It was over a year ago that this Newsletter reported plans for a housing development in North Stoneham Park in Eastleigh’s 2011- 2029 Local Plan. Since then, Eastleigh has had to withdraw its plan and produce a new draft revised Local Plan which went to public consultation, ending 2nd December. The housing development in North Stoneham Park certainly has not gone away, there are plans for 1100 dwellings.
Eastleigh is not the only district producing a Local Plan. We may not realise how far Test Valley District wraps around the north of Southampton. For example, most of St George’s School is in Test Valley. Their draft plan includes housing development of 50 dwellings at Park Farm which is just to the west on St Nicolas Church, North Stoneham.