Category: 2012 Newsletters

As mentioned in the Autumn Newsletter, the developers of the City Gateway Building are required to provide explanatory signage for Ethelburt Avenue at their own expense. The HCERA Committee decided that they…

The campaign by Dan Hopgood and Ethelburt Avenue residents secured the best possible deal to stop students living in the City Gateway Building having cars. Under a required clause in the Section…

by Ray George The City Council’s Article 4 Direction requiring planning consent if a house is going to be occupied by three or more unrelated people, comes into force on 23rd March…

by Robert Williams Arising from the tree survey last year, the following tree work is proposed. On the top green the large, mature Robinia is infected with the Ganoderma bracket fungus, so…

During the First World War, the land now occupied by this Conservation Area was part of the Swaythling Remount Depot. Nearly 400,000 horses and mules passed through the depot and were sent…

We are proposing to the hold the open gardens day on Sunday 15th April. This is a month earlier than last year and will give us an opportunity to enjoy tulips and…

Now is the time to start planning some community event on the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Holidays of 4th and 5th June. Let us hear your proposals.

by Valerie Laurent Tucked away behind the Burgess Road shops (through the passage beside McColl’s), there is a hidden jewel – the Swaythling Neighbourhood Centre. It is run entirely by volunteers and…

by Ray George There was a meeting of the North Southampton Community Forum on 24th November. I was impressed that the chairman, Jerry Gillen had managed to secure the presence of all…