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Who's Involved?

POPLEY FIELDS AND JOHN HUNT OF EVEREST SCHOOL SITE:
LANDOWNERS

Land at Popley Fields (Marnel Park) – David Wilson Homes Limited
Land at North of Popley Way (Merton Rise) – Hampshire County Council
Land at John Hunt of Everest Community School – Hampshire County Council
All responsible for: infrastructure (roads, open spaces, landscaping), nature conservation, material operations,
Land provision and development

Housing and Transport

Community facilities and Affordable Housing
THE HOUSEBUILDERS
 
The housebuilders are responsible for the following:
  • Accordance of new dwellings with the Design Brief and masterplan.
  • All construction activities
  • House marketing and aftercare.

David Wilson Homes will be building the Marnel Park development. The two other sites are to be disposed of in a design/offer process by HCC on the open market to house builders.

The Hampshire County Council website on the development proposal can be found using this link http://www.mertonrise.co.uk/index.aspx


BASINGSTOKE & DEANE BOROUGH COUNCIL - Local Planning Authority

The Local Planning Authority has the following responsibilities:
  • To ensure that development accords with approved outline planning permission and the Masterplan
  • Approving Reserved Matters applications (ie. layout & landscaping proposals for each house-builder)
  • The provision of affordable housing is the responsibility of the Council’s Housing Department in liaison with the Registered Social Landlords.
     
OTHER PARTNERS

Many of the community facilities in the Popley development will be run by third-parties. Although the details have yet to be approved, they could involve:
  • Housing: Housing Associations
  • School’s: Hampshire County Council
  • Supermarket: National Chain
  • Church, Community Groups, Pub or a Restaurant, Nursery


 


 

 
H.C.C. – HIGHWAY AUTHORITY

Responsible for roads, public transport co-ordination, footways, bridges, cycleways etc