24 July 2022 - Number 3
NEWSLETTER
Evendons Area Residents Association
Friday Walk and Talk - thank you!
Thanks to everyone who attended the hugely successful community walk last night. Given the rain forecast, we were happy to see a crowd of well over 100 people gather on Viking Field, looking out over the Blagrove Meadows development site.
After an introduction by the Save our Blagrove Countryside Chair, Ian Andrews, explaining how this unwanted development will destroy the rural feel on this side of Wokingham, the crowd made their way through Lesley Sears field and out onto Blagrove Lane and Doles Lane. A gallery of images is online here. https://evendons-area.org.uk/2022/07/23/community-walk-2022-gallery/
As if to emphasise what will be lost if this development goes ahead, a Roe Deer appeared in one of the meadows proposed for concreting over, within full view of everybody as we walked along Blagrove Lane.
Many were surprised at the development's size and scale. The overwhelming feeling from everybody present is that we have to fight this destructive development and protect our countryside and our wildlife.
Many of the attendees signed up on the day of the campaign newsletter. If you haven't done so yet, please go to our website, http://evendons-area.org.uk/ and register for the email newsletter to stay up to date with the campaign to stop this unwanted development. From there, you can find links to our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages, as well as a link to donate.
If you missed this event and would like to participate in our next one - it’s going to be at 4:00 pm on Sunday 7th August 2022. Everyone is welcome!
Update on Planning Application
Berkeley Homes posted a legal notice in the Wokingham newspaper on Thursday, 21st July 2022, that they submitted their outline planning application. We will send an update early next week on what is happening and what the next steps will be.
If you want to help now, there are things you can do.
- Ask friends and neighbours to join the mailing list using the link on the website http://evendons-area.org.uk or by emailing newsletter@evendons-area.org.uk.
- Donate via the Paypal link on the website or click Donate Via PayPal - thanks to everyone who already has! We need funds to produce leaflets and posters and support the Save our Blagrove Campain.
- Send you photos of wildlife and the countryside in our area, and the best will be used on the website gallery and might be used in the following newsletters or leaflets. Email to photo@evendons-area.org.uk
About EARA
In 2013, the residents of Evendons Lane and the surrounding area gathered as a Residents Association to try to maintain the local environment and help ensure that any development on land surrounding Leslie Sears and Viking field was appropriate. Several planning applications were successfully blocked.
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