About Me

INDEPENDENT ISLE OF WIGHT COUNCILLOR FOR COWES WEST & GURNARD (Since 2009) Timeline: 1993 Green Candidate for IWCC Election (Ryde NE); 1994 Green Party European Elections Candidate (Wight & Hampshire South); 1995-2001 Independent IW Councillor (Ryde NE); 2001-2005 and 2011- Cowes Town Councillor; 2005-2009 and 2012- Gurnard Parish Councillor; 2008- Northwood Parish Councillor; from 2009 Independent IW Councillor (Cowes West & Gurnard). I've served as a Justice of the Peace since 2001. INDEPENDENT? I'm fully Independent was an Executive/ Cabinet member until 2017 and from 2021. As an Independent I robustly defend putting the needs of communities first. I have no political activists, sponsors or businesses shadowing me and therefore my loyalty to represent Gurnard & Cowes is absolute. I aspire to be a hard working, transparent, effective and enthusiastic Ward Councillor. Please contact me to meet at your convenience, or visit my surgeries listed below. Thank you for visiting my website!

Monday, 23 May 2011

SHLAA Update

The past month has been quite hectic in raising awareness to the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment within the Island Plan consultation. Within the SHLAA room has been suggested for up to 827 new dwellings within Cowes West and Gurnard.

Site by site, this equates to 156-280 for Land off Tuttons Hill and Baring Road; 138-230 off Place Road; 118-196 at Gurnard Farm, Cockleton Lane/ Lower Church Road; 25-42 at Land rear of The Glen, Worsley Road; 20-33 at land, Dottens Farm, Woodvale Road; 17-28 to rear of Oaklands Lodge, Worsley Road and 11-18 at land off Pine Tree Close, Cowes.

I undertook an initial letter drop to those households immediately adjacent to sites identified by landowners and others for future housing. This was followed up by a public meeting held with the Parish Council in Gurnard and a more widespread letter-drop by local residents urging others to visit the consultation and make representations. Many thanks to everybody who has registered their representations so far, and those volunteered in the letter drop over this weekend. The consultation ends 4:30pm, Friday 27th May. For further details please visit the SHLAA pages of the www.iwight.com/islandplan website.

In the meantime, time is fast running out and I hope to publish my letter on-line in respect to this consultation when the deadline closes....
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