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UPDATE! EXTRA DATE FOR FEBRUARY MEETINGS – ALL WELCOME

All are welcome at our upcoming Campaign Update and Q&A meetings designed to let you know what’s been happening with the campaign, both on the Green Belt question and wider concerns. We’ve just added an extra date so there are now three meetings and we hope that you will be able to join us for one (the meetings will cover the same agenda). All meetings are at Loddon Hall, Twyford.
• Wednesday 14th February, 7pm in the Ruscombe Room
• Saturday 17th February, 10am in the Hall
• Wednesday 21st February, 7pm in the Twyford Room
If anyone is able to help put out chairs for the Saturday meeting, please let us know – we need 3 or 4 people who’d be able to come at 9 if poss. Drop us an email if you’re able to help.
We look forward to seeing you there! Obviously the Wednesday evening meetings are in smaller rooms but the Hall is large so we hope to accommodate everyone over the three dates.

CAMPAIGN TOPS 1000+ FOLLOWERS ON FACEBOOK

We’re updating supporters via our CPRW Facebook page, so do please follow our page to get all the news. Most of the same information will also appear on the website, so if you are not a Facebook user do please bookmark the CPRW website. Please also ask friends and family to follow us – numbers will be crucial to demonstrate the depth of local feeling about this campaign.

WORKING WITH PARISH AND BOROUGH COUNCILS

The campaign team is working very closely with parish and borough councillors to achieve our shared goal, and we are pleased to be building a united front against these development proposals with whole-hearted support from both our Parish Councils and our Borough Councillors, of all political persuasions.

Top Planning & Legal Expertise

We’ve appointed a top firm of planning consultants Pegasus and instructed Christopher Katkowski QC of Landmark Chambers to advise us and represent us should we go to public enquiry. Chris is consistently recognised in UK legal directories and in Planning magazine’s annual survey of planning lawyers as one of the foremost leaders in planning and environment work in the country. Top legal representation is not a cheap option but we have only one shot at protecting this land and must give it the best possible chance – donations to help with the cost are very much appreciated. We’ll update you with progress as it happens of course.

MASTER PLANNING AT RUSCOMBE CHALLENGED

Our planning consultant has written to WBC to question the basis of their inclusion of Ruscombe in the Master Planning exercise, pointing out that it contradicts their own Green Belt Review published only last year. We have also questioned the fact that the council are only master planning just the three huge potential sites. We await their response with interest.