KINGS BARTON RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION
What we do
BUILDING OUR COMMUNITY
With more than 1,000 residents, and with the community continuing to grow, our goal is to help build and maintain a sense of community for everyone.
We do this by organising social events that bring the community closer together.
SUPPORTING RESIDENTS
We are committed to improving conditions for all residents. We work in partnership with CALA throughout the development programme, as well as with local authorities and housing associations.
These partnerships allow us to advocate for the local community and work directly with the people we serve.
REPRESENTING YOUR VIEWS
KBRA represents and promotes the interests of residents living in our area.
Latest developments - Andover Road
The plan to redirect traffic from the B3420 Andover Road in Winchester along Winchester Avenue through Kings Barton:
It is likely and foreseeable that the decision to divert traffic from the B3420 Andover Road through the Kings Barton estate will lead to more accidents and casualties, as well as other disadvantages. We therefore question whether this decision is rational and reasonable.
Our key points:
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Winchester Avenue has a high concentration of social, affordable and shared-ownership terraced housing, as well as a primary school, community centre and many side roads. It is a low-capacity road and is unsuitable for carrying the diverted traffic. The likely consequences for Kings Barton residents include:
Road casualties - Traffic accidents are likely to increase.
Community severance - The volume of traffic along Winchester Avenue will make it harder to cross presenting a physical and psychological ‘barrier’ to movement and separating residents from one another and from children’s play parks.
Noise and Air Pollution and Carbon Emissions - These are likely to increase dramatically because of traffic queuing around the neighbourhood centre, access roads and pedestrian crossings.
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Harestock and Weeke where residents will suffer additional traffic on their residential roads such as Harestock Road, Priors Dean Road and Bereweeke Avenue, and
Headbourne Worthy and Kings Worthy where residents will suffer additional traffic on Springvale Road, Worthy Road, Wellhouse Lane and Down Farm Lane.
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More generally, all Winchester residents will suffer from delays in reaching the A34 for travel northwards and residents of Littleton, South Wonston and Sutton Scotney will suffer from delays travelling to the city centre with additional negative consequences for emergency services.
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