A new Outline Planning Application was registered on the 20.04.2026. Copies of any plans or documents can be found online here:

https://planning.basingstoke.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=TDS6ZTCRIHY00

To all of our supporters, we need every single voice to be heard loud and clear. Your objections are needed right now in order to help stop this proposed large scale development for Upper Swallick.  The deadline is the 27th May! and we need your help please.

Here below is some information to help you understand some of the key reasons why people must write in and object to the latest proposed Planning Application.  First and foremost, please use your own words to form personal objections and send it by email to either:
• Planning.comments@basingstoke.gov.uk
• Majorapplicationcomment@basingstoke.gov.uk
You must state:
1. That you object
2. Your full name
3. The application reference: 26/00802/OUT
4. Site Address: Land at Upper Swallick, Alton Road, Winslade, Hampshire

Here are Just 7 BIG reasons why we must object.
1. Water Scarcity: Our aquifer is at its limit. Providing water here requires a new 30km pipeline from the Surrey Hills because local infrastructure cannot cope.
2. Gridlock: The A339 (particularly at Hackwood Roundabout and the intersection from Cliddesden), plus the roads connecting to Brighton Hill and Hatch Warren are already at Full capacity. This scale of this development will cause significant extra traffic with no planned road improvements.
3. Sewage Crisis: With 680 hours of sewage already pumped into the River Loddon, the system cannot handle the added pressure of 2500 new homes, more especially in the countryside with its existing issues.
4. Loss of Farmland: 137 hectares of productive land lost - threatening local food security.
5. Landscape & Identity: The existing 220 homes in Cliddesden will be swallowed up by 2500 new houses. The open countryside and the character around Hackwood Lane and the current village school will vanish.
6. Uncertain Design: Given the scale of this proposed application, this is not a ‘garden village’. Multiple builders mean a potential patchwork of styles and high-density housing that clashes with the existing rural setting.

7. incompatible Amenities: Planned sports pitches with floodlights will destroy our ‘dark skies’ across the village and local tranquillity.

Your voice must be heard, and we thank you for your on-going support!

For more information, visit our website.