Residents could develop their own “planning strategy”, to promote the “special nature” of Bitterne Park, it was suggested at a meeting organised by the Bitterene Park Residents’ Association and John Denham MP (October 24).
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The object would be to try to influence planning decisions in the
future - for example in cases where flats are proposed to replace
family housing. The strategy might also apparently feed into any future bid for
conservation status, or even strengthen local plan policies. Bitterne
Park Residents’ Association says its committee has already resolved to
explore the idea.
BPRA Chairman Malcolm Pain said that he felt the evening had been very
positive, with useful information provided by the panel of officers,
which included representatives from the Council’s planning and youth
service, as well as local police representatives.
During the meeting, Mr Pain noted that the BPRA is reliant on local
people bringing issues to its attention so that it can support “just
causes”.
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