The insurance giant, Zurich Assurance has announced the sale of the 4,200 acre Sutton Scotney Estate. Since 1990 Eagle Star Insurance, now part of Zurich Assurance, has been trying to get planning permission to build a new town of 12,500 houses on the …

Back in March the High Court decided against Zurich Assurance Ltd in its challenge to Winchester City Council’s Local Plan, and now Zurich has had its appeal rejected by the Court of Appeal.  This means that Zurich has no hope of planning approval for …

Zurich Assurance Ltd, which owns much of the land surrounding Micheldever Station, has applied to the High Court in London to overturn Winchester City Council’s 20 year Local Plan.  The current plan has no proposed new town development at Micheldever, …

The story begins in 1975, when Eagle Star bought the 10,000 acre Sutton Scotney Estate from the executors of the Lord Rank estate. Since then, a complex tale of growing aspirations and official rejection has unfolded. No smoke without fire British Amer …