Meeting Report Archive

Category: Village Shop & Post Office

Notice of intent to dispose of the Lower Upham Stores

Posted on 17 February 2017

LOCALISM ACT 2011 SECTION 95 ASSETS OF COMMUNITY VALUE Lower Upham Store Winchester City Council has received notice of the owner’s intent to dispose of the Lower Upham Stores, Winchester Road, Lower Upham, SO32 1HD. As a registered community asset and in accordance with Section 95 of the Localism Act, the following community interest groups...

Public Consultation – Post Office Service Re-opening

Posted on 13 June 2016

The following letter has been received by the Upham Parish Council Lower Upham Post Office Winchester Road, Upham, Southampton, SO32 1HD Public Consultation – Service Re-opening I am writing to let you know that, in order to restore Post Office services to our customers in Lower Upham, we are proposing to introduce a Hosted Outreach...

Upham Shop Action Group (USAG) Upham Shop Update

Posted on 29 September 2015

The house and shop facility is for sale. The Parish Council registered the shop and attached premises as a community asset (note: it is not possible to register a Post Office). This means that if the owner puts it on the market they must inform Winchester City Council of their intention to sell. The owners...

Upham Village Shop Survey

Posted on 20 July 2015

With the closure of the Upham Village shop and no sign currently of anyone coming forward to take it over,  a group of concerned villagers have got together to see whether there is sufficient interest and funding to consider a Community Shop for the village. As a first stage in this process, we are interested...

Upham Village Shop Update – June 2015

Posted on 17 June 2015

A second meeting of USAG was held on Wednesday, 10th June in the Tommy Steele Pavilion. Gwyn Halsall updated the group on the work of the Plunkett Foundation and the help they can give in the setting up of a Community Shop. Gwyn outlined details of the Plunkett Foundation. She was grateful to Anne Harrison...

Upham Village Shop Update – May 2015

Posted on 20 May 2015

After the Public Meeting held on 27th April to discuss the situation, a meeting of those interested in forming an Action Group(USAG) was organised and held on Wednesday, 6th May at 8pm in the Tommy Steele Pavilion. This was attended by over 30 villagers. Gwyn Halsall Little volunteered to Chair the meeting and Cyn Kimble...