Improving air quality across the district
Winchester City Council has a new strategy for improving air quality and they are asking for people across the district to have their say.
Environment
County council refuses to stop vehicles harming rare chalk stream by driving in river
Hampshire County Council has refused to place a traffic order to protect against the ongoing impact of vehicles driving through a river in Droxford.
Hampshire County Council cuts back on grass cutting to help wildlife
The council said it is supporting the national campaign ‘No Mow May to encourage garden owners to put their mowers away.
Hampshire recycling firm tries for retrospective approval again
A HAMPSHIRE recycling firm based in Shedfield has amended plans to keep using land which was open countryside as a storage area.
New orchard and hedgerow project blossoms at Wickham Community Centre
A community garden’s bid for trees and hedging has proved fruitful and it’s just planted nine fruit trees
and 65 hedging whips.
Waltham Chase litter pick
Our first ‘rubbish walk’ in February started at Waltham Chase Village Hall and ended in the same spot with a sizeable haul of rubbish.
South Downs Authority welcomes government environmental targets
Protected landscapes highlighted as being crucial to combating climate change.
Shedfield recycling firm loses planning battle
A recycling company that has been using a countryside site for more than 10 years has lost its bid to
keep a storage area, office and workshop built without planning permission.
Oil production to restart at Cheesefoot Head
Oil is to be pumped from a site near Cheesefoot Head, north east of Winchester. The site will emit polluting methane gases freely into the air.
Hampshire’s carbon emissions
Hampshire County Council has a target for the Hampshire area to be carbon neutral by 2050. To assess our progress towards this target, carbon emissions are tracked and reported annually.