Category: Community

– have you been thinking about reducing your home’s carbon footprint?

Energy use in the home is responsible for around 20% of direct carbon emissions.

Local charity Winchester Action on Climate Change (WinACC) has recently launched Winchester Area SuperHomes, a two year non-profit project aimed at reducing home energy use, in partnership with the National Energy Foundation. 

It will provide homeowners with tailored, independent advice on how they can retrofit their properties to reduce their carbon emissions. Winchester Area SuperHomes can help homeowners to transform the energy performance of their home to reduce its carbon footprint, by retrofitting.  Retrofitting means changing a property so that it uses less energy and has lower carbon heating. 

WinACC is looking to provide 150 homeowners across Winchester District with detailed Whole House Retrofit Plans which cover areas such as insulation, solar panels and heat pumps. This is a detailed assessment of your property and will include a costed list of all the suitable measures you could take to reduce your home’s energy use and carbon footprint.

The real benefit is being linked into a project that provides:

• Access to qualified and accredited Retrofit Coordinators
• Technical back up from the National Energy Foundation

Winchester Area SuperHomes will provide financial help with some costs for homeowners on low and middle incomes (although the scheme is open to homeowners on all income levels) – this will include some of the survey and design costs, and provide advice on available grants. From April, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme will provide grants of £5,000 towards the cost of an air source heat pump.  For homeowners on low incomes, the Green Homes Local Authority Delivery scheme can provide grants of up to £10,000.

The first step is for the Project Officer to arrange a home visit or video call to fully explain the SuperHomes scheme.  If you choose to take it forward, they will help arrange for a qualified Retrofit Coordinator to carry out a survey of your property and produce a Whole House Retrofit Plan. 

A public meeting on this project is being held at Weeke Community Centre on Friday
11 March, between 5.00 and 6.45pm.  All are welcome.

For further information and register your interest, go to:

https://www.winacc.org.uk/what-we-do/campaigns-2/wash-home/

You can read the Littleton and Harestock Parish Council February e-newsletter here.

Hampshire County Council (HCC) and Winchester City Council (WCC) are seeking residents’ views on transport and travel in Winchester, including proposed cycle and walking networks for Winchester.  

You can access the survey and the accompanying information via www.hants.gov.uk/Winchester-movement-strategy. It will be available until just before midnight on Friday 11 February 2022.   

You can read the Littleton & Harestock Parish Council November e-newsletter here.

Hampshire Highways have confirmed that bridge repairs at Three Maids Hill were successfully completed on Sunday 7th November.

Therefore, the planned closure for 12th -14th November has now been cancelled.

Hampshire Highways would like to thank you for your patience and understanding during this work.

Additional weekend closures for concrete repairs.

Whilst carrying out repairs to the bridge which carries the A272 over the A34 at Three Maids Hill junction, the Highways England team have found extensive damage to the concrete hidden beneath the surface, which must be repaired.

To carry out this work prior to the new bridge joints being installed, they will need to close the bridge in both directions over the A34, on the following dates:

• 9pm on Friday 5 November through to 6am on Monday 8 November 2021

• 9pm on Friday 12 November through to 6am on Sunday 14 November 2021

Full weekends are required due to the time required for the materials to harden properly.

The bridge will be reopened early on Sunday 14 November to allow for Remembrance Day services in the area.

During the closures, the following signed diversions will be in place:

• Eastbound bridge – traffic will be diverted north on the A34 to Bullington Cross, then back south on the A34 to either continue their journey or exit for Christmas Hill (Worthy Down/South Wonston/Sutton Scotney

• Westbound bridge – traffic will be diverted south on the A34 to the Winnall roundabout, then back north on the A34 to either continue their journey or exit for A272/Stud Lane/Andover Road North

Highways England would advise all motorists to follow the signed diversion routes as they have been chosen with both suitability and safety in mind.

Please note that these works are subject to change, due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances.

Closures will be advertised on yellow signs placed in advance at the junction, on our website and South-East Twitter page (@HighwaysSEAST).

Highways Engleand would like to apologise in advance for any inconvenience or disruption you may experience during this work.

If you have any questions, or if you would like to know about our work, please contact us on 0300 123 5000 or email info@highwaysengland.co.uk. Alternatively, please visit our webpage https://highwaysengland.co.uk/se-maintenance

There will be a poppy collection at the Littleton Recreation Ground Car Park on Saturday 6th November:

You can read the Littleton & Harestock Parish Council October e-newsletter here.