AN MP has said he is “concerned” by a planned 2,500 home development in a Hampshire village. Over the past year, Eastleigh Borough Council has been carrying out a consultation in relation to plans to build 2,500 new homes as part of its One Horton Heath development. Last month, a planning application for the first 393 new homes was submitted, but now an MP has said he is concerned, raising issues relating to “excessive” housebuilding, the “overdevelopment” of the area and the risk of flooding. Paul Holmes, Eastleigh MP, met with the chief executive of the council in November 2020 to discuss the plans and has now written a formal letter of objection.
A TOWN centre road closure could continue for an extra eight months as Covid-19 cases remain high. On June 15, 2020, Eastleigh Borough Council took the decision to close Market Street and High Street, Eastleigh, to vehicles. This was said to be to allow for safe social distancing for shoppers, and the closures were originally planned to be in place until April 2021. Now though, councillors are considering whether they should keep the roads shut for an extra eight months until December 15. When the road closures were originally agreed last year, a group of business owners and residents came together to form the Eastleigh Town Centre Action Group (ETCAG).