How should Waterlooville develop over the coming years?
THE future of Waterlooville will be on the table at a public meeting today.
The first meeting of Waterlooville Community Board takes place at the town’s community centre.
The aim is for the forum – made up of community representatives – to replace the Waterlooville North and South Community Boards.
Paul Buckley, a councillor for the town, said: ‘At the first meeting, we want to engage with representatives of local residents, businesses, schools, community services, doctors’ practices, sports clubs and associations.
‘We’d like as wide-ranging representation as possible in order to have a good debate about the future of Waterlooville.
‘Within the Waterlooville area we include Cowplain, Hart Plain, Wecock, Purbrook, Widley, Crookhorn, Stakes, and Waterloo, including town centre.’
Comments from the meeting will be taken forward to develop initiatives.
The meeting is over two sessions, from 4pm to 5.30pm and then 5.30pm to 7pm.
For more information call Laura Bevis on (023) 9244 6123.
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lovemydog
Monday, February 20, 2012 at 11:38 AMI think Waterlooville shopping centre is now such a dump, so many shops are closing down, then either boarded up or turned into charity shops. We can only cope with so many charity shops. I hope Waitrose stays in business when Sainsburys eventually gets built, otherwise that area where Wairtose is will go down hill too. 2 shoe shops have gone recently. 2 money lending shops have appeared, just shows what these shops owners think is needed in the town centre.
dave3974
Friday, February 17, 2012 at 07:10 PMno development is what is required
domwantstosay
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 10:27 PMI sadly agrre with all these comments, Waterlooville has been turned into a bit of a dump - the waitrose area isn't too bad, but the high street section is awful. We need to get rid of all the cheap stores and encourage more independent one off stores, cafes and restaurants - that would get the whole street buzzing both in the day and at night - it needs to be an attractive place for people to go at lunch and it needs to be put upmarket a little in terms of the types of shops it permits - this will stop all the fat, lazy and disrespectful types that love hanging out there. We need to look at Wickham for inspiration. If all the money is being pumped into Havant, I'm shocked - its no better!
siskinbob
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 07:29 PMWhere the hell was the meeting of the Waterlooville Community Board advertised ? I for one did not know it was happening. In another article in the News it was stated that 40 people turned up. 40 people out of a population of how many ? Wikipedia suggests that there are 10000 residents. Surely a leaflet drop was in order to each of the residential homes. I have lived in Waterlooville for 26 years and am disgusted at the steady decline of the town centre. A decline that has been accelerated by the poor planning decisions that have been made over the years. I would have loved to have the opportunity to join in discussions about Waterloovilles future.
dave3974
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 07:26 PMWaterloovile is a mess already ----not at all is the answer
overtheill
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 04:53 PMYocal is right,there is and always has been little imagination in the minds of councillors. Years ago Waterloovile used to be a very pleasant little town untill the councillors of the day sanctioned it's total destruction in the name of progress saddling us with the cheap and souless town centre we have today and there still at it.I would think the Curzon eyesore is long overdue major attention,sticking up a few trendy posters does'nt solve the problem.Like nappy's councillors should be changed regularly and usually for the same reason
Yocal
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 03:04 PMThere is very little imagination in the minds of the councillors and officers. Also many stake holders have not been informed about these meetings. For a bunch of people that allegedly have commercial interests at the heart of their politics, they do a really bad job of PR, marketing etc.
griffon
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 06:13 PMThese exercises usually start off with a lot of aspiration until everybody wakes up to where you're starting from and then there's no money. Havant prepared a plan for what's left of its town centre a few years ago. It had some potential but the council shelved it with all the other reports and put up the sheds-end of story.
Roger999
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 01:40 PMThey, HBC, have built a nice new bandstand by the Boulevard, and are paving and tarting up the northern end of the precinct! Surely that is good investment? 8-) Waterlooville should consider itself lucky that they are spending any money at all there, its a wonder there is any money left after the marvellous investment in the Game-Zone (PSP) Civic Centre Road, Havant!!!
Renegade
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 06:16 PMThe council need to think about getting more shops into waterlooville precinct than the areas outside of it.
Renegade
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 06:15 PMthe council and shop companies need to think about filling the closed shops of waterlooville precinct more than the open areas by wadham stringers old site
the good ship Hardy
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 05:42 PMWhen Sainsbury's is built on the old Wadham Stringer site I think Waterlooville Town Centre will stagnate even further. Will Waitrose continue to trade then ? that would be an awful blow for Dukes Walk if they were to close
sw33n3y
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 05:09 PMThe Borough Council has deliberately allowed Waterlooville to stagnate and decline, to become a run-down area, primarily with the shopping centre, but also with the type of housing that surrounds it, whilst ploughing millions into the building up of Havant as the principal shoppingbusiness area. I grew up as a boy in the town, and have seen it change from a friendly village with its` own personality, where everybody knew everybody else, into a faceless area, with a unattractive shopping centre full of fast food outlets, £ and charity shops plus social housing on all sides, l`m afraid it`s beyond help, no matter how well-intentioned.
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