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New Houses at the Anchor - Joe (15th Oct 2023 - 13:32:42) I am finding EHDCs website a bit difficult to find out the details but there is a planning application in for I believe 4 new houses on land “ west of the Anchor” fronting Longmoor Road - would this be on part of the car park ?

Re: New Houses at the Anchor - Ian (15th Oct 2023 - 17:15:25) Possibly a very old application?

Re: New Houses at the Anchor - Editor (15th Oct 2023 - 17:50:15) New application - see 27205/025 It's for a plot of land running parallel to Victoria Way. Access off Longmoor Road, where the layby is, which is to be totally removed and replaced by a grass verge. It appears that 6 new parking spaces are being provided in the entrance to replace the lost layby spaces.

Re: New Houses at the Anchor - er (15th Oct 2023 - 18:36:31) Thanks Ed, but those new parking spaces are in the new estate and marked V, surely they'll argue that is for visitors to the estate only?

Re: New Houses at the Anchor - Sam (15th Oct 2023 - 18:59:06) The planning documents as revealed by the editor have a site layout near the bottom of the list of planning documents to create an access road parallel with Victoria way into the existing gardens of the Anchor and create 4 houses on that garden land. From the looks of it the Anchor Gardens out the rear are only 30% cut garden with the remainder all trees and scrub, it’s on that scrub they plan to build the houses. Looks like x4 posh sized houses, so it will be lovely for them to look out there bedrooms windows every weekend to see a load of boozed up smokers

Re: New Houses at the Anchor - Joe (15th Oct 2023 - 20:01:33) Thank you editor

Re: New Houses at the Anchor - Editor (15th Oct 2023 - 21:32:23) Er - they are marked as ""6 x RE-PROVIDED PARKING SPACES (2.5m x 5.0m)." But you are probably right in reality.

Re: New Houses at the Anchor - M (16th Oct 2023 - 11:22:07) For those that wish to view the full planning application it can be viewed here on the EHDC Planning Portal: planningpublicaccess.easthants.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=_EHANT_DCAPR_254861 I personally don't have a problem with development here but I do think it's a shame it's 4 x detached houses, rather than maybe 8-10 smaller houses (terraced like those adjacent fronting Longmoor Road and part of the Victoria Way development). That would be far better in that area and also be cheaper houses that perhaps would be in the grasp of more people. I also cannot for the life of me understand the access arrangements. There's a perfectly good road running alongside the site (Victoria Way) which I believe is HCC maintained so should have no problem being used. That would mean the existing layby on Longmoor Road could be retained for ad-hoc parking and no new access is required. The plans show 6 "Visitor Parking" spaces outside the private gates, and "due to the narrow nature of the access no visitor parking is available" within the gated complex. Then in another part the developer states that the 6 spaces are to replace those lost by removal of the layby? Surely you can't have it both ways? and are the owners/management company of the the new houses really going to be happy with the public parking there, and them being responsible for all maintenance? Not right at all. Access from Victoria Way leaving the layby alone and more smaller houses on the site would be my preference.

Re: New Houses at the Anchor - Local (16th Oct 2023 - 15:07:00) Very good post M hope our Parish council sees it that way .

Re: New Houses at the Anchor - Local (16th Oct 2023 - 16:35:37) @M - I'd imagine the traffic exiting from 4 houses onto Longmoor Road would be better than the traffic from 12.

Re: New Houses at the Anchor - Joe (16th Oct 2023 - 17:41:31) I have had nasty notices placed on my car for parking without obstructing anyone else so maybe it is not HCC maintained. If there are going to be gates involved it probably is going to be private.

Re: New Houses at the Anchor - First local (16th Oct 2023 - 17:48:10) Second local would that matter it’s not like hundreds trying to get out, the gains for liphook young people trying to get a house would override that .

Re: New Houses at the Anchor - Local 3 (16th Oct 2023 - 23:07:45) Most of the new houses can't be bought by locals, when we sold our 3 bedroom semi in London for 1.5 million we bought 3 houses out here and rent two. But soon, our kids will grow up and never afford to move back to London, if we don't help them they won't even be able to afford a house here! They can't build enough and never will, this isn't Honk Kong, people love their countryside here, me personally, wish I'd stayed in London, but it got too over crowded, was much more practical for commuting though, soon we'll all be stuck here, sort of not in the countryside or the city, too far from work, and still struggling to buy a house!

Re: New Houses at the Anchor - Local 4 (17th Oct 2023 - 09:29:00) I imagine that if your posting were genuine you and your children could afford to live anywhere. All places are the same now and young people usually expect to move to where they can find the best work/ situation for them. I have relatives whose children have moved and settled in Europe one because of a partner one for work opportunities. Life has changed.

Re: New Houses at the Anchor - Eric Benson (17th Oct 2023 - 11:56:02) A couple thoughts about this application. Firstly, the site plan attached to it includes an area at the northern end outside the registered title for the freehold owner, which itself includes a section of the lay-by dedicated as a public highway, and some of the highway itself. Secondly, the application has been made in the name of a Greene King company which is not recorded as the freehold owner at the Land Registry. As such the Planning Statement attached to application is incorrect, notwithstanding the statement of ownership on page 13 of the application document. A technical point but... Has anyone thought of approaching Greene King to see if it might consider a different sort of application, a series of smaller properties at higher density than the four proposed dwellings, possibly linked with a housing association set up, so as to provide starter or step down homes in the middle of the village? Regards Eric

Re: New Houses at the Anchor - Joe (17th Oct 2023 - 13:34:44) Anyone can apply for planning? It is normally a factor in deciding whether to buy or not. For example Redrow have put their name to applications on the Bohunt Manor land but the ownership is a Lichtenstein Trust. It was formerly know by Geriwell investments but the name changed after Geriwell was named in the Panama papers some while back. Does not matter in planning terms who owns the property. I am sure EHDC are well aware of the ownership of the road and lay-by.

Re: New Houses at the Anchor - Penny Williamson (17th Oct 2023 - 14:37:11) Joe That is correct

Re: New Houses at the Anchor - Dave (18th Oct 2023 - 09:22:49) There are a lot of trees on the site, I thought "village lungs" were a vital environmental concern nowadays.

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