HER Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire was welcomed to Whitehill and Bordon for a tour of the town.

Lord-Lieutenant Nigel Atkinson is the Queen’s personal representative in Hampshire and has a special interest in the development of sustainable communities.

Mr Atkinson met Ferris Cowper, East Hampshire District Council’s portfolio holder for Whitehill and Bordon, who explained the work being undertaken in the town.

The tour, on February 13, included some of the new facilities recently delivered in the town, including the BASE Bordon Innovation Centre, the Future Skills Centre and the Tech Forest, all at the former Louisburg Barracks site, and the new relief road.

Mr Atkinson was also shown the site of the new town centre, at the former Prince Philip Barracks site, with plans for new retail, leisure, entertainment and office buildings submitted to East Hampshire District Council.

The tour finished at Quebec Park (formerly Quebec Barracks) to see the town’s Community Enterprise Hub at Chieftain House and the new homes being built by housing company Radian.

Mr Cowper said: “I was thrilled to have the chance to show the Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire Nigel Atkinson around Whitehill and Bordon and show him some of the incredible progress we are making in this town.

“Whitehill and Bordon is being transformed into a green and healthy town with some 3,350 new homes, 5,500 jobs and nearly 100,000 square metres of new commercial, retail and leisure floor space. We are very proud of what we have achieved here already and excited about what we will soon be able to deliver, and I think the Lord-Lieutenant was suitably impressed.”

Mr Atkinson said: “I congratulate the development team and their partners on what has been achieved so far at Bordon and Whitehill.

“The development is very exciting and will be a huge asset to the county.”