Dame Caroline Dinenage, Member of Parliament for Gosport, has made a last-minute effort to prevent the closure of the much-loved Stubbington Study Centre.
Following a march on Saturday 8 February that saw “hundreds” turn out to oppose the Council’s proposals to convert the site into a specialist secure welfare children’s home, and a Save Stubbington Study Centre petition surpass 17,000 signatures, Caroline has re-written to Hampshire County Council urging a change of plan.
Caroline has already written to the Council stating her opposition to the proposals in a letter dated 14 January and raised further concerns and suggestions on 21 January. She joined local Fareham Borough Council Councillors to urge residents to respond to the consultation on 24 January, whilst also raising her concerns about the proposals in a column in the Daily Echo on 7 February.
The consultation run by the Council ended on February 10 February.
Speaking on the night that the consultation closed, Caroline said:
‘It has been so good to see local people come together in support of Stubbington Study Centre, and it has been lovely to hear about all the experiences connected to the site.
‘I hope that when it comes to assessing the results of the consultation, the strength of feeling that these proposals do not have the support of local people shines through. I urge the Council to listen to those concerns and change direction on their plans to deprive future generations of this wonderful local site.’
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