Abbotswood, Hampshire
Abbotswood is a new 52-hectare building development planned to have 800 homes. It is located just to the north east of the town of Romsey in the Test Valley local government district.[1]
Abbotswood | |
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Children's playground and new housing on the Abbotswood development | |
Abbotswood Location within Hampshire | |
OS grid reference | SU366231 |
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Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Police | Hampshire |
Fire | Hampshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
Local Centre
On 1 August 2014, planning permission was sought for a local centre consisting of a shop, pub, doctors/dentists surgery, pharmacy, community centre, and a day nursery. The planning application reference is 14/01836/RESS.[2]
Broadband Issues
Residents of Abbotswood initially complained about extremely slow broadband speeds. Newly built houses at Abbotswood were left out of existing Next-generation access broadband rollouts. In January 2015, County Leader Roy Perry, announced a scheme to help fund the rollout of faster broadband to new build properties in Hampshire.[3]
By 16 July 2015 residents of Abbotswood were able to access faster broadband.
Flooding
In 2012 and early 2013, there were reports that water run-off from the building site was the cause of flooding to nearby Cupernham residents gardens and houses.[4] This was later found to be incorrect and that the development may have in fact, alleviated the flooding.[5]
Construction status
Locals have been photographing and documenting the ongoing construction of the site.[6]
As of December 2014 there were 458 homes occupied.[7]
References
- "The Abbotswood Consortium". Alder King. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- "View Applications Online • Test Valley Borough Council". Testvalley.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 14 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- "Broadband scheme bids to bring 5,000 new homes up to speed (From Romsey Advertiser)". Romseyadvertiser.co.uk. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- "Investigation on flooding at 800-home estate (From Daily Echo)". Dailyecho.co.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- "Romsey Flood report published". Hampshire County Council. Hantsweb. 9 June 2014. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- "Abbotswood development, Romsey UK - 1". Woodleynet.co.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- Abbotswood Resident Newsletter No.8 Page 2 - "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)