Alphington Village Forum

Update

Peter Phillips — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:46:14 +0000

A meeting of local Alphington associations, hosted by the Forum, was held in Alphington School this evening. The purpose was to discuss Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) that will be available to the community from new housing in Alphington. A full report will be published in due course.

Exeter City Council had intended to hold an exhibition/ drop-in event on the subject of new housing, on 15 May 2013. However we have been informed that this will not now take place until sometime in June. Flyers will be distributed and notices put on lamp posts about a week before the exhibition. The exhibition will present points agreed with the Forum. An email notice will be sent to all members of the Forum.

Open Meeting report

Peter Phillips — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:08:23 +0000

The open meeting on 26 February was attended by 44 people. The interactive format of the meeting was most successful with everyone expressing their views on topics such as density and design, traffic and transportation, social infrastructure and environment. All of the views/ comments expressed are being collated and will be entered on the COMMENT section of the web site. The comments on density and design have already been added and can be viewed by clicking here.

Any further comment should be sent to alphingtonforum@hotmail.co.uk or use the web site contact form and it will be added to a follow-up page.

Details of the new committee elected at the AGM will be posted shortly.

AGM and OPEN MEETING 26 February

Peter Phillips — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:42:01 +0000

Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 26th February, followed by an open meeting.

The AGM will be held in the Village Hall, Ide Lane at 7.30pm. The AGM will be short (15 minutes) and consist of the:

Chair’s report on the Forums’ activity,
Report on the accounts and
Election of the Committee (officers and at least 3 others).

Click for the Alphington_Forum_Constitution

Following the AGM, the open meeting will be a workshop for residents as we want to hear your views issues we are discussing with the Council: transport, social infrastructure (health education, community facilities etc), housing density and environmental design.

There will be a significant amount of money available from the developer of new homes and we wish to ensure that this money stays in Alphington and the design and design are appropriate.

Let’s face it – we are going to have to put up with extra traffic, pollution, pressure on services such as school, community centre etc. So come and have your say to help shape create a future for Alphington that will benefit old and new residents.

Getting involved is important – the input from the Forum will form supplementary planning guidance and shape the development.

Your community needs you to have your say!

Workshop on Social Infrastructure

Peter Phillips — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:11:29 +0000

Alphington Village Forum held a workshop on 29 January with the Exeter planners on the subject of Social Infrastructure.
The main points of discussion were Alphington School expansion and traffic problems, additional shop/shops and recycling area, new or refurbished community facilities including youth facilities.
If you wish to let us have your views as a resident please email alphingtonforum@hotmail.com or use the website contact form below.

Last Tuesday’s open meeting

Peter Phillips — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:16:14 +0000

The open meeting on Tuesday 22nd January was attended by 36 people, including 3 city councillors and 1 county councillor. Many thanks to all who turned out on a snowy evening. We discussed transport and social issues. The next workshop with the council will be held on Tuesday 29 January and will tackle social infrastructure.

More pages on web site

Peter Phillips — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:13:02 +0000

The following new pages have been added:

under COMMENTS, a page for Transportation/ Movement

under ALPHINGTON, a page dedicated to Alphington Community Association

under PLANNING, Teignbridge proposal, the address by Cllr Margaret Clark to the ECC Executive committee.

New page on web site

Peter Phillips — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:33:04 +0000

A new page containing links to the Alphington Design Guide can be found under Planning/Exeter proposal/

Change of forum extent

Peter Phillips — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:41:07 +0000

At the open meeting on 23 October it was decided virtually unanimously by show of hands that the forum should concentrate on Alphington Village area rather than trying to represent the whole ward of Alphington. The forum extent will now be from the southern city boundary to Alphington Cross. This will require a change to the constitution.

Workshop 1

Peter Phillips — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 08:44:16 +0000

Our first workshop with Exeter city council was held on 11 October, and consisted of an introduction by ECC planners, a statement by the Forum Chairman Peter Croft, followed by discussion of environmental issues such as landscape in a workshop scenario of three tables. Present were ECC planners, Councillors, representative of land owners, and Alphington forum street representatives and committee.

A full report will be posted in the workshops page shortly.

Chairman

Peter Phillips — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:25:39 +0000

The current chairman, Peter Croft, is standing down due to work commitments. Any resident wishing undertake the role, please email alphingtonforum@hotmail.com. Peter has been an excellent chairman, and will still remain involved with the Forum as a street representative.