A RESIDENTIAL street in Kings Furlong is the right place for a new homeless shelter, the leader of the council has said. Charity Two Saints is preparing to submit an application for planning permission to build a 23-bedroom facility at 180 Culver Road. Residents have previously raised concerns about anti-social behaviour and the impact on the community. Cllr Ken Rhatigan, leader of Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council, said the location is the right place as it is close to town and has access to medical help and facilities. When asked by The Gazette if he would want it behind his house, he said: “Of course, look I am quite prepared to have buildings in my area. I am quite happy. I am not a NIMBY.”
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Open letter to Cllr Ken Rhatigan Thank you for your email concerning the Planning Application for a warehouse on land at Oakdown Farm Dummer. In the email you state that ‘employment opportunities need to be right if the application is moved forward’. You also talk about ‘detailed information’. Have you had assurances regarding the employment numbers from the occupier? If not, who has provided these? What meetings have you had with the occupier during 2020? Were any or all of these meetings prior to the article published in the Gazette on April 5, when you recommended that the councillors on the Development Control Committee approve the warehouse application?
Basingstoke Gazette, May 13, 2021 The Conservatives are celebrating after securing a comfortable majority on Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council with 33 councillors elected out of a possible 54. The party scooped significant wins in battleground wards in the all-out elections, gaining two seats in Brookvale & Kings Furlong - their first representation there since 1983. This will mean the party will have little opposition in pushing forward their agenda for the town and voting on pressing issues such as the ice rink, the Camrose and Anvil Arts. Basingstoke Labour meanwhile was counting its losses after losing one councillor in Brighton Hill, and two from Buckskin.