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28,000 pages views in 2014

2014-12-31T16:30:49+00:00December 31st, 2014|Tags: |

The WLR website received 28,000 views in 2014, according to Jetpack. This is a 40% increase from the year before. Almost all of these were from the local region. Our busiest day of the year was June 10, with WLR being featured by the BBC. The high numbers visiting this site are an important part of WLR's eventual success, demonstrating a high level of involvement by local people. This fits with recent research by the out Windsor Neighbourhood Plan, which found an amazingly high [...]

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WLR featured on ConHome

2014-12-09T15:25:08+00:00December 9th, 2014|

The Conservative Home website has featured WLR. Harry Phibbs, who edits the section on local government and is himself a councillor in Hammersmith and Fulham, writes: Windsor shows determination to combine greater beauty with new development Last week I wrote on BIMBYism, the Prince’s Foundation and their mission for beautiful development in keeping with tradition. When most of our politicians and developers are arguing about quantity, the Foundation argues that it is not housing numbers that people are opposed to but ugliness and socially [...]

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Local plan working group minutes published

2017-06-01T19:25:40+00:00December 2nd, 2014|Tags: , |

The Borough Local Plan Working Group has been reviewing the draft of the next ‘preferred options’ consultation. The minutes of the meeting on 19 November, where WLR was discussed, have now been published. These recommend the borough's support for the objectives WLR, provided that the normal provisions of the National Planning Policy Framework are followed.  That is, there should be no substantial harm to heritage assets, flood protection, traffic flows etc. Also, of interest, is that — finally — Windsor is recommended for recognition as more than just [...]

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Observer reports on WLR’s inclusion in ‘key planning document’

2017-06-01T19:28:58+00:00November 30th, 2014|Tags: , , |

The Windsor Observer reports: The Royal Borough Local Plans Working Group met on Wednesday last week [19 November] to discuss items and policies to be included in the borough-wide Local Plan with the £250m Windsor Link Railway scheme up for discussion. The group agreed to propose adding the project to the plan, which will show how the Royal Borough intends to build more than 12,600 homes in the next 15 years. The WLR proposal includes plans for housing. It is understood the wording will [...]

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What people want

2017-06-01T19:30:43+00:00November 30th, 2014|Tags: , , , |

HRH Prince Charles has launched in Islington an excellent report by his Foundation for Building Community on making development popular, Housing Communities: what people want. This identifies principles that WLR is keen to emulate as part of the housing element of the project in Windsor. The foundation found clear themes emerging from their workshops with local people: The evidence from interviews and conclusions, from spontaneous answers and the questionnaire is remarkably consistent and clear. People want development that makes it easy and pleasant to [...]

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WLR featured in Windsor2030 “Vision Day”

2017-06-01T19:38:51+00:00November 26th, 2014|Tags: , , |

The Windsor Link Railway was featured as part of the vision for the Windsor of the future, put forward by the neighbourhood forum for the central business area, Windsor2030. The WLR consultation featured two parts: (1) for the transport element, giving better rail services and car parking; and (2)for the riverside restoration, improving the historical environment, views and the area around the arches. Click on a button below to see each. Transport Improvements Riverside restoration and improvement

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Windsor Observer reports on WLR planning progress

2014-10-29T08:44:45+00:00October 29th, 2014|Tags: , , |

The Royal Borough Observer reports: Windsor Link Railway (WLR) has passed the pre-planning advice stage with the Royal Borough for the first phase of its plan to transform rail travel in the South East by combining Windsor’s two stations underground. WLR's pre-planning document and advice returned from RBWM can be seen in full here.

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