Mark Cooper's Casebook

Mark Cooper is an experience campaigner on behalf of the people of Romsey. Mark Cooper proposed the "Valley of the River Test Heritage Area". This protected Romsey's green fields from mass development until the Conservative's removed it. Mark was a key activist in the campaign that halted Broadlands' huge development plans in the 1980's and he is now campaigning to remove the threat of 1600 houses at Whitenap.

1. New footpath connecting two parts of the Test Way.

2. Ditch and drain repairs to remove highway flooding.

3. Road surface repairs at junction Riverside Gardens and Middlebridge Street.

4. Middlebridge St. pavement re-construction programme bid.

5. Pedestrian crossing facilities opposite new pet shop.

6. Market Place pothole repairs

7. Pavement re-construction scheduled under Abbey Arch

8. Abbey Water enhancement and wall repairs programmed

9. Grant Aid to the Romsey Bandstand summer concerts

10. New sewage pump works obtained from Southern Water after local flooding

11. Grant Aid for sound & hearing loops at Abbey Church Room

12. Funded the setting up of the Romsey Marshals; road signs, tabards, traffic barriers.

13. Grant aid for 30 special wedding chairs for Town Hall

14. Negotiated County Council maintenance of vegetation along Priestlands footpath after clearance by volunteers

15. New footpath and kerb at Lansdowne Gardens

16. Sunken, noisy drain covers repaired and replaced after threatening to cone off road.

17. Overgrown hedgerow cut back to make pavement safer

18. New yellow lines to prevent corner parking

19. Drain clearances; this is an ongoing project

20. New, safer junction layout at Malmesbury Rd and Duttons Rd designed and programmed

21. Restoration of road surface following poor quality repairs in Latimer Street

22. Campaigned to reduce number of street signs and clutter at The Hundred and Latimer Street junction.

23. Funded two bench seats for waiting passengers at Romsey Station

24. Noisy drain cover repaired and replaced Alma Rd/Station Rd

25. New footpath lighting along Albany Road footpath

26. Footpath resurfacing programmed for Alma Road

27. New safety railings installed at Alma Rd/Winchester Rd

28. Removal of Estate Agents Boards from the By-Pass landscape strip.

29. New footpath and lighting programmed from the Plaza to Canal Walk

30. Knatchbull Close commuter parking to be reviewed

31. Reconstruction of Winchester Rd surface following pothole complaints

32. Hedge and overhanging tree maintenance at Cupernham Lane corner

33. Winchester Hill re-whitelined to two lanes and reviewed for a 30mph speed limit

34. Member of Romsey Hospital Land group to keep area for a health or community use

35. Commissioned roundabout design for Cupernham Lane; now programmed for traffic lights.

36. Prevented vehicle access from Cupernham Lane to RPS

37. Measures to assist pedestrians at junction of Woodley Lane programmed

38. Fishlake Meadows road re-construction in next year’s programme

39. Intervened to keep street corner lighting on at night

40. Road drain repairs after local flood event Richmond Lane

41. Review of road-signing to reduce accidents Woodley Ln

42. Grant aid for educational equipment Cupernham Infants Parent Teacher Assoc.

43. With GWRA re-construction of footpath, Lincoln Close

44. Environmental improvement at Addison Close, Hogarth Close, Tavistock Close, Halden Close and Rimington Gardens

45. Cabling for footpath lighting Hogarth Close

46. Opposition to 800 dwellings at Abbotswood. Publicised developer political donations.

47. Tree maintenance work in Viney Ave and Selsdon Ave

48. Pothole issues at Westering

49. Intervention on Network Rail’s tree vandalism

50. Vegetation maintenance to reduce flooding danger along the Tadburn Stream

51. With others, footpath and environmental enhancements Tadburn Path

52. Tadburn Road yellow line revisions to prevent all day commuter parking

53. Campaign on behalf of local residents to remove Whitenap from TVBC’s Core Strategy

54. Obtained undertaking from developer that Barns will be retained in a landscape setting

55. Pavement repairs programmed for The Vikings

56. Speed Indicator device installed in Saxon Way

57. Footpath maintenance in Tadburn Meadows

58. Grant aided Montfort Hall CCTV after devastating fire

59. Parking changes to allow residents mobility at peak times, Montfort Heights, Benedict Close, Saxon Way.

60. Campaigned successfully to keep Halterworth out of County Minerals Plan

61. Successful campaign on behalf of ‘tree road’ residents to stop construction of HCC recycling site near their homes

62. Grant aid towards Romsey Town Centre Christmas lights

63. Investigated Compulsory Purchase of Brewery site

64. Grant aid to Transition Town Romsey