About Us
Founded over 30 years ago, Binfield Village Protection Society now has
over two hundred members, and our objectives remain as important today as they were in 1975 when we launched our first ever
campaigns:
Over the years our campaigns have ranged from stopping a large gravel
extraction site in the village through to a lengthy battle, with others,
to stop a huge M4 motorway services station
being built in countryside in the north of the Parish. More recently we have fought against a monstrous
four storey block of
apartments proposed for the village centre and, on behalf of our members, we
have objected to
many other wholly inappropriate developments planned for our village.
We do not object to all new development in and around Binfield. As a resident you will have seen many
high quality and very welcome new developments in the village over recent years. These we
always support.
Background
Over the
past thirty years Binfield, like many other small settlements in the rural South
East of England, has seen a significant increase in its size and population.
Development has come through both large and small housing estates and the
replacement of individual houses with multiple units.
Additionally,
the Southern part of the parish has seen large scale commercial development,
most, if not all, related to 'high tech' industry.
Local
residents have always had the opportunity to comment on proposals for
development, either directly to Bracknell Forest Borough Council or through
Binfield Parish Council.
Urbanisation
Several
large developments e.g. Farley Wood
and Temple Park, and many small ones, e.g. Knox Green, Lawrence Grove, Mutton
Oaks, later, Binfield has new and different kinds of development and rural
erosion facing them in 2006.
Large houses and their gardens and several, three to five,
smaller homes are being bought by developers and used to build blocks of
flats. Rural Binfield is being
urbanized.
Purpose
of this Website
The
Society has, over thirty years, acquired considerable knowledge and experience in
opposing inappropriate development and we now feel that we can make this
information available to the community through this web site.
Press any button of the index on the left to find out further
information.
Use the
links to find out more information about the planning process.
Use the information we have gleaned from experience to help you address
development situations that give you cause for concern.
Meetings
Our Committee meets at 8pm on
the second Thursday of each month in the Binfield Parish Council offices on
Benetfeld Road. We warmly welcome any members wishing to attend or make
representations.
Please let us know if you
plan to attend: CLICK HERE.
Membership
Support
the Binfield Village Protection Society by becoming a Member and paying an
annual subscription. Keep in touch
by e-mail with queries, information of your own experience, anecdotes and notes
about the village. Come to the Annual General Meeting and support the Committee
who work hard to keep the village amenities we value.
Thank you
Chairperson
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