MOORDOWN HISTORY

The agenda is now online for the February meeting of the Planning Board, but the application to build on the land adjacent to Moorside Cottatge at 1 McWilliam Road IS NOT LISTED once again. We can't think of anything else to say about it that we haven't said already,but hope springs eternal!

The agenda for the January meeting of the Planning Board is now showing on line,but Moorside Cottage has once again been overlooked. It appears that several more recent applications have "leap frogged" that of Moorside Cottage and have been done and dusted. Has anybody any ideas as to how we can put...

The agenda for the November meeting of the Planning Board is now available, but Moorside Cottage is not included. So we must continue to wait with diminishing patience.

Just another snippet of information for general perusal. We have been in touch with Mike Stokes, who has informed us that there are now new tenants at the Cottage , a family with children. We can only hope that they have more respect for their surroundings than the previous lot

There has been a recent addition to the Planning Application site 7-2015-13118-Q.The council have added the text of a letter sent to Mr Hubbard, to whom the case has been delegated, on 24 th August by ECA (Mr Stokes' architects). It addresses some of the neighbour's concerns about the Cottage. We un...

Just a snippet of hopefully good news?! Mike Stokes has sent a man and a van to clear the rubbish at the Cottage. He was working there Tuesday and Wednesday this week. Jill had a conversation with him and he told her that the living accommodation was now cleared and that he would be back this coming...

Our guided walk last Sunday (19 July) was warm and sunny, if a little windy, and was well attended with about 2 dozen people. The advertising in the Echo obviously paid off, as most of those on our walk were not Society members. It is nice to know that people are interested in our locality. We inten...

Some good news at last! The tenants have been evicted and Mike Stokes has promised to start interior repairs The planning application is now available to view - please see Roger's instructions on the News Page. We are not certain that the planning application and the renovation of the cottage can be...

As reported to the meeting on Wed. June 10th, we had a meeting with Mike Stokes to discuss the present situation in regard to the cottage. The planning application for 3 properties at the rear of 3 McWilliam road has now been submitted to Bournemouth Council.It would appear that this development doe...

JULY GUIDED WALK There will be a guided walk round the Heart of Moordown, taking in the historic Moorside Cottage. ASSEMBLE ON SUNDAY 19 JULY AT 2.30 PM outside the funeral directors on the corner of Malvern and Wimborne roads. The walk is estimated to take about 90 minutes on mainly level ground. A...