Section 106 Contributions for Rushmoor.

Section 106 contributions 

         Very simply - money taken from developers to improve the local area. This is not a fund that gets accumulated. It is a fund to finance agreed projects in the area:

5.1    Information in this section relates to financial contributions secured by way of section 106 planning obligations.

Section 106 contributions received	Oct-Dec 2014	Apr 2014- Mar 2015
Contributions received (Rushmoor and Hampshire)~	£244,948.47	£1,174,183.19
Open Space (specific projects set out in agreements)	£26,485.00	£385,408.38
SANGS a) Hawley Meadows * b) Southwood II c) Rowhill	a) £28,340.00 b) £120,510.00 c) 0	a) £348,877.67 b) £278,980.00 c) 19,759.25.00
SAMM a) Hawley Meadows* b) Southwood II* c) Rowhill*	a) £3,105.00 b) £13,169.00 c) £0	a) £38,567.38.00 b) £30,512.00 c) £2,163.04
Transport (specific projects set out in agreements)*	£5,788.00	£146,055.68

~This figure also includes monitoring charges, interest and receipts for the Farnborough Airport Community Environmental Fund.

*Contributions relating to the Hawley Meadows SANG. SAMM contributions and Transport are paid to Hampshire County Council.

Twelve new undertakings/legal agreements were signed in the period October-December 2014. A total of 37 were signed in the year.

Farnborough Library set to transform into a new community hub

Thursday 30 April 2015

Farnborough Library will close for seven weeks from Thursday 4 June until Thursday 23 July inclusive, to allow refurbishment works to take place to provide a new community hub for local people.

The new-look building will accommodate a modernised environment, with the latest self service technology, allowing greater flexibility in the way customers access the service and releasing staff to help those requiring more support. There will be a purpose built space for people who currently attend Hampshire County Council Day Service for people with learning disabilities and space for people who receive a service from Parkside (formerly the local Mencap). Both these services will be relocating from Aldershot to Farnborough.

The building will additionally have new activity rooms, as well as a café offering light snacks and refreshments which is due to open in October.

A Hampshire County Council spokesperson said: "This is a very exciting opportunity for us to redevelop the Farnborough library building to provide multi purpose facilities for the local community. While we regret any disruption that may be caused as a result of the temporary closure, we aim to complete the works as quickly as possible and look forward to welcoming customers back towards the end of July in time for the school holidays. We have kept the closure as short as possible which will mean a small amount of disruption will continue after re-opening."

No books will be due back during the period the library is closed, and libraries in Aldershot and Fleet remain open. Books can be borrowed or returned at any library and can be renewed via our website or through our contact centre 0300 555 1387.

The transformation of the library building and the relocation of Aldershot learning disability day services to Farnborough Library is one of a number of similar projects taking place across the county designed to bring services for people with learning disabilities closer to the local community while providing improved facilities for local residents.

A note from Dave ....

David

Today I set out how we can secure a better future - and build a Britain that everyone is proud to call home.
A Britain where hard work is rewarded. Not a free-for-all, but a chance for all: the chance of a job, a home, a good start in life, whoever you are, wherever you are from.
I set out our Conservative commitment for the next five years.
If you want to provide for yourself and your family, you'll have the security of a job.
If you work hard and do the right thing, you will keep more of the money to spend as you choose.
We will cut income tax for 30 million hardworking taxpayers - increasing the tax-free personal allowance from £10,000 to £12,500, and raising the 40p tax rate threshold from £41,900 to £50,000.
For those wanting to buy a home, we will help you get on the housing ladder - with 100,000 new homes, available to first-time buyers under 40 at a 20% discount.
We will make sure every child gets a great education so they can reach their potential.
And for those retiring, we will make sure you get a decent pension and real rewards for a life of work.
A good job, a nice home, more money at the end of the month, a decent education for your children, a safe and secure retirement.
A country where if you put in, you get out.
A Britain everyone is proud to call home - and a long-term plan to get there.
So let's finish what we have begun.

Let's secure a better future for you, your family and for everyone.

PM David Cameron MP

1 Million Superfast Broadband Premises Passed

1 Million Superfast Broadband Premises Passed

Digital infrastructure plays a pivotal role in the Government’s long-term economic plan. Central and local government is therefore investing up to £1.7 billion to extend superfast broadband. In 2010, fewer than half of UK premises had access to superfast broadband. But this public investment, which we can only afford because we have taken difficult decisions on spending elsewhere, alongside private investment, means we have now extended access to 78% of the UK. And by 2017 95% of the UK will be able to access superfast broadband, benefiting millions of Britain’s homes and businesses.

The nationwide roll-out is on track to deliver our targets and today I am pleased to announce that the Government’s programme has now reached over 1million homes and businesses. These are all areas that the private sector would not otherwise have reached. Many local broadband projects around the country and the devolved administrations will be celebrating this achievement.

The current roll-out is expected to provide a £1.5 billion boost to local economies. By 2024, the Government’s current investments in faster broadband will be boosting rural economies by £275 million every month or around £9 million every day. Overall, the Superfast Broadband Programme will deliver returns of up to £20 for every £1 invested, promoting local growth and representing tremendous value for money.

Forty three projects across the regions targeted by Government are now “live” and around 40,000 premises are gaining access every week, double the number being reached in the spring. Current UK coverage of superfast broadband is the highest of the top five European economies and we also lead our European counterparts in terms of take up, competitiveness and pricing.

I firmly believe that this transformation of the digital landscape should reach every area of the UK. Focus is now on the “final 5%” – those areas in the hardest to reach places in the UK that are not covered by existing plans. £10m is being invested in a series of pilot projects across the nation to investigate the best way of tackling these areas. The findings will be used to help decide our future approach so that everyone can benefit from the transformation of the digital landscape currently underway. Backing businesses with broadband infrastructure means they can create more jobs. In turn, that means more people waking up each morning knowing that they have the security of a job.

I am determined to make the UK the best connected country in the world. I look forward to keeping you up-to-date on the progress of the Superfast Britain programme and all our future plans. 

Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

Ham & Blackbird Development MUST be opposed.

Ham & Blackbird

The Council has recently received an application from Inland Homes (some have suggested to me a more accurate name would be Underhand Homes given their vandalistic tree cutting that left trees next to the road perilously dangerous) to build an obscene number of flats (62) with little parking on the site of the Ham & Blackbird. I have no big issue with knocking down an unsuccessful pub / restaurant, but I do object to gross over development by a developer who has proved very early they cannot be trusted: Please see:

http://cllrclifford.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/test.html 

They have tried condescendingly to sweeten this poisonous application with a "community" centre and public plazas to try and make it sound so much better than it is, which in my opinion will simply be a future slum with people arguing with each other about where to park and neighbourhood noise. Am I exaggerating for effect? I think not and could take you less than 50 meters to dwellings that have exactly that problem now. I hope this time, unlike the last similar application, my opposition will be supported by the Planning Committee..

Click on the following link to see Inland Homes Proposal:

Ham & Blackbird Developer Presentation

Please support opposition to this application by submitting an objection at:

http://publicaccess.rushmoor.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=N6WN7GNM0I401