Max Priesemann

I am honoured to be chosen as the Green candidate for this wonderful part of Winchester where I live with my family. Oliver’s Battery, like all the other places in the South of Winchester, is a great community close to the countryside. People here worry about the pollution of our rivers, litter in our countryside, air pollution and noise from the nearby M3. I pledge to protect our beautiful countryside from ever increasing threats from unwanted developments like the application for a new industrial and retail estate at the former Bushfield Camp. This plan will harm the area that had been left alone for half a century. We will lose wonderful views and important habitats and it will create an extra 4000+ daily car journeys along Badger Farm Road and into the City. Winchester needs to be much smarter when planning new developments! I propose: - Build what our community needs. (No to posh overpriced houses that normal people can’t afford.) - Develop only on real brownfield sites near the city centre (Why is council paying for the empty Riverpark leisure centre for 5 years without having a plan?) - Plan and devlop communities instead of building sterile housing developments with no employment, leisure, schools and GPs. - Get the infrastructure right: Harvest rainwater, Build sufficient sewage treatment works I have been a campaigner to improve accessibility of Badger Farm Road junctions for many years but current councillors have not achieved any improvements. I want to see more and better bus connections connecting Hursley, Compton, Olivers Battery, Shawford and Winchester reliably. Lack of public transport isoltes many inour communities. I reliable bus service matters to our health and wellbeing. And don't get me started on potholes... Why are we spending 100s of millions for a motorway junction when we can't manage to fill potholes? I had enough of those excuses like: 'The winter was so cold', or 'so wet'. (Is that not winters are like?) You can chose between (not so) good old politics that depends on the money of the wealthy and powerful, or you can vote for change giving me your vote for our ward. Many thanks!