Press Release

5 November 2024

It’s Go, Go, Go for Welborne Garden Village

Fareham Borough Council is delighted to confirm that it’s ‘all systems go’ for Welborne Garden Village, following confirmation that funding to deliver critical infrastructure is now in place.  The recent announcement confirming the M27 Junction 10 improvements means all 6,000 new homes at Welborne can be built.

Since 2015, when The Welborne Plan was adopted by the Council, the Council has worked continually to ensure funding for the delivery of the motorway improvements is in place.  The Junction 10 scheme is critical to Welborne being built in its entirety as the Planning Permission issued by Fareham Borough Council clearly states that only 1160 new homes can be built at Welborne without it. 

Fareham Borough Council have worked tirelessly, lobbying Government and meeting with various ministers, to ensure the motorway improvements maintained a high profile.

Cllr Simon Martin, Leader of Fareham Borough Council, said: “This is terrific news for the Borough.  Fareham Borough Council is set housing targets by Government, so it is really important for us to deliver the number of homes set out in the Council’s Local Plans.  Without the motorway improvements, Welborne would only be able to bring forward 1160 new homes and the Council would need to find space for the additional 4840 homes elsewhere in the Borough.”

The Junction 10 works will also improve accessibility to Fareham, as vehicles will now be able to enter and leave the M27 motorway in both directions at Junction 10.

As Welborne Garden Village progresses, Fareham Borough Council will continue to work closely both with Hampshire County Council as delivery body for the J10 improvements and Buckland Development Ltd as the master developer for Welborne. 

More information about the Council’s role in supporting the delivery of Welborne has been provided in an update to the ‘Building Welborne Beautiful’ publication produced earlier this year and a supplement issued earlier this month. See the Building Welborne Beautiful update for further information.

Delivering Welborne is a key project set out in Priority One of the Council’s Corporate Strategy: Provide Housing Choices.

You can find the Corporate Strategy on the Council’s website: www.Fareham.gov.uk under ‘About the Council’.

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For further information contact:

Customer Enquiries

Tel: 01329 236100
Email: customerservicecentre@fareham.gov.uk

Media Enquiries

The Communications Team
Tel: 01329 824310
Email: publicity@fareham.gov.uk
Fax: 01329 550576

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