Design for new business unts at former council depot at Bishops Waltham. IT HAS been vacant since the spring of 2019. But work at Bishop s Waltham Depot has been stalled time and time again – most recently due to the coronavirus pandemic. Ward councillor David McLean expressed his frustration at a Winchester City Council meeting on January 13. He said: Could the cabinet member please update us on the progress of the depot build here in Bishops Waltham as it appears to have stalled yet again?” Cllr Kelsie Learney said that work is due to begin in March, and that it should be completed in late December, early January of next year.