Fareham Labour Party is opposed to the proposal for a new housing development off Peak Lane by Hallam Land Management.
Labour says “This proposal to build 1550 houses on green fields off Peak Lane ‘fly in the face’ of the long established policy of keeping the strategic gap between Fareham Town and Stubbington. Residents in the area are obviously really concerned about the impact of this huge development which would take away a large part of our ever decreasing green space in Fareham.”.
Fareham Labour Party is on record as opposing house building south of Longfield Avenue, and we continue to hold that position. Indeed just recently we have proposed an alternative route for the Stubbington by-pass which includes protection against building in this area.
It is important to preserve the green space around Oxleys Coppice. Longfield Avenue, Rowan Way and the surrounding roads already suffer from significant congestion at peak periods and this would only be exacerbated by a development on the scale proposed by Hallam Land Management. This proposal is not welcomed by the local residents and is not the right answer to addressing the housing needs in Fareham Borough.
Labour will oppose this or any other planning application to build off Peak Lane. We believe that any major new house building should be kept to Fareham’s ‘new community’ of Wellborne, which is the very reason we supported it’s creation.