Village Campaigns
For: Church Wall Restoration
Against: Sandford Farm Waste Removal

Campaigners in the village have been busy this summer, and are gearing up for a hectic autumn.

Church wardens from St. Nicholas launched the Sponsor a Flint campaign when BBC Radio Berkshire broadcast the Andrew Peach show during the BBC Restoration project in August. Read Mary Langdown’s account inside this Newsletter, and find out how you can Sponsor a Flint to help restore this Grade 1 listed church.

HVS members have been campaigning against the proposals to remove 300,000 cubic metres of waste from Sandford Farm and dump it into Lea Farm and Whistley Court Farm so that 450 homes can be built on the re-filled land at Sandford Farm.

More than 2,000 leaflets detailing reasons for objecting were delivered in Hurst, Charvil, and Twyford by HVS members, and hundreds of letters of objection have been received by Wokingham Unitary Authority.

The Woodley residents’ campaign group, Loddon Valley Action, has joined forces with the Hurst Village Society to pool resources for researching the environmental and waste management issues. There is more about the campaign inside this Newsletter.

The Sandford Farm proposals are likely to be discussed by the council’s Development Control Committee on 12 November when the HVS will present the reasons why the proposals should be refused.