry of [...]
Continue Reading →To start off with there will be five sessions as follows (but these could change if the youngsters would prefer to meet at different times). And one more session will be added to Wednesdays evenings to make six sessions.
Wednesdays from 2:30pm-4:pm at Bordon Garrison Youth Club – this is for those aged over 11. [...]
Continue Reading →Pupils from Bordon Junior School are working with award-winning architects to help design Whitehill Bordon’s first eco-home.
The school has a group of ‘eco-warriors’ who are responsible for helping to save energy by ensuring computers and lights are turned off in classrooms.
These eco-warriors, aged between seven and 11, were enlisted by the London-based firm Riches Hawley [...]
Continue Reading →To mark Climate Week a coffee evening is being held where residents can learn more about reducing their carbon footprint.
The drop-in event is at the Forest Community Centre on Wednesday 23rd March from 5pm-7.30pm.
There will be various displays and a chance to talk to members of the Eco-town team, the Deadwater Valley Trust [...]
Continue Reading →A rail link from Whitehill Bordon to Bentley with a through service to London Waterloo warrants further investigation, a rail study has found.
The rail feasibility study, which was paid for with central government Eco-town funding, examined the potential for connecting Whitehill Bordon Eco-town to the national rail network. It considered options that could link [...]
Continue Reading →The second meeting of Whitehill Bordon’s Delivery Board will be on Tuesday 15th March at 2:30pm in the Phoenix Theatre.
This is a great opportunity to find out what’s happening in the Eco-town and to get updates on the many projects which are taking shape.
If you would like to ask the Delivery Board members [...]
Continue Reading →Work to demolish the disused Alexandra Centre to make way for 16 much-needed allotments in Whitehill Bordon starts next week.
Whitehill Bordon is crying out for new allotments as there is currently a three to four year waiting list – with 51 people hoping to have one.
The allotments will open this summer.
The allotments, [...]
Continue Reading →(To read the strategy click on this link http://tinyurl.com/wb-economic )
Residents and businesses can comment on Whitehill Bordon Eco-town’s draft Economic Development and Employment Strategy which aims to create a vibrant local economy with an estimated 5,500 new jobs by 2028.
The strategy also sets out ways to improve education and training and provide high quality [...]
Continue Reading →The first Eco-town Specialist Group meetings start next week – and anyone can join them and get more involved in the town’s future.
The groups will focus on specific topics and provide the new Delivery Board, which is managing the town’s regeneration, with local input and knowledge.
The first round of meetings will all take [...]
Continue Reading →Work on a new boardwalk in Bordon Inclosure is a step closer to starting as a contractor has now been appointed.
The boardwalk, which is being paid for by Eco-town funding, will be built to protect habitat from further damage and allow walkers to cross the area.
This is necessary because part of the Royal [...]
Continue Reading →Come and have your say on the future development of Viking Park on Tuesday January 18.
The consultation is part of the feasibility study which is looking at uses for the site. The consultants carrying out the study are PRP Architects.
The event is from 10am – midday at the Woodlark restaurant on Petersfield Road [...]
Continue Reading →Birdlovers in Whitehill Bordon spotted 32 species when they took part in the Big Bordon Birdwatch which was organised by the Deadwater Valley Trust.
The ‘top five’ most seen species with overall number of birds were: Blue tit (58); House sparrow (31); Great tit (26); Blackbird (23) and Goldfinch (21).
Blue tits were recorded in [...]
Continue Reading →Meet Jamie Cummins the new Eco-town countryside ranger who will ensure that the local habitats and wildlife are protected and enhanced – as well as working with the community on conservation projects.
His work is being paid for by Eco-town funding and he will work on projects which were identified by the Biodiversity Policy Advisory [...]
Continue Reading →The Ministry of Defence plans to make an announcement about leaving Whitehill Bordon in the New Year, it was revealed at the first meeting of the town’s new Delivery Board.
The meeting on Tuesday, which was held in public, was packed with residents who are interested in the town’s regeneration.
Richard Nelson, who represents the [...]
Continue Reading →Whitehill Bordon’s masterplan has been accepted as an overall framework for how development should take place in the town and will be instrumental in ensuring the town gets a new town centre and excellent leisure facilities.
East Hampshire District Council’s Full Council accepted the framework which will guide the town’s regeneration following the expected release [...]
Continue Reading →Sixteen new allotments are set to be open by summer 2011 after planners gave the scheme the green light.
Whitehill Bordon is crying out for new allotments as there is currently a three to four year waiting list – with 51 people hoping to have one.
The allotments, which are largely paid for by Eco-town [...]
Continue Reading →The first meeting of Whitehill Bordon’s new Delivery Board, which will steer the regeneration of the town, will take place on Tuesday 7th December.
The public meeting will be from 10.00am until 12:30pm and is being held in the Transition Room in Mill Chase Community Technology College.
Residents can ask questions in writing – which [...]
Continue Reading →Whitehill Bordon is the only town in the South East where homeowners can get free loft and cavity wall insulation – which will help save money on fuel bills.
The free loft and cavity wall insulation is possible thanks to Eco-town funding and could save a household up to £265 a year.
If 1,200 homeowners sign-up [...]
Continue Reading →Whitehill Bordon’s evolving masterplan is a step closer to being accepted as an overall framework for how development should take place in the town.
East Hampshire District Council’s Development Policy Panel recommended on Thursday (28th October) that the framework is accepted by full council.
The framework has been developed to manage the expected release of [...]
Continue Reading →The Ministry of Defence has written to East Hampshire District Council confirming that it is still planning to leave Whitehill Bordon.
The letter, from David Olney, the deputy chief executive of Defence Estates, says that it has a “commitment to making the site available for redevelopment” and that it aims to reconfirm the land release [...]
Continue Reading →A model of the exhibition house, which showcases the latest in low-carbon living, will be on display at the Blackmoor Apple Tasting Day this Sunday.
There will also be members of the Eco-town team on hand from 10am to 4.30pm to answer questions about it – as well as one of the architects who has designed [...]
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The free Eco Fitness Trail demonstrations have been so popular that they will be continued throughout September and October. The trail opened in July and is the first project in Whitehill Bordon to be completed with Eco-town funds.
These free sessions were only scheduled to run during August but [...]
Continue Reading →More than eighty residents came to the most recent masterplan consultation event in the Forest Community Centre last week.Penns Place , Petersfield , GU31 4EX by September 3rd 2010 .
Representatives from The Environment Centre were also stationed in the nearby shopping centre to give advice on how to save money on fuel bills.
There [...]
Continue Reading →Come and have your say on Whitehill Bordon’s emerging masterplan at a drop-in event on Wednesday August 11 between 1pm and 9pm in the Forest Community Centre.
As well as being able to ask questions and have your say, representatives from The Environment Centre will also be there to help you save money on fuel [...]
Continue Reading →Whitehill Bordon’s Eco Fitness Trail, which is the first project to be completed using Eco-town funding, will be opened on Thursday (July 29) by double Olympic gold medallist Daley Thompson.
The outdoor course, which stretches over half a mile in the recreation ground in Mill Chase Road , will be officially opened at 2pm by [...]
Continue Reading →An exhibition home which will pilot the latest carbon-busting technology and design was given outline planning permission on Thursday night.
Approval was given for the new house which will serve as an exhibition so residents can go inside it and see how low carbon living could work.
The exhibition home will be built in the [...]
Continue Reading →The masterplan can be viewed online here
The latest version of Whitehill Bordon’s evolving masterplan has been published and there is now another opportunity for you to have your say.
The plan shows an overall vision for the town and will ensure that development takes place in a considered manner while [...]
Continue Reading →Whitehill Bordon’s first outdoor fitness trail will be built in July and is set to be the first community project to be completed using Eco-town funds.
The course, which stretches over half a mile, will be set up in the recreation ground in Mill Chase Road and can be used by anyone, but it is [...]
Continue Reading →Residents will be more involved in Whitehill Bordon’s Eco-town because decisions will now be made in public.
The greater transparency will see the Whitehill Bordon Opportunity Executive Group replaced with a new ‘delivery board’ which will have an independent chairman.
These improvements will make the meetings more open and democratically accountable.
There [...]
Continue Reading →Bordon Junior School pupils draw plans for the Exhibition House
Youngsters from Bordon Junior School drew the outline of the town’s first eco showhome at the Fire Station site on Thursday.
The group were shown the draft plan by Riches Hawley Mikhail Architects and then asked to sketch it [...]
Continue Reading →Whitehill Bordon’s masterplan will be available for the public to view and comment on in June, it was decided at the Whitehill Bordon Opportunity Management Group meeting last week.
The masterplan will soon be completed by the team at AECOM, previously called EDAW.
Residents will be able to comment on the plan from June until [...]
Continue Reading →Disused Fire Station will be transformed into an Eco Station
The disused Fire Station in Whitehill Bordon has been bought by East Hampshire District Council and work to turn it into an eco-station is now underway.
The building was owned by the Ministry of Defence and it will now [...]
Continue Reading →Whitehill Bordon has been given a massive £10.69million boost because of its Eco-town status and this will be used to start exciting projects in the town immediately.
The funding was announced today by the Department of Communities and Local Government (CLG).
Whitehill Bordon has been given £9.35million from CLG and £1.34million has been given to [...]
Continue Reading →Whitehill Bordon has been awarded a grant of up to £500,000 to retrofit existing privately owned homes – so they will be more energy efficient as well as saving households money on fuel bills.
East Hampshire District Council applied to the Department of Energy and Climate Change at the end of last year to become [...]
Continue Reading →A lucky couple from Woodside Park , in Whitehill Bordon, have won £500 in a prize draw for having their say on the town’s latest masterplan proposals
The couple, who wish to remain anonymous, were delighted to win and say that they will be giving some of the money to local groups in the town [...]
Continue Reading →Whitehill Bordon has been short-listed for a £500,000 grant to retrofit existing privately owned homes – so they will be more energy efficient as well as saving households money on fuel bills.
East Hampshire District Council applied to the Department of Energy and Climate Change at the end of last year to become one of [...]
Continue Reading →The portfolio holder for Whitehill Bordon is urging residents to seize the opportunity to shape the town’s future for the benefit of present and future residents.
Cllr Andrew Joy is determined to ensure that residents have an “excellent quality of life” and that’s why he is backing the town’s masterplan process.
There is still time [...]
Continue Reading →East Hampshire District Council and Whitehill Bordon’s Catholic community are working together to ensure the church remains at the heart of the town when building starts.
There had been some reports that the Sacred Heart Church and Cygnets Day Nursery were going to be compulsorily purchased to make way for the new town centre.
But this is [...]
Continue Reading →Leading local councillors have united to support Whitehill Bordon’s masterplan process and they are urging the town’s residents to have their say.
Cllr David Parkinson, leader of EHDC, Cllr Adam Carew, shadow cabinet portfolio holder for environment, Cllr Elizabeth Cartwright, portfolio holder for housing and climate change, Cllr Ian Dowdle, Cllr Bill Wain, Mayor of [...]
Continue Reading →The Leader of East Hampshire District Council says that the masterplan offers the best future for Whitehill Bordon residents and urges everyone in the town to back it.
There are only a few weeks left to tell the council what you think about the latest masterplan proposals which will guide the town’s future development.
Cllr [...]
Continue Reading →Hundreds of residents flocked to last week’s masterplan consultation events and gave their views on the overall vision for Whitehill Bordon.
There was standing room only at Bordon Junior School on Thursday evening as residents crammed into the hall to see the plans which will bring facilities, jobs and homes to the town.
And on Saturday an estimated 300 residents [...]
Continue Reading →Whitehill Bordon’s Eco-town project has been named as ‘the most important project within East Hampshire’ and will now have five cabinet members working on it.
This increased support will bring further expertise to the project and each of the five cabinet members will be working on a specific task.
Cllr David Parkinson was elected as [...]
Continue Reading →The masterplan consultation in Whitehill Bordon is expected to be one of the town’s most important events.
Residents are being urged to give their views on the masterplan which will guide the future vision of the town and in particular to decide on the location of a new school – and they could win £500 [...]
Continue Reading →On the rail link bus to Liphook
Commuters left in the lurch by the cancellation of a bus service connecting Liphook Train Station and Whitehill Bordon can now hop on a service funded entirely by East Hampshire District Council.
In May South West Trains stopped the Liphook Bordon Rail Link, causing problems for [...]
Continue Reading →Whitehill Bordon’s new weekly market kicked-off on Thursday and has been hailed a success by organisers.
The market has given a boost to the town and is one of many new initiatives which will be happening now that Whitehill Bordon has been awarded Eco-town status.
The market, called Prod Grow, was organised by the Whitehill [...]
Continue Reading →A new management group has been formed to help ensure swift improvements are made to Whitehill Bordon.
The Whitehill Bordon Opportunity Management Group met for the first time on Monday August 10 and will work alongside the established executive group.
The new group has been tasked with making decisions on smaller matters [...]
Residents comment on latest masterplan
Whitehill Bordon residents had their say on the latest version of the masterplan on Saturday – but don’t worry if you didn’t make it because there’s another consultation event in August.
More than 30 residents came to the drop-in event to ask questions and to discuss the masterplan proposals on Saturday morning at the Forest [...]
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