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Wishing you all the best for a New Year and a new decade! Parish Council: January diary Here’s to a brilliant 2020 – there is certainly lots going on at the moment Parish Council Meeting: Tuesday (apart from all the election and Brexit hooha). Overton has several new 14 January, 7pm in the Community businesses opening – we will soon be the food and gift capital of north Centre (Public Time 7pm – ! Sustainable Overton is going great guns with lots of good 7.30pm). initiatives planned for the coming year (please see enclosed insert). The beautiful new toilet doors should soon be in place. The parish council will All parish council meetings will be now be looking at how to improve play areas and the village centre. 2020 recorded. will also see VE75 day celebrations on 8th May and the Sheepfair on 18th and 19th July so this is just a taster of all the fantastic things that will be Laverstoke & Freefolk Parish going on in Overton in the coming year. Council Meeting: Tuesday 14 January, 7.30pm in Lady Rose And there is nothing like starting off 2020 with a dog poo article Hall, Laverstoke Lane. Both & Deane Borough Council and Overton Parish Council have received a number of complaints about dog mess on pavements OPC Monthly Planning Meeting: particularly in the Overton Hill/Station Road area of the village. Dog mess Tuesday 28 January, 7.30pm, in is an eyesore and a health hazard. We have probably all stepped in dog Community Centre. Agendas and mess at one time or another – and we all know how badly that smells and planning applications are displayed how difficult it is to get off the bottom of your shoe! If you are a dog owner on the Parish Noticeboard. The (or taking a dog for a walk), you have a legal duty to clean up every time public is welcome to attend and your dog messes in a public place. If you don’t you could be given a fixed may discuss any planning matters penalty fine of £50 and if a person refuses to pay they can be taken to the before each meeting starts.

local Magistrates Court for the dog fouling offence and fined up to £1,000. MoviTime News Dog waste can be deposited in any litter bin (there are over 60 in the Just a reminder that ‘Yesterday’ village so there is no excuse). The dog warden and the Community Safety will be shown on 27th December. Patrol Officer will be carrying out a targeted campaign in the village in the We are still hoping to show coming weeks – so you have been warned! ‘Downton Abbey’ on 10th January

Skatepark but are waiting for confirmation With the full support of many young skaters and BMXers from Overton, from the distributor. If it is the parish council is seeking a grant to replace the very old and unsafe unavailable on 10th, Downton will skate park at Sapley Lane Playing Field. As part of the process the be shown on 31st January 2020 - potential users of the park are helping to raise funds towards the cost of please look out for further info on the skate park and collected over £600 from running a stall at the posters and Facebook. Doors Christmas market on 30th November. They also have a Just Giving page open at 7.15pm for a 7.45pm start at justgiving.com/crowdfunding/overton-skatepark-redevelopment and so if with tickets available from the you are able to make a donation, that would be brilliant – thank you. The Overton Gallery for £5 (or £5.50 on next fundraising activity will be car washing. Please look out for posters. the door). Drinks and refreshments are available before the start. Overton welcomes two new businesses Café Pueblo - Lannah and Jon, an Overton couple, have opened Cafe Toilet Door Art Competition Pueblo on the High Street. It's a family friendly cafe serving homemade, Thank you to everyone who fresh food with a South American twist, alongside a wide selection of entered the competition to cheer drinks, including, of course, some top-notch Colombian Coffee. They are up the public toilets. Over 450 open Monday to Saturday, 7am to 7pm. people voted for their favourite Renasci Designs (35 High Street) - Gaynor has always lived in Overton designs and the results were very and started her furniture upcycling business 2½ years ago. She offers a close. The winners were; under painting service, as well as sourcing pieces especially to sell. Renasci 12s- Overton Sunset by Summer Designs is a fusion of Gaynor’s painted furniture and home décor Patton, 12-18yrs- Kingfisher by alongside 24 stockists (many from Overton). Open Tuesday - Friday Florence Turner & over 18s- 9:30am-4:30pm Saturday 10am-5pm. [email protected], Bunting by Jo South. We hope to )07876528577 get the designs on the doors in the More new business news in the February 2020 edition of News & Views. New Year. OPC notes continued by Laura Harley (Parish Clerk) Village Diary - Regular events Not a great start! Overton & Whitchurch NCT coffee Both the borough councillors and myself have received several complaints morning: Fortnightly. See Facebook about the actions of Bewley Homes, the developers of the Two Gate Lane [email protected] site. Despite the fact that no planning application has yet been submitted, let alone approved, they have already accessed the site by cutting a hole in the St Luke’s Short Mat Bowls Club: Monday boundary from Two Gate Lane, removed trees and have blocked the lane 7.30pm-9.30pm, Wednesday 2pm-4pm whilst unloading equipment. The matter is now with the Basingstoke & Deane and Thursday 7.30-9.30pm. )770409. Borough Council Enforcement Team. This is not a very encouraging start for Bewley Home’s association with Overton. Village Agent Drop-in Centre: 7th & 21st December 10-12 in the Palmer Room at Bargate Homes the Community Centre. Janet )07843 With Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council no longer having a five year 853003 & Gary )07776 595019. land supply, the parish council has been approached by Bargate Homes (who are developing the site to the south of the village) regarding further land Steady & Strong exercise class: adjacent to the current site. Bargate will be making a presentation at the Tuesdays 10:30 at Harveys Field and 12noon at Gill Nethercott Centre. parish council meeting on 14th January 2020 so please come along if you ) would like to hear what they have to say. Contact Gary Burrow 302210.

Position Statement on Nitrate Neutrality in relation to The Solent Age Concern Social Group: Tuesday 2- ) Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council has recently received a consultation 4pm Harveys Field. Margaret 771710. response from Natural in relation to a planning application for Move it or Lose it exercise class: residential development in the catchment of the and Itchen (of Wednesdays 11am Bridge Street which Overton is a part). As submitted, Natural England has advised that the Pavilion. Call Nicky to book )07469 application could have potential significant effects on Solent and 923997 [email protected] Southampton Water Special Protection Area (SPA) and Solent Maritime Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and has advised that they require further Little Creations: Thursday mornings term information in order to determine the significance of these impacts and the time, toddler group run by the Community scope for mitigation for that application. In the meantime, BDBC will not issue Church in the Town Meadow Hut. decisions for new residential development in the relevant catchment areas where wastewater generated by the development could have potential Charity Coffee Morning: Thursdays 10-12 significant effects on the SPA and SAC, unless Natural England have been in front hall of Methodist Church. consulted and confirmed no objection to the proposed development. The issue of nitrate impact on the Solent has received coverage in the media Coffee, Colour and Chat: first Thursday of recently and as soon as more specific advice is received this will be the month 10.30-11.45am at White Hart. communicated to provide advice for applicants, residents and other )07745327049 interested parties in relation to affected planning applications. For further information keep an eye on the BDBC website – www.basingstoke.gov.uk. Construction Club: Overton Library, every Thursday after school.

Have a green Christmas and recycle your Christmas tree Little Creations: parent/toddler group As a special festive offering Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council will be meets each Thursday during term times collecting real Christmas trees through the fortnightly garden waste service. If at 10-11:30am at Town Meadow Hut on you are a garden waste subscriber you can place your tree out for collection the golf course. with your bin and/or sacks but please make sure that all decorations and lights are removed and if your tree is over 6ft, please cut it in half. Overton Pagan Moot: First Thursday of Alternatively, you can take your Christmas tree to the local collection point in the month. [email protected] the Overton Hill car park between Thursday 2 January and Sunday 26 January 2020 (please stack trees tidily) or to the Household Recycling Overton Garden Society: 2nd Thursday of Centre at Wade Road, Basingstoke or the Walworth Business Park, Andover month at 7.30pm in Community Centre. anytime between 9am and 4pm each day. Friday Toddlers: Fridays: 10-11.30am in Christmas bin collections – a reminder: the St Mary's Church Rooms. £2 Tuesday 24th December 2019 - as normal Tuesday 31st December will be collected on Thursday 2nd January 2020 Club2O Alternate Fridays in the Church Tuesday 7th January 2020 will be collected on Wednesday 8th January 2020 Rooms. For children in years 4, 5 & 6. 7- Tuesday 14th January 2020 - back to normal 8.30pm. Games and fun. Pete )770243 Wrapping paper CANNOT be recycled. Extra rubbish can only be put out for the first collection after Christmas. The Community Church most Sunday mornings. 10am at St. Luke's Hall. Testbourne Parishes Twinning Association After 40 years the Testbourne Parishes Twinning Association is winding up. Traidcraft Sales: 2nd and 4th Saturdays As part of this it is distributing its assets by purchasing a bench (made from of the month. Sales of fairly-traded food & recycled plastic) for each of the three parishes most closely involved with the crafts. 9.30-12.00 at Methodist Church. Association, Whitchurch, Barton Stacey and Overton. The parish council has two possible locations for a bench – the corner of Sprent’s Lane with Winchester Street or Little Meadow – however it you have a suitable location of a new bench, then please let me know.

Letters to the Editor Village Diary - January 2020 On Sunday Nov 10th at approximately 19.00 I heard a noise outside the front Wednesday 1 January: Overton Folk door and on opening it found a man getting up off the doorstep and urine Club: 8pm in the Community Centre. This dripping onto my carpet. He then staggered off up the street and I followed him month is a singer’s night. Welcome the at a distance as he was walking in a very unsteady state until he went into a New Year in with some songs and music. house on Pound Road. Two men came up along the road, asking if they could Everybody welcome – singers, musicians, help, I explained why I had walked up the road behind him to which they or just come along and listen. Tom apologised for his behaviour. Thanking them I then asked if they would they )770384 or would kindly inform him, when he had sobered up, about what he had done. [email protected] Letter (name and address supplied) Tuesday 7 January: Overton WI The January Surgery News History of Overton from 1500 Richard Everyone at Health would like to wish all of our patients, Waldram & Valda Stevens )770681 Team, supporters and suppliers a very Happy New Year! [email protected] Staff Changes: Dr Bowsher who is recently qualified was on a six month locum www.hampshirewi.org.uk with us and is moving on to widen his experience. It is usual nowadays for newly qualified doctors to spend time in a range of practices so that they gain Wednesday 15 January: Overton & a variety of experiences. Dr Chander will be joining us a locum and we expect District U3A 10am at St Mary’s Hall. Our another doctor to be joining us in the near future as a salaried doctor. speaker will be Gareth Lewis. 'Where Dis New Phone System: We hope by the time you read this our new telephone Television Come From??' We are cabling/telephone system which will be fibre will have been successfully delighted that he has agreed to speak at installed by mid December 2019. This is in line with many businesses who are our first meeting in the New Year. This replacing copper wiring which will be phased out over time. The new system promises to be an interesting and will we hope be more robust than what we have at the moment. informative talk based on 19th and 20th On-Line Users: On-line users are up to 3,794 and we are having an increasing century developments that, together, number of carers signing up for Proxy access. We encourage anyone who has gave us something that we didn’t expect, internet access to sign-up for Online Access. and which have changed our lives Getting to see the correct Doctor: When you want to see a doctor do you just forever! Visitors welcome, pay £3 on the ring up or go on line and take the next appointment? Did you know that on the door. practice website that if you click on Practice Information and then Meet our Team – Doctors that under each doctor there is a short biography which also Friday 17 January: Overton Biodiversity indicates their area of specialisation, if any. For example, Dr David Bartlett – Society. Wildlife Film Evening. 7.30pm. has interests in minor operations, joint injections, heart disease prevention, St. Mary’s Hall. Please join us for an skin diseases, and child health. Whereas Dr Kirsty Pollard – has a special evening of wildlife films. £2.50 (£2 for interest in Cardiology and has trained to perform Echo-cardiology and worked members) to include refreshments. in the Cardiology Department at the North Hampshire Hospital, Basingstoke. Please note different venue from usual! She also has a special interest in the care of patients with cancer and palliative For more details phone Ken MacKenzie ) care. So remember if you have a specific reason for wanting to see a doctor 771121. either tell reception when you phone or if you are an online user look up the team to see if any of them specialise in your area of need. Saturday 1 February: Overton Market & Overton Parish Council Surgery 10am- Change of ownership for Flashetts 12noon, St Mary’s Hall. The area known as Flashetts, south of Foxdown, extends from Road in the west to Station Road in the east. This is a piece of the privately- Recycle Your Unwanted Xmas Gifts - owned land within the Overton Conservation Area. It includes the River Test, Don’t Bin Them! ponds and the undeveloped areas of land around the River Test as well as the Take your unwanted Xmas presents to allotments off Kingsclere Road but excludes the Portals Paper Mill Lagoons. the Charity Shop so someone else can The River Test and its banks are protected as a Site of Special Scientific enjoy them, plus the money goes to a Interest (SSSI). Flashetts is within a tree-lined corridor through the village good cause. providing a haven for wildlife and is an essential part of Character Area 3 in Overton. We, the owners of Flashetts House and the owners of Quidhampton Street lighting Mill, are local residents who live adjacent to and know and love this beautiful Did you know that you can report street green space. As part of a small group we have recently purchased the lighting faults and other highway Flashetts land described above. We are committed to caring for the area with problems online? Just go to its fauna and flora, working closely with experts and conservation groups www.hants.gov.uk and under Report It including Natural England. David Oakley, who also advises the Foxdown Eco and select Report a Road Problem. All Residents’ Association, will be working with the allotment holders. The partial highway problems can also be reported ) public access to this Character Area is along the footpath running north of the by telephone to 0300 555 1388. River Test at Station Road to Kingsclere Road and is respected by us. There is also a second footpath running parallel to the Foxdown boundary. We are Do you want to talk to your MP? pleased that these paths allow our village the opportunity to appreciate and Kit Malthouse holds regular surgeries in enjoy the peace and tranquillity of a part of the Conservation Area. Andover, and Kingsclere. For Kevin Conn ([email protected]) further details or to book an appointment email [email protected] or telephone 01264 401 401.

The deadline for February’s ON&Vs is the 16th January 2020 . Transport News Letters to the editor Trains Overton History As this article is written, the December strikes on South Western Railway, There was great interest in the building of whilst inconvenient, do not appear to have caused a total meltdown and the Portals original 120 ft high brick built trains that have been running appear to have kept to better time than the full chimney in 1920/21. For the sum of service. Moving into January, the last day of scheduled strikes is January 1 sixpence you could be hoisted to the top and no further dates have been advised. of the chimney, all donations went to the Winchester Hospital fund. On a fine day For January, engineering works will affect Overton on all four weekends with one could see as far south as the following changes occurring every weekend due to work both at Southampton Water, with binoculars you Waterloo and in the Wimbledon area: could see shipping, and just the outline of Saturday services to Waterloo will start and terminate instead at the Isle of Wight. East and West the Basingstoke and there will be a need to change there for services to smoke from steam trains departing London; Basingstoke and Andover Junction could On both weekend days, some services from Basingstoke to Waterloo may be spotted. My grandfather said he went require a further change at Woking whilst others will be diverted to avoid the up, but had to have three Wills Woodbine Wimbledon area; cigarettes first. The chimney was reduced Sunday services from Salisbury to Reading will operate as usual; in height at a later date. When about 14, I Sunday services to and from Exeter and Yeovil will all start and terminate at climbed a large Oak Tree in the fields Basingstoke across from Sapley Lane and can confirm There are other works on other lines. that you can see Southampton Water, on that day I could see the flame from the Buses Fawley Oil Refinery. Trees may have A reminder ‘Expected’ Christmas and New Year services grown up since that time blocking the Service 76: please check www.stagecoachbus.com or travelinesw.com. A view some 60 plus years ago. I had a Saturday timetable will run on 23, 24, 27, 30 and 31st December. The last work friend who had the job of cleaning service on 24.12.19 and 31.12.19 will be 19:50 from Andover and 20:50 the Cottington Down TV mast. Did I climb from Basingstoke. A Sunday timetable will run on Tuesday 26 th December that? The climb he said took well over an and Wednesday 1st. The will be NO service on Christmas Day. All other hour. ‘No thanks’ I said! Richard Oram. days will run as usual. Service 74: there will be no service on Boxing Day. Missing Tray Towards the end of October, we put See the Mill in a new light this January! quinces out on our front bank for folk to The Whitchurch Silk Mill and its gardens in the heart of rural Hampshire will help themselves. We were pleased to see glisten and sparkle this January with an all new magical, after dark that they were very popular (in fact one illuminated trail. The Mill will be transformed by spectacular installations, neighbour took the trouble to drop us a leaving the dark winter evenings aglow. This is a first for the Mill as it thank you note) and so put a second lot features dazzling light artworks, installations and an illuminated trail. Often out - on Thursday 24th October, to be known as Blue January, for many it is a time to mark the end of the yule precise. When we returned from a lunch season and celebrate the end of winter and the return of the sun. Normally outing we found that not only had all the this quiet Hampshire town falls into darkness but this January the Mill will quinces gone again, which was great, but glow brighter than usual from 17 to 26 January thanks to the addition of that someone had taken the tray they sparkling installations from Yes Productions. As part of the illumination, were in as well. (This was blue, plastic, there will be a series of events including a business networking event, sturdy and, importantly, had holes to artists’ development event, a health and wellbeing day and a skills project allow drainage). What kind of person involving local young people. There will be markets and family activities over would do this? So, having had the tray the weekends. It will be an amazing time of year to visit the Mill as the nicked, we could not put any more out. unique facades of this weaving icon will be brought to life with colour, shape We put out a sign for 24 hours asking for and movement, and the tree canopies and river vista will be drenched in it back, to no avail. So one individual has grand illuminations reflected in the crystal clear waters of the River Test. ruined things for the many. Dr Lynne Vintage lanterns in the Mill and light pipes on the lawn continue the Ridler-Wall surprises both inside and outside the Mill. https://whitchurchsilkmill.org.uk/

Visit us : Overton Parish Council Contact us for problems/comments about Overton Parish Council matters Anne Phillips (Chair) [email protected] 770350 (OPC) Office is in the Overton Colin Fowles (Vice Chair) [email protected] 771090 Community Centre and is open Margaret Oram [email protected] to the public from 9am-1pm on Tuesdays and 1pm-5pm on Jane Dooley [email protected] Richard Cook [email protected] Thursdays (to coincide with the Gary Beecham [email protected] library opening times). Stuart Chessell [email protected] Parish Clerk: Laura Harley. Alison Zarecky [email protected]

Chris Pitt [email protected] Contact: 771919 or Rodney Hunter [email protected] [email protected] Ian Tilbury (Borough Councillor) 771429 or c/o Overton Community Colin Phillimore (Borough Councillor) 771127

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