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STaNHD, Stand up for the North Hampshire Downs

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 is a group set up by local people to protect and promote the North Hampshire Downs for the community and future generations to experience and enjoy.

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Due to the recent change in the Government's housing strategy Basingstoke and Deane face a massive increase in the number of houses they have to plan for, this number has doubled since 2024.​

 

Portsmouth Estates have submitted a site for 1500 houses to be included in the Local Plan.

The danger is that this would ultimately be a new town consisting of at least 2500 houses concreting over a large area of farmland on pristine chalk downland.

The area under threat from this specific development stretches south and west of Basingstoke from Cliddesden and the M3 to the A339 reaching as far as Winslade and Ellisfield. 

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The North Hampshire Downs need our protection.

The aim is to preserve this beautiful landscape for future generations

Once this farmland is gone, it is gone.

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Click here to read STaNHD's key message: