Chilbolton Parish Council

Highway Safety Working Group

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Lead Councillor – Cllr Julian Hudson

Purpose of the Working Group
The Working Group is an advisory group comprising council members and members of the public to research and advise the council on the most appropriate highway safety
interventions, if any within Chilbolton Parish and locations immediately adjoining the parish.

For Terms of Reference please click here

Footpaths

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Footpaths

If you wish to report a problem with one of these footpaths to Chilbolton Parish clerk, please report the appropriate footpath number,

You can also notify Hampshire County Council via their ‘Problems on Rights of Way‘ portal.

The Countryside Code – Respect, Protect, Enjoy leaflet

Countryside Services – Countryside Safety, Livestock and you video

Countryside Services – Dogs in the Countryside video

Suggested walks –

Walk 1 – Ivy Farm loop via the path of the former Sprat and Winkle Line (approx. 4 miles (6.12km)). Some walking on a quiet, attractive road. Level: Easy Time: approx 1.5 hours

Walk 2 – Test Valley Farm Loop via West Down (approx. 2.8 miles (4.5km)). Level: Easy. Time: approx 1 hour

Walk 3 – Ivy Farm Wood Wander (approx 2.8 miles (4.5 km)). Level: Easy. Time: approx 1 hour

Walk 4 – Thirt Way Loop via West Down (aprox 3.8 miles (6.2 km)). Level: Easy. Time: approx 1.5 hours

Walk 5 – Station Road Wood Loop (approx 2.28 miles (3.6 km)). Level: Easy. Time: approx 45 minutes

Walk 6 – Wherwell Loop (approx 4.5 miles (7 km)). Level: Easy/Moderate. Time: approx 1 hr 50 minutes

Walk 7 – Wherwell via The Test Way and Church Lane (approx 2.84 miles (4.57 km)). Level: Easy. Time: approx 1 hour

Walk 8 – Fullerton Loop via The Test Way, The Anton Way and West Down (approx 5 miles (8 km)). Level: Easy/Moderate. Time: approx 2 hours

Committees

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Committees of Chilbolton Parish Council:

Chilbolton currently has a full council meeting which meets monthly, five sub-committee meetings and an annual assembly which meets in April of each year. Members of the public are welcome at all Council and subcommittee meetings.

There are five subcommittees and further information can be found by clicking the drop down menu under ‘Committees’

Planning Committee
Open Spaces Committee
Flood Advisory Group
Community Fundraising
Strategy Working Party (dissolved May 2025)
Community Development Committee
Highway Safety Working Group

Community Development Committee

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Community Development Committee

Chairman: Vacant Vice Chair: Mr Neil Connor Secretary: Mr Peter Collis

Following the Parish Council Meeting on 07/04/2025 a new Committee has been created called the Community Development Committee (CDC) which will take forward the Community Housing Project. The Strategy Working Group will no longer be meeting to consider the Community Housing Project. CDC Terms of Reference (v3.2 approved 08/07/2025)

The CDC may include members who are not Parish Councillors. If you are interested in becoming a member of the CDC then please contact the Clerk by email Chilbolton.Clerk@hotmail.co.uk giving details of the skills and/or experience you will bring to the committee.

Blank CDC Site Selection document for information only

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Confirmation of decisions regarding CDC made at the CPC meeting held on 22 August

We have received a letter from James Painter outlining his proposal to submit a planning application for 25 homes at the Drove Road site and expressing the desire to continue to work with the Parish Council on this to identify and achieve the Community’s needs. A copy of the letter is on the website.2. CPC welcomes clarity on James’ plans. Following the discussion, we will acknowledge the letter and indicate how we intend to proceed. We are happy to work collaboratively with the Painter family on this but will have a number of key requirements which must be included if the proposal is to be able to claim village support (referred to in the CPC minutes as red lines). It will also make clear that the community does not support a development of more than 25 homes on this site (in line with our draft response to the TVBC Local Plan Reg 18 consultation).
3. CDC will consider the proposal as one of the options alongside the three other sites it is currently evaluating in order to make a recommendation of one or two options to the Parish Council. If further sites of interest emerge during the process, these will also be subject to the same structured analysis. CDC’s Terms of Reference v4.2 are under discussion, and will be presented to an extraordinary council meeting for adoption. All conversations with landowners or other third parties are to be documented.

4. Conversations with landowners will proceed once TVBC has been approached to confirm their requirements for each site to comply with COM9 of the local plan which allows for housing outside the settlement boundary, only if it can demonstrate that the community has been fully involved and supports it. COM9 also guarantees the provision of affordable housing as part of the development. CDC will use the advice obtained from TVBC to refine the “red lines” for discussion with all landowners.

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Pre-application for Community Housing Project

Please see below the response from TVBC regarding the pre-application advice request for the construction of 25 dwellings on Land Northeast of Drove Road (25-00258-PREAPN)

Response from TVBC Planning (Link to view the letter)

Attachments – Other consultations please click on each response document to view

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STRATEGY WORKING GROUP – Chair Cllr Tony Ewer

The Strategy Working Group was dissolved at the Parish Council AGM on 19th May 2025

Previous Documents are below:

Terms of Reference – Agreed at the Annual Parish Council meeting held on 15/5/23

Reporting, transparency and accountability in the governance process:— The Strategy Working Group regularly reports to the Parish Council, providing updates on its activities, progress towards objectives, and any recommendations. These reports can be found within the Parish Council minutes.

Community Housing Project Update 18th December 2024

Community Housing Project Presentation Slides 5th December 2024 (attached here)

Community Housing Project Questions & Answers from Public Meeting 5th December 2024

Monthly Update: 01 March 2025 (extract from the magazine)

Strategy Group Minutes can be found here: SWG Minutes

Other Documents can be accessed by clicking on the name of the document:

Evaluation of SHEELA’s

SWG Visit to Scandi-Hus

Approved Chilbolton Vision

CPC statement presented 22/02/2025 re pre-application

Design, Access and Planning document submitted for pre-planning advice to TVBC Planning on 7^th April 2025

Proposed Site Layout submitted with the pre-planning advice document on 7^th April 2025

CCLT relationship to PC document approved by PC on 07th April 2025

Community Fundraising Group

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Community Fundraising Group:

Chair: Cllr David Hall

As agreed at the Chilbolton Parish Council meeting held on 15/5/2023, this group with disbanded.

Cllr Hall will remain as the Parish Councils lead Councillor on fundraising matters and will report to the parish council monthly.

Open Spaces Committee

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Open Spaces Committee:

Chair: Cllr David Griffiths

About the Open Spaces Committee

The Open Spaces Committee is responsible for all matters associated with the environment and public open spaces within the parish and issues relating to drainage. This includes management of all land that is the responsibility of the council (such as Chilbolton Cow Common, Memorial playing field, the allotments, village greens, West Down Nature Reserve), and responsibility for the council’s input to management of other publicly-owned or managed open spaces (such as rights of way).

The Committee is tasked with ensuring that all open spaces are maintained in favorable condition for biodiversity, and for the safe use and enjoyment by Chilbolton residents and visitors.

Membership

At least one serving parish councillor and enough local residents to cover the range of expertise required to perform the wide range of tasks should make the membership of the committee. The parish councillor will be nominated by the Parish Council at the Annual Parish Meeting. Local residents who wish to be on the committee or join a working group for a specific project should apply to the Parish Council or make their wishes known at a COSC meeting. The committee will nominate its Chairman for one year at its first meeting immediately after the parish council’s monthly meeting in May when the council’s member will be nominated.

Current parish council members serving on committee: – David Griffiths

Meetings

Meetings are currently held on the second Thursday of the month at 18:30, (location to be arranged).

The times and the agenda of each meeting are posted on the notice boards on Grindstone Green, village hall & adjacent to Branksome Close and also in Chilbolton Stores about a week before the meeting.

Parishioners are welcome to attend any parish council and its committees’ meetings, and time is made available for them to voice any concerns.

COSC Terms of Reference – Agreed at the Annual Parish Council meeting held on 15/5/23

War Memorial Playing Field Development Group Terms of Reference – Agreed at the Parish Council meeting held on 03/07/2023

Minutes from 1/1/2022 and information on older minutes can be found on the Meetings page – click here

Countryside Services – Countryside Safety, Livestock and you video

Chilbolton Parish Council statement regarding the closure of the Cow Common gravel area to vehicles

It is the policy of Chilbolton Parish Council that the gate to the gravel area where cars park on Chilbolton Cow Common be closed at weekends from c. Easter and every day through the Hampshire schools summer holidays. Access to the Common when the gate is closed will be permitted to Blue Badge holders only. To apply for the gate code please send a copy of your Blue Badge (a photo or scanned copy of the back of your badge is all that is required) to the Parish Council Clerk at chilbolton.clerk@hotmail.co.uk Conditions to be adhered to are contained with the attached document here. Please note that the Clerk works part-time on flexi-time basis, generally between 09:00 – 12:00 Monday – Thursday, so please allow at least one week for a response. NB: The gate code will be changed in February each year. Therefore you will need to check with the Parish Council that you have the correct/current code if your visit is after February.

Flood Advisory Group

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Flood Advisory Group:

Chair: Cllr George Marits

CHILBOLTON PARISH COUNCIL FLOOD ADVISORY GROUP

About the Flood Advisory Group (FAG)

On behalf of the relevant Statutory Authority the FAG shall

1. Monitor regularly the village’s flood mitigation measures (drains, culverts, watercourses and ditches) and ensure that they are ‘fit for purpose’.

2. To advise the relevant Statutory Authority and land owners in the event of the flood mitigation measures being deemed to be in need of remedial action, and

3. To liaise with the appropriate authorities and land owners in order to assist with the implementation of any measures which may be required in the light of experience.

Membership

At least one serving parish councillor and enough local residents to cover the range of expertise required.

The parish councillor will be nominated by the Parish Council at the Annual Parish Meeting. Local residents who wish to be on the FAG should apply to the Parish Council. The FAG will nominate its Chairman for one year at its first meeting immediately after the parish council Annual Parish Meeting.

Current serving councillor: – George Marits

Other non-councillor members: – Moya Grove, Neil Watson, Graham Kelly and Terry Gilmour.

Meetings

The FAG meetings are held approx. once a quarter and are not open to the public. The FAG reports to and advises the parish council.

Terms of Reference

Report from Chilbolton Flood Advisory Group (CFAG)

Coley Lane Filtering Station – The little station on Coley lane is part of Environment Agency’s gauging station facilities. There the river is in just two channels (quite a rare thing) so they put a weir on the river bed in 1989 to measure the flow. That’s where they get the river flow data and graphs that the FAG rely on. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/372912/Test_Flow.pdf

Southern Water Infiltration Reduction Plan for Chilbolton (September 2021, Version 2.2) and Generic Infiltration Reduction Plan (Typical Over-pumping Arrangements) diagrams and pictures

Parish Council letter to Southern Water’s CEO, Mr L. Gosden re Southern Water pump-house and pipework in Chilbolton (Feb ’24) (attached here)