Delight as Sungrove Farm development in East End gets go ahead
Emily von Opel s plan polarised opinions in the hamlet
Jonathan Ashby
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EMILY von Opel has said support from members of the East End community had kept her going after her application to convert Sungrove Farm into a multi-purpose development was given the green light.
However, Mrs Von Opel said she had also had lots of support from the community which had encouraged her to press on with her plans to convert a farmhouse on the site into a mixed-use building housing a farm shop, bakery, café and education space.
Controversial Sungrove Farm scheme in North Hampshire approved I don’t think this will have the disturbing effect the local people are suggesting
Jonathan Ashby
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SUNGROVE Farm in East End will undergo a transformation after plans to convert a farmhouse into a multi-purpose commercial development were given the green light.
At a Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council planning meeting last Wednesday, councillors unanimously approved the scheme, dismissing concerns by a campaign group that the development would cause significant harm to the community.
Instead, councillors said the scheme – which will see a farmhouse demolished and a multi-purpose building housing a farm shop, bakery, café and education space built in its place – would bring employment opportunities and help keep the village thriving.
Sungrove Farm in East End recommended for approval
Proposed development will go before council on January 13
Jonathan Ashby
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PLANS to build a commercial garden centre-style development in East End have been recommended for approval.
Emily von Opel is planning to demolish a 1980s farmhouse on Sungrove Farm and construct a new building, housing a farm and gift shop, bakery, plant nursery, café and education space.
The scheme will go before Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council development control committee on January 13 for a final decision.
Borough councillor for East Woodhay Clive Sanders told the
Newbury Weekly News that the application has been recommended for approval by planning officers, but the officers’ report on the project won’t be published until January 6.