ADD UPDATE: 3 December 2025: ADD is urging Fair Oak residents – and anyone else who cares about the integrity of the Eastleigh Local Plan – to make their feelings known when the Local Area Committee meets to consider a deeply unpopular plan by Bloor Homes to build 245 homes near Mortimers Lane.
We were aghast to learn that officers recommend acceptance, despite condemning the scheme for going against government guidance on transport issues. In so doing, they would surrender control of the Local Plan to developers whose overriding motive is to make a profit regardless of its impact on the area.
Time: 6.30 pm, Wednesday 10 December
Place: Woodland Community Centre, 55 Savernake Way, SO50 8DH
To speak at the meeting, email [email protected]
In making their recommendation officers ignored the feelings of the 215 residents who had objected. Reasons for doing so included the impact on the already overcrowded roads and other infrastructure and the feeling that the development would fundamentally change the character of the village.
“If this recommendation goes ahead the council will be flying the white flag and handing control of the Local Plan process to developers, who have no long-term interest in the well-being of the area or the people who live there,” said ADD chair David Ashe.
“It defies belief that the council would want to approve this application without first assessing the traffic and other implications of the proposals and comparing them to the other possible sites that have been put forward for the Local Plan. We know Eastleigh needs more housing, but this is the worst possible place to put them.”
“If this plan gets the go-ahead, there will be others along Mortimers Lane, not least the Croudace-Highwood plan for 3,400 homes, which will soon come up for consideration.”
We can still win this battle with your help. We hope to see as many people as possible at the public meeting on 10 December.
You can read the committee documents for this application (O/24/98619) here.
ADD is an action group for people in Eastleigh and surrounding areas set up to advocate good planning practice.
We seek to promote a healthy balance between the environment and the undoubted need to provide homes for a growing population, especially here in the Southeast.
