My comments on the plans for redevelopment of the area around Winchester Station. Once again a total blindspot on the crucial question of energy.
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Local Plan timetables overtaken by grid decarbonisation
My response to the Regulation 19 phase of the new Local Plan for Winchester District. The energy crisis is no less important than housing.
Sir John Moore Barracks masterplan
My response to the public consultation on the proposed development of the Barracks. No sign of onsite energy generation to power 800 homes.
Renewable Energy in Winchester District: 2024 Report
Annual update of data on electricity in Winchester District, noting gaps in commercial rooftop solar data and flaws in the 2023 Council Plan.
Renewable Energy in Winchester District: 2023 Report
Annual update of data on electricity generated in Winchester District, focusing on growth in local rooftop solar.
Lost sporting prints from the pubs of Winchester
Pubs have had a terrible time over Covid. But that’s no excuse for the disappearance of my four favourite sporting prints in Winchester pubs.
Renewable Energy in Winchester District: 2022 Report
This report details the amount of electricity generated in Winchester District and discusses an appropriate local target for 2050
Ignore the elephant in the Itchen at our peril
How can Winchester City Council announce a flood defences scheme without mentioning climate change? It feels as though there’s an embargo on the phrase which is not good for policy-making or for the design of this important scheme.
The accent of motherhood is out of the box
Readings of The Republic of Motherhood by Liz Berry may offer fresh opportunities to reveal the emotional power of her Black Country dialect.
Climate change and art: just good friends
A Simon Armitage poem for the Winchester Poetry Festival prompts thoughts about climate change and art in its choice of subject – Antony Gormley’s Sound II