August 201 4 Editor: Holly Foat ON&V is published monthly by Overton Parish Council (OPC) and is distributed Publication date: 20 July by volunteers to every property in Overton, Ashe, Laverstoke & . [email protected] See also www.OvertonVillage.com

Visit us Contact us for problems/comments about Overton Parish Council matters: Overton Parish Council (OPC) Tom Ridler (OPC Chairman & Highways representative) 773108 Information Office is open to the [email protected] public from 9am to 12noon each Lucy Sloane Williams (Vice-Chairman) [email protected] 770607 Wednesday & Thursday in St Ian Tilbury (also Borough Councillor) Byways/Rights of Way Representative 771429 Mary’s Hall, with OPC Parish Brian Langer Public Transport/Street Lighting Representative 770848 Clerk: Laura Harley. Paula Baker (also Borough Councillor) 771219

Colin Fowles 771090 Contact Laura: 771919 or [email protected] or Oak Mark Attwell 770472 Peter Baker 770007 Tree Lodge, Roundwood, Peter Hutchinson 771000 Adam Trickett 772133 Micheldever, Winchester, SO21 Jacky Lessware 773043 Karen Davies 07500004691 3BA.

Overton Parish Council (OPC) notes by Laura Harley (Parish Clerk)

Neighbourhood Plan Parish Council: August diary A reminder to complete your Neighbourhood Plan questionnaire before Overton Parish Council Meeting: the deadline on 31st July; please return them to 14 Winchester Street Wednesday 13 August, 7pm in the (next door to the HSBC bank). Further questionnaires can be obtained Community Centre. (Public Time from the Co-op, library, vet, charity shop and pharmacy. Alternatively, 7pm - 7.30pm) why not complete the questionnaire online by going to www.overtonvillage.com. We particularly need people aged between 16 Laverstoke & Freefolk Parish and 20 to respond. The more people who get involved, the better idea we Council Meeting: No meeting. get of the real views of the village. OPC Monthly Planning Meeting: Planning Application for Lordsfield Plantation Solar Farm Tuesday 26 August, 7.30pm in The planning application for the proposed solar farm has now been Community Centre. Agendas and received. Whilst the statutory deadline for responding to this application is planning applications are displayed 22nd July, the and Deane planning department may consider on the Parish Noticeboard. The later representations. If you would like to view the application, please go to public is welcome to attend and www.basingstoke.gov.uk and search for planning applications. The may discuss any planning matters number is 14/01777/FUL. There is also a hard copy in the Parish Office. before each meeting starts.

New plastics recycling bank New Parish Councillor The Recycling Officer at B&DBC has confirmed that the items that can be Overton Parish Council is pleased recycled are as stated in the July edition of ONV - food trays, yoghurt pots, to welcome Karen Davies as the margarine tubs, plastic bottle tops and milk and juice cartons. These items new councillor for Overton. Karen cannot be recycled in the green bins and so must be sorted separately. has lived in the village for 8 years and we are looking forward to CarFest News using her knowledge and expertise Hopefully all the details regarding CarFest are included in this month’s to good effect. insert. Some things might change depending on the weather and other factors. For all those attending CarFest – have a great time. For those Bullington Cross Wind Turbines who are not, remember that you can join in by viewing the air displays Many apologies. The turbines from Popham Airfield and the Maserati rally through the village on Sunday would have been 126 metres high 24th August at 12.45pm. (not feet!) The wind turbine application at Woodmancott was The Great Overton Duck Race also turned down, as well as the The Great Overton Duck Race is happening again from 12noon on Bank Pyrolytic Converter at Micheldever Holiday Monday 25th August. Entry is free into Flashetts, Station Road. Station. All applicants could now There will be 8 races plus the Grand Final and the very popular ‘Race appeal. Your Own Duck’ race. A fun-packed family afternoon with lots of attractions, face painting, games, BBQ, ice creams, licensed bar, Station car park closure tea/coffee & cake stall, tombola, crafts and children’s stalls. Ducks will be The back half of the station over- on sale soon in the Community Centre forecourt on Saturday mornings flow car park will be closed from during August, where you can also register your much loved duck for the midnight on Sunday 24th August to very popular Race Your Own Duck event. midday on Tuesday 26th August. OPC notes continued by Laura Harley (Parish Clerk) Village Diary - Regular events

Edward Kersley Playing Field Zipline Some events may not be running over Unfortunately the zipline is currently out of action pending an investigation the summer. by our playground repairer. It would seem that two of the legs have rotted or come lose and need to be repaired. This will be undertaken as soon as Tea and Tots: Mondays 1.15-2.45pm in possible. The Parish Council is also arranging to have both gates replaced. rear hall of Methodist Church. £1.

Defibrillator St Luke’s Short Mat Bowls Club: The village now has a defibrillator which is situated in the Co-op. The Monday & Thursday: 7.30-9.30pm & Wednesday: 2-4pm. Jim )770402 defibrillator can be used by anyone for someone having a cardiac arrest and 8 can be used for both adults and children. Several people have also [email protected] undergone some training. Neighbourhood Plan Group meeting: the second Monday of the month: Letters to the editor 7.30pm in the Community Centre. Brian Elkins [email protected] In response to last month’s peacock letter My family and I do not consider the peacocks a nuisance in the Dellands NCT Coffee Group: Tuesdays 10am- area of Overton. We live on Dellands and the peacocks are fairly frequent 12pm, contact Kate for venue )771767 visitors to our front and back gardens. We are always delighted to see 'Mr [email protected] Peacock' and feel privileged to have them living in such close proximity. They can be noisy, from time to time, but not in a way we find troublesome. Overton Lunch Club: Tuesdays 12noon We have a garden full of flowers, plants and vegetables and have never in Community Centre. Val )770275 experienced them damaging anything. The peacocks bring much joy to us and family and friends visiting. After more than four years of having them Overton Art Group: Tuesdays 2-4pm in ) with us, we would be sad to see them go. A Dellands resident. the ORC Bridge Street Hall. 770723 8 Editor’s Note: The Parish Council has received many responses to the [email protected] article in the July edition of ON&V and will report back fully in September. Age Concern Activity Centre: Tuesday

afternoons 2-4pm at Harveys Field, Congratulations Michelle Mark Weston )423871. Michelle Le-Warne has been a Brownie Guider in Overton for 28 years. She was invited to the Mayor’s office in Basingstoke to receive a Mayor’s award Ladies United: 2nd & 4th Wednesdays, for all her work in GirlGuiding. All the guiders in Overton, Oakley and 2.30pm at Methodist Church. Speakers would like to say a big “well done” to her. I am sure the girls who & refreshments. Mary )770164. have been in her unit over the years would also like to say a big “thanks” and “well done” too. GirlGuiding in Overton has Rainbows, two Brownie Overton’s Home Producers’ Market: units and one Guide unit, all run by volunteers. We are then part of a Thursdays 10-12noon in St Mary’s Hall. District, Division and County. There has been a change in boundaries due to the low number of units in Basingstoke. Again, all these roles are on a Charity Coffee Morning: Thursdays 10- voluntary basis. If anyone is interested in joining a unit or being a 12 in front hall of Methodist Church. District/Division Commissioner, please contact us. A presentation evening was held in Whitchurch to say farewell to Burley Wood District and to Overton Darby and Joan: First and third present leaders with service badges. Lisa from Rainbows received a 5-year Thursday of month in The Community award, Robyn from Brownies received a 10-year award, although she has Centre 1.45-3.45. (Jan, Feb & August ) been involved for 17 years. Sarah from Guides received a 10-year award only 3rd Thurs) Jackie 770258 and Karen received her 20-year badge. Well done to all. Guiding has been Meeting Point: First Friday of month, St in Overton for nearly a hundred years and we would like to see it continue. Mary’s Church Rooms. For those with So if you would like to help with accounts or any of the roles above, please ) ) concessionary passes. 771155 contact Michelle on 770454. Well baby clinic: 3rd Friday of month: SSSI restoration & tree felling at Laverstoke Park Farm 9.30-11am in the Community Centre. Laverstoke Park Farm have been requested by Natural (acting on behalf of DEFRA) to fell an area of woodland (around 3Ha) sitting within unit Saturday Stories: 2nd Saturday of the 2 of the SSSi. Currently this unit is in an unfavourable month: 10.30am in the library. condition. Natural England requires Laverstoke Park Farm to restore Unit 2 to a favourable condition by felling the majority of the existing trees and Traidcraft Sales: 1st & 3rd Saturday restoring a lowland fen. Laverstoke Park Farm has a legal requirement to mornings of month in Methodist Church. comply. A fringe of screening will be left around the perimeter of the site to minimise the visual impact and a number of mature specimen trees which Town Meadow Golf Club: 3rd Sunday of have been identified as having a particular biodiversity and landscape value the month: 9am in Scout Hut. £3. will remain. The Forestry Commission have a map on their public register www.townmeadowgolf.co.uk showing the exact location of this area. The works will be carried out Parish Walks: 2nd Sunday of the month: between 15th August and 15th September 2014. 2pm start from the Community Centre.

Brian )771895 or Adrian )770053 Letter from Marion Legg

Thank you to the person who brought me back from the doctor’s surgery on Tuesday 20th May when it poured down with rain. Much appreciated! Police News by PCSO Paul Harrison, Safer Neighbourhoods Team for the Village Diary - August 2014 parishes of Overton, Freefolk & Laverstoke. Emergency )999 8paul.harrison.15078@.pnn.police.uk Follow @OvertonPolice Monday 4 August: 12-2pm PCSO Paul [email protected] Police Enquiry Centre & Harrison’s Police Surgery in the Parish non-emergencies )101 Crimestoppers charity )0800 555 111 Council Office at St Mary’s Hall.

June 2014 Sunday 10 August: WW1 service at St In the month of June, there were 34 calls to police regarding incidents within Mary’s Church at 10.30am the beat 4 area. Of these calls 11 were in relation to crime.These crimes included theft, criminal damage and the burglary of an out-building. On the Sunday 17 August: Open Day at 3rd June, a car was damaged outside of an address in Station Road, Water Gardens (2pm – 5pm) Overton – no one has yet come forward with any information. On the 11th in aid of Age UK Andover. June, there was an attempt to break in to a garage on Road, significant damage was caused to the door. If anyone has any information Bank Holiday Monday 25 August: The on either of these two crimes then please contact Hampshire Police on Great Overton Duck Race from 12noon. )101. On a lighter note, we had a good turnout of residents to watch Chris Free entry into Flashetts, Station Road. Evans and his ‘dirty dozen’ pass through the village on the 26th June. The beat surgery in August will be on the 4th, at St Marys Hall, Overton. WW1 exhibition To mark the beginning of the First World Letters to the editor War, an exhibition in the window of Overton Fireplace shop will be Lordsfield Swimming Club: Pool Rescuers needed! displayed for the whole of August. It will We were delighted that more than 230 people joined us to enjoy a sunny honour all the men that gave their lives riverside afternoon at Mallards, and selflessly devoured cream teas in aid of and it will list all of the men who went off pool funds! This enabled us to raise around £1,000 towards our substantial from the village to fight. We have a running costs. Many thanks to all those who helped to make the occasion certain amount of artefacts and real such a success, those who came and especially to John and Lyn of Mallards stories of individuals who died, but we for their hospitality (and accomplished scone-baking!) Running a pool will accept materials to display. Just doesn’t come cheaply and we’ve been lucky to secure necessary funds from come in to see me. Peter Baker, The elsewhere too. We’d like to thank local supporter, David Flanders, and his Overton Society, and Tony Morris. company, Teneo, for their donation towards the purchase of safety equipment, along with Chris Batten and Openwork for their donation towards Breastfeeding support drop-in a water-testing course. Enterprising 8 year old, Orla Bracken, raised £8 for Monday sessions for breastfeeding the pool from sales of tomato plants from her garden – great effort, Orla! support will not be running in the And thanks to Mr & Mrs Whitehorn and all the Sunday night bingo-players at summer holidays in Overton but will The ‘Stute for their generous donation of £302. Many thanks to all and good restart on the 8th September. If you luck to Scott MacPherson who’ll be running in the Salisbury Marathon on need support in the holidays we will be 10th August in aid of the pool. (Check out our Facebook page for details of at The Gill Nethercott Centre in how to sponsor him!) Whitchurch alongside the health visitor clinic on Tuesday 5th and 19th August, Thanks to those of you who used the form in last month’s ONV to join our 10-11.30, and at Kingsclere Medical ranks! Please contact Dick West [email protected] with Centre alongside the health visitors on any fundraising enquiries or offers of sponsorship. Future fundraising events Thursday 28th August, 2-3pm. We are include the Mallards hog roast - pop this in your diary for Sunday 7th also at every Monday September and watch this space for further info. morning, every Tuesday morning and Brookvale every Friday morning - If you haven’t already, come and join Lordsfield Swimming Club! anyone welcome, no appointment Membership fees: necessary. Find details on Facebook Membership: £2.50 (Everyone pool-side must be a member of the Club) www.facebook.com/HampshireBreastfe Under 8s season permit: £13.00 edingCounselling or call Mindy )07769 Over 8s season permit: £20.50 040509. Cost per swim: £1.50 Thank You Overton! Holiday opening times: Eden Forest would like to say a huge Monday - Friday: 2-4pm & 6-8pm 'Thank You' to all our customers over Saturday: 2-4pm the last 5 years. Although continuing Saturday: 4-5pm (Adult swim) online, Sandy and I will miss the great August bank holiday (Mon 25 August): 2-4pm community spirit as well as the *Pool closes Sat 30 August* opportunity to furnish so many local homes. We do hope a new tenant can If you’re interested in helping out at the pool, we need more people to qualify be found soon and look forward to as pool rescuers to help cover sessions in the holidays. This entails 2 x 3 bumping into you on our weekends off! hour training sessions, funded by the club. Please contact us at David McLaren )355333 [email protected]. Keep up to date with pool news and www.edenforest.co.uk check out pool pics by liking Lordsfield Swimming Club on Facebook and/or following @LordsfieldSwim on Twitter. The deadline for September ON&V is Lauren McCann (on behalf of Lordsfield Swimming Club) 13th August. Transport News by Brian Langer (OPC Transport & Lighting) Letters to the editor

Trains Eco-schools at Overton Primary There are evening engineering works planned on the line through Overton August’s eco-message of the month on many Mondays to Thursdays through the early summer. A reminder that from the pupils of Overton Primary from 28th to 31st July westbound and east bound services seem to be School’s Eco-council is ‘Don’t leave affected. Weekend services are NOT affected. Late evening trains will be litter’. Not only does it spoil the look of diverted via Southampton between Salisbury and Basingstoke and a bus our beautiful village and countryside, but replacement service put in place for Overton. Timings of replacement buses it can be dangerous for wildlife. Small will be as per the arrangements in June and July but see SWT website and mammals are curious, and will crawl posters at the Overton Fireplace Shop wall. A similar arrangement will into bottles left lying around, from which operate between 11 and 14 August inclusive. Note that onward connections they can’t then escape. Plastic bags can are not guaranteed when buses have to be used. also be hazardous. There are plenty of bins around Overton, so please use Steam through Overton them, or take your rubbish home and Steam Dreams’ next service through Overton is expected to be 24th July recycle it where appropriate. (see July edition) but they won't be sending any steam trains through in August, but with several in September. Throughout the summer, steam Walking leaflet available trains can be seen from the Overton to road when the A new circular walk leaflet was launched weekly, Wednesdays only, Dorset Coast Express service from Basingstoke at Overton Biodiversity Society’s 10th to Weymouth passes by. It departs Basingstoke at 10:55 and returns there anniversary picnic. Jointly produced with at 19:50; add and subtract respectively 10 minutes for the approximate the Overton Society with support from Waltham Lane timings. the Parish Council, ‘Walk into the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty’ is the August Bank Holiday Weekend 4th leaflet in the Overton Heritage and Trains will run a normal service for that day of the week on the Saturday and Nature Trails series. There is a free Sunday and a Saturday service on the Monday. guided walk to include this route on Buses will run a normal service for that day of the week on the Saturday and Sunday 10th August. Meet at 2pm at Sunday and a Sunday service on the Monday. the Community Centre. It involves rough walking on tracks and footpaths, for Andover Bus Station about 4 miles. Contact Brian )771895 The new bus station opened in mid-July and so the temporary stops in or Adrian )770053 for more information Western Ave etc. will no longer be in use. on the guided walk. Valda Stevens, The Overton Society Street Lighting Please call )0845 603 5633 (HCC) or me )770848 to report non-working From Lisa and Pat at The Greyhound lights or day-burners. With less daylight in the evenings faulty lights become As many of you are no doubt aware, we more noticeable. SSE/HCC contractors are expected to start replacement of will be leaving The Greyhound when our Overton's orange lights once the contract in Kingsclere has been completed, lease expires at the end of which is imminent. Day burners have been reported in Lion Close (problem September. We have had the privilege due to vegetation growth), Hilltop Road and Copse Road. of being custodians of this wonderful pub for the last six years. During that time we have made many good friends Letters to the editor and been lucky enough to share in the laughter and tears with the fantastic Open Day at Longstock Water Gardens people of Overton. We would like to On Sunday 17th August, there will be an open day at Longstock Water thank all of you for your amazing Gardens (2pm – 5pm) in aid of Age UK Andover. We at Age UK Andover support during our time here and look are very privileged to have been given the opportunity to raise funds by kind forward to your continued friendship in permission of the John Lewis Partnership through their open garden the years to come. We would also like scheme. Longstock Park Water Garden is only open to the public on behalf to thank our staff for their loyal and of chosen charities during the summer months. An entrance fee of £6 for committed service. We have been adults and £2 for children is payable with all proceeds going to charity. The assured by the owners of the pub, Red seven-acre garden includes around two and a half acres of lake, which is Oak Taverns, that they will strive to fed by the Test so that the water remains very clear. It has earned a build on our success and ensure that universal reputation amongst horticulturists – the International Water Lily The Greyhound continues to serve Society has voted it "the finest water garden in the world." In addition to the Overton for many years to come. We Water Gardens there is a farm shop, a café and the renowned Longstock understand that The Greyhound will Nursery within easy walking distance. A minibus will be available to take continue trading as normal on our people to the café, shop and nursery should that be helpful. This is a rare departure and look forward to sharing opportunity to see these internationally famous gardens. Tickets will be on more great times with you in this sale at Andover and District Age UK ()01264 354 425). wonderful village pub. Thank you.

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