Speen Ward News Summer 2022
Cost of living crisis: a community response. Steve’s monthly surgery. Lockdown Woods. Getting support during the cost of living crisis.
Please sign the petition to help hedgehogs
West Berkshire Council has refused to require developers to provide “hedgehog highways” – 13cm holes in the bottom of fences to allow hedgehogs to move freely between gardens to find food a mate – as part of all new...
Ridgeway Ward News
£5,000 secured for communities in Ridgeway Ward. Getting support during the cost of living crisis. Hungerford Environmental Action Team (HEAT) event. Caring for nature. Sewage scandal. Reporting problems to West Berkshire Council.
Greens back campaign against sports pitch at Manor Park
Local Greens are campaigning against West Berkshire Council’s proposed football pitch at Manor Park Recreation Ground in Stoney Lane, Newbury. A motion “strongly objecting” to the plans was proposed by David Marsh, Green Party councillor forWash Common, and unanimously...
Sandleford: Shocking, but a long way to go
The decision to grant outline planning permission for 1,000 homes at Sandleford in south-west Newbury makes a mockery of the government’s claims to care about the environment. It contravenes the council’s environment strategy and will seriously damage biodiversity, including...
Wash Common Ward News
Sandleford: Shocking, but a long way to go. Rail way to protect grass island. 20 is plenty on resedential roads. Fifth Road playground facelift. Growing our community greener. Working hard for residents.