Hill & Valley Parish Magazine serving Hurstbourne Priors , Longparish , St Mary Bourne & Woodcott April 2019
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As we mentioned in our last H&V update, the current owner of the Plough Inn has lodged notice of his intention to appeal Test Valley Council’s planning decision to refuse permission to allow change of use to a residential dwelling. It’s likely that there will be a pause now of about six months, then a further 39 weeks for the appeal process to actually take place. 2XUQH[WUDFHLVRQ6XQGD\WK$SULOVWDUWLQJDWWKHXVXDO WLPHRIDPDWWKH&ULFNHW*UR FDWWOHXQG So, we may not have a decision either way probably until early in the new year. (YHU\RQHLVZHOFRPHHVSHFLDOO\YROXQWHHUVWRKHOS IXOO But there’s lots for the team to do in that time. WUDLQLQJSURYLGHG ,WLVDKDQGLFDSUDFHVRSHRSOHRIDOO DELOLWLHVKDYHDFKDQFHWRZLQ Business Plan We have already registered as Community Benefit 2 Hill & Valley Parish Magazine serving Hurstbourne Priors , Longparish , St Mary Bourne & Woodcott April 2019 THE PROPOSED WHEELABRATOR WASTE TO ENERGY FACILITY Four weeks ago, the residents of Longparish and Barton Stacey were invited to exhibitions in the Village Halls to view the plans of a proposal to build a waste to energy facility just by the A303 at the Barton Stacey/Longparish turn off at the top of Southside Road on land leased by Raymond Brown. It is fair to say that this came out of the blue to the Parish Councils and Test Valley Borough Council and even HCC were taken by surprise. It has been a steep learning curve for everyone! Both Parish Councils held separate meetings after the exhibitions for residents to air their views and to hear about the planning application process. Caroline Nokes, the MP for the villages attended both meetings with David Drew the Harewood Borough Councillor. The big questions on people’s minds were Why this site in a rural location? Where is the waste coming from? Where will the heat go? Why is it so huge – up to 55m high with two chimney stacks up to 100 metres high? Public Consultation The February exhibitions were only the first stage in public consultation. There will be another opportunity to see what is planned at similar events, but this time I am assured there will be much more detail. This is what they call Stage Two consultation, which Wheelabrator say will be in mid to late September. Answers to questions that people posed to Wheelabrator during the recent Stage One consultation will be put up on their website www.wtiharewood.co.uk under the Consultation heading. The Planning Process The project is for a plant to generate over 50MW of electricity from commercial and domestic waste brought in by lorry from the South East region. Due to the amount of electricity to be generated the usual planning application rules do not apply and the application will be to the Planning Inspectorate for National Infrastructure (often known as PINS), not the local authority. The proposed Wheelabrator Harewood facility is classed as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP). In the UK, such projects need a Development Consent Order (DCO), which is issued by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. This is the same process that HS2 went through and the tunnel at Stonehenge is going through. 3 Hill & Valley Parish Magazine serving Hurstbourne Priors , Longparish , St Mary Bourne & Woodcott April 2019 More information about the planning process can be found here https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk Look under “Application process” and then “The Process” to understand more. Longparish and Barton Stacey Parish Councils have commented on the Scoping Report for the environmental statement as requested by the Planning Inspectorate. Test Valley Borough Council, Basingstoke and Dean and Hampshire County Council will be doing the same. What can you do? For what you can do as a member of the public, on the planning inspectorate website, look under “Legislation and Advice”, “Advice Notes” and look for “Advice Note 8”. If you would like a paper copy please ask me or Sally Lawman, the clerk of the Parish Council, for a copy to borrow. The Parish Council advice is for you to be informed: look at the websites, get to grips with the plan and the process (it is a long one!). Test Valley are also consultees and are posting documents as they are completed on their own planning application page https://www.testvalley.gov.uk/planning-and-building/ ref 19/00513/SCON The Parish Council will keep the Parish Council pages of the Longparish website updated with Wheelabrator news. Please contact any of the Parish Council if you have any questions, comments or views. It won’t be a surprise to hear that a campaign group has been formed - Keep Test Valley Beautiful. For more information about this contact [email protected] There is also an active Facebook group as a source of discussion and information, www.facebook.com/groups/StopTheHarewoodIncinerator Christian Dryden Chair of the Parish Council Planning. The Council objected to: Change of use of an Longparish Parish Council agricultural building to tourist accommodation at Testwood Annual Parish Meeting – 18 March 2019 Trout Farm. Minutes from the meeting and the details of individual Other Planning Matters. Following the public meeting on 16 reports will be available on the Longparish web -site after the March, a Working Party led by Natasha Rouse has put May meeting of the Parish Council. Reports were made by : together a draft response t o the scoping report for the Chair of Longparish PC, and other representatives from the Wheelabrator incinerator proposal. Some alterations were Council, and by repre sentatives from the Village Hall discussed. The response was due to be submitted by 25 Committee, the Longparish Community Association, the March. School, and Longparish Little School. Hampshire County Councillor, Andrew Gibson, and Borough Councillor, David Parish Lengthsman Scheme . Christopher Duxbury, who Drew, also briefed the meeting. Thanks were given to all the manages the Parish Lengthsman Scheme on behalf of the volunteers and others who work “behind the scenes” who PC, gave a report of how the Scheme has been operating, help to care for Longparish. Special thanks were expressed particularly since St Mary Bourne PC, the lead council for to David and Fiona Gould for all their hard work over many this cluster of parishes, have implemented procedural years. Former Councillor and Allotment Manager, Phil changes. Overall, the PC feels that the Lengthsman Scheme Harris, who passed away recently, was also given a special is proving to be worthwhile, and the PC is very grateful to Mr mention. Duxbury for his hard work. Report from Meeting Held on 18 March at 2000 Hours Next Parish Council Meeting The next Parish Council meeting, will be held at 1930 hours Minutes of previous meetings are available on the current or on Monday 15 April in the Village Hall. Parish Council archived Longparish web -site (longparish.org.uk). meetings are public, and parishioners are also wel come to speak on specific agenda items by prior arrangement with the Clerk (email: [email protected] ). 4 Hill & Valley Parish Magazine serving Hurstbourne Priors , Longparish , St Mary Bourne & Woodcott April 2019 The NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEME IN VISIT TO MITYANA – UGANDA HAMPSHIRE BY STUDENTS FROM TESTBOURNE AND SOUTH WILTS [email protected] GRAMMAR SCHOOLS – FEBRUARY 2019 GARDENS TO VISIT IN APRIL CRAWLEY GARDENS, SO21 2PR. (3 individual gardens open) Crawley is an exceptionally pretty period village in its own right. The spring gardens are Bay Tree House, Little Court and Paige Cottage; Open : 19 th , 22 nd April 2 to 5.30: Combined Admission £7.50 children free: Refreshments available: Click on link: https://www.ngs.org.uk/find-a- garden/garden/17567 13 OAKWOOD ROAD, Chandlers Ford. SO53 1LW We would like to start by ⅓ acre suburban woodland water garden, designed and planted by saying a massive Thank You owners, bordered by mature oak beech and birch trees. Open: 21/22 April - 1 to 5: Admission £3.50 children free: Home-made to everyone that supported teas: us and helped us get to Click on link: https://www.ngs.org.uk/find-a- Uganda! It was an amazing garden/garden/36124 experience and we learned so much that not TERSTAN, Stockbridge. SO20 6DW many people would have the opportunity to see. Profusely planted, contemporary cottage garden in peaceful st Whilst we were there we experienced an extremely different surroundings. Open: 21 April - 2 to 6: Admission £5.00 children culture and different ways that people outside the UK live. free: Home-made teas: We loved meeting the children in Bukanaga – the Longparish Also open ‘By Arrangement’ April to September for groups of 10+: linked school - and seeing the other schools out there. Click on link: https://www.ngs.org.uk/find-a- garden/garden/22660 We visited a disabled children’s hospital where we made puppets and helped with a variety of craft activities. They If you are a member of a Gardening Club or even a Group of sang and danced to us and we did the same for them! We Friends why not visit one of our ‘By Arrangement” gardens - visited a vocational school and painted the walls of their details available on the website. dorms with them. https://ngs.org.uk/byarrangement/ We cannot report everything we did – there is not enough In the first place please contact me - Pat Begley (Publicity) space for it all! But once again, thank you to everyone that [email protected] donated to our fundraising efforts – this was a life-changing experience and something we will neve r forget. Evie, Tanwen and Oli More are always welcome. For booking and/or transport call Andrea Harris 720 th FRIDAY LUNCH CLUB – 26 APRIL 457 11.45 – 2.00pm in Longparish Village Hall So do please come and join in a simple lunch of soup Diary dates th and cake on the last Friday of the month, bargain Friday 26 April – Journey to the Galapagos Friday 31 st lunch £2. May , st We will try to have an item of interest, perhaps a Friday 21 June short talk borrowing from the Tuesday Talks, or an outside speaker, or something creative, or musical at each lunch which you can join in or not. We are open Litter Free Longparish to ideas and offers! Booking is advisable so we can cater for the right Join the band of Litter Pickers numbers. 9.15am on Coffee Shop Fridays We are building up a pool of volunteers who Meet at the Village Hall, equipment provided. occasionally help out with transport, soup or cake Coffee afterwards courtesy of the coffee shop. making, and generally helping out. th Next on 12 April 2019 5 Hill & Valley Parish Magazine serving Hurstbourne Priors , Longparish , St Mary Bourne & Woodcott April 2019 Friends of Longparish School (FoLS) News Our next event is the now annual Easter Egg Hunt and Duck Race that takes place on Sunday 7 th April. Thank you to Laura Barron for the use of her lovely garden and river. Meet at Upper Mill (near the Cleeves) at 2pm. Please walk if possible as there is limited parking available. Contact Laura Harding on 720298 to choose your duck in advance for £1 and for tickets for the Easter Egg Hunt at £2. May Fayre FoLS are also busy planning for our biggest fundraiser of the year – the May Fayre that is taking place on Saturday 11 th May starting at 12 noon. This year we are extending the hours until 4pm to give plenty of time to enjoy all the activities. These include a 90ft inflatable obstacle course as well as performances from the children and usual favourites such as the bottle stall, beer tent and BBQ. We appreciate everyone’s support and help in making the event a great success. We are in need donations and would be grateful for any help with:- · Teddy bears – either pre-loved or new for our popular teddy bear tombola. · Cakes for the cake stall. · Raffle prizes – could you or the company you work for donate something for the raffle. · Bottles of alcohol or soft drinks for the bottle stall. If you live in the village, we will call at houses to collect bottles. · Toys, Books, Bric a Brac, Home made crafts. Please bring any donations to school from Tuesday 7th May or by 9.30am on the morning of the day . If you are unable to drop things off at the school, please contact either Penny Billingham on 720226 or Laura Harding on 720298 and we can arrange collection. Sylvia Crook will be running the plant stall again. If you are sowing seeds, be it flowers or vegetables, or lifting and dividing plants, any spare plants you could donate will be greatly appreciated. Please contact Sylvia Crook on 720792. If you have your own business and would like to set up a stall on the day, this can also be arranged. Please contact Karen Livingstone on 720434 for more details. Thank you for your support and we look forward to seeing you at the May Fayre. Bring your friends and family for a great afternoon of family fun! The LCA are now looking to build a new team to LCA film night will be showing a film in take this popular event forward. the Village Hall on Monday April 15th If you are interested, please email The title will be advertised in the [email protected] , or speak to Emma Smith or village shop, via email and on the any of the LCA committee. LCA Facebook group. The Film club team have announced that they are Pints of View standing down. LCA extend a huge thank you to th Wednesday 24 April. 8.00pm David Marklew, Sandra Jones and Emma Smith for at The Cricketers running this popular event. Come along for a cheerful discussion ‘NEXTDOOR ’ Beware of an American networking organization which purports to put neighbours in BEWARE !! touch. Once you sign up it will send unauthorized letters allegedly from you by post to up to 40 nearby houses. Read about their aims on : https://nextdoor.co.uk/about_us/ 6