Posts by: Nigel Rennie

Campaigners told to accept need for new housing – we say they should come up with a credible and responsible plan.

By On 07/12/2012

Campaigners told to accept need for new housing

By Jennie Slevin
December 04, 2012

http://www.getbracknell.co.uk/news/s/2125132_campaigners_told_to_accept_need_for_new_housing

Campaigners are being urged to accept development plans following research [...]

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3M Building to have car park “done up”

By On 26/08/2012

Nothing can sum up the dismal failure of Bracknell Forest Council regeneration more than the farcical attempts to redevelop Winchester House – alias the 3M Building.

Quite apart from absolutely nothing happening with the Bracknell Regeneration, more appropriately named the Bracknell [...]

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DCLG report urges local action on shops

By On 09/06/2012

DCLG report urges local action on shops

By Mark Smullian Thursday, 07 June 2012

 

Local plans need to take account of how to deal with economically declining parades of shops that lack the ‘critical mass’ to succeed, a government report has said.

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Binfield Parish Council – 2:1 BIC win over Labour

By On 20/04/2012

Election Result 19th Apil 2012: Nigel Rennie (Independent) 794 votes; David Fawcett (Labour) 439 votes. 2:1 vote in favour of Independents. Thank you to all the residents of Binfield who voted for me. Thank you also to the excellent [...]

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The Case against Bracknell Council’s Housing Plans

By On 22/03/2012

The Northern Arc Action Group (NAAG) in conjunction with Binfield Village Protection Society (BVPS), Crowthrorne Village Action Group (CVAG) have presented their case against the current proposals by Bracknell Forest Council to build 10,780 new homes in the northern arc of [...]

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Action groups join forces to protest against Council housing plans

By On 22/03/2012

Calls for Blue Mountain Golf Club homes plans to be scrapped

By Hugh Fort
March 20, 2012

Housing campaigners in Binfield are calling for plans for 400 homes on a popular local golf course to be completely [...]

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Enid Wood House - All empty apartments

Who turned the lights off?

By On 08/12/2011

Can anyone spot what all these buildings in central Bracknell have in common, apart from the 1,000′s of pigeons  perched on the ledges?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

None of them have any lights [...]

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Adam Afriyie MP

Meet your local MP Adam Afriyie

By On 14/10/2011

Your invitation to meet our local MP Mr. Adam Afriyie.

Binfield Village Protection Society invite you to meet your local MP Mr. Adam Afriyie,

On Friday 14th October at 7.30 p.m.

After welcome and comment from the [...]

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Can LibDemCon Localism work ?

By On 11/10/2011

The latest fashion of how we can destroy our countryside while at the same time appearing not to comes through a couple of Government initiatives namely the Localism Bill and changes to National Planning Policy Framework. Through these somewhat innocuous and beguiling titles [...]

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office to let

25% of Bracknell offices stand empty

By On 06/09/2011

For much of the last century, the general demand for office accommodation in Bracknell has been relatively low, particularily when compared to the current over supply of offices throughout the region. Bracknell stands out as being particularly poor.

The Bracknell area is dominated [...]

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