The Chairperson thanked Members of the Forum, the Public and visiting Councillors for their attendance and asked Forum Members and visiting speakers to introduce themselves.

As this is the first meeting of the Forum of the 2019/20 Municipal Year, it will be necessary to appoint a Vice Chairman of the Forum.

Officers clarified that based upon the Forum’s Terms of Reference, that whilst the role of Vice-Chairman is open to any member of the Forum, only a serving Winchester City Councillor is able to Chair a meeting of the Forum. This would also apply in situations where the regular Chairperson was  ...  view the full minutes text for item 2.

30 Oct 2019 6.30 pm

19 Feb 2020 6.30 pm

The Chairperson sought the agreement of the Forum to alter the date of the next meeting from 30 October 2019 6.30 pm to the 18 November 2019 6.30pm, which was agreed.

RESOLVED:

That the meetings of the Forum for the 2019/20 Municipal year commence at 6.30pm at the Solent Hotel,  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.

RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the previous meeting held on the 20 February 2019 be approved and adopted.

(Report NWDF 11 refers)

The Forum received and noted the report of the Team Leader Major Development Implementation which provided an update on progress with issues relating to the North Whiteley Major Development Area. The key issues within the report were reported and summarised as:

Mr Tilbury advised the Forum  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

To receive and note questions asked and statements made from members of the public on general matters of interest and/or matters relating to the work of the Forum

The Chairperson welcomed approximately 40 local residents to the meeting. A number of residents addressed the Forum, making a range of points, the key issues raised were:

Concern was expressed regarding biodiversity issues and whether the full range of measures had been introduced as part of the reserved matters application  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.