The North Southampton Community Forum met on 27 January 2015. The meeting thought that streets blighted by the permanent display of lettings boards for student accommodation needed a radical solution. A letter would be sent to the leader of the Council requesting that an application to the Secretary of State be made to remove the general permission for such boards in some wards of the City.
Lynn Hand and Dave Johnson gave a presentation on the Sports Centre. Readers who are interested in this topic should see the website of the Friends of Southampton Sports Centre www.fossc.info
Simon Hill gave a presentation on the state and condition of the Common with supporting aerial photographs. Contrary to what you might think,the ratio between open grassland and wooded areas is now approximately 30:70% This is the reverse of the situation many years ago. A working party of volunteers is implementing an Action Plan to maintain a mainly open landscape on the Common adjacent to Highfield Road.