April 201 8 ON&V is published monthly by Overton Parish Council (OPC) and is distributed Editor: Holly Foat by volunteers to every property in Overton, Ashe, Laverstoke & Freefolk. [email protected] www.OvertonParishCouncil.gov.uk What’s on in Overton @OvertonHants Visit us : Overton Parish Council Contact us for problems/comments about Overton Parish Council matters (OPC) Information Office is open to the public from 9am to 12noon Valda Stevens (Chairman) [email protected] 771602 each Wednesday & Thursday in Anne Phillips (Vice Chair) [email protected] 770350 St Mary’s Hall, with Parish Ian Tilbury (Borough Councillor & Rights of Way Representative) 771429 Clerk: Laura Harley. Colin Phillimore (Borough Councillor) 771127 Colin Fowles 771090 Jane Dooley 771386 Contact Laura: 771919 or Richard Cook 07957493802 Gary Beecham 770539 [email protected] Margaret Oram 07798640915 Peter Baker 772155 or Oak Tree Lodge, Roundwood, Stuart Chessell 07973269503 Micheldever, Winchester, SO21 3BA. For Laverstoke & Freefolk Parish Council, contact Nicky: [email protected] Overton Parish Council (OPC) notes by Laura Harley (Parish Clerk) Annual Parish Meeting Parish Council: April diary The Annual Parish Meeting will take place at 7.30pm on Wednesday 18th Overton Parish Council Meeting: April in St Luke’s Hall. All parishioners are welcome to attend. People will Wednesday 11 April, 7pm in the be speaking about village halls and walking for health, amongst other Community Centre. (Public Time things. It is also hoped that a member of the police will talk about rural 7pm - 7.30pm). policing. Drinks and light refreshments will be served after the meeting so please come along to what is a lovely social occasion as well as an Annual Parish Meeting: informative evening. Wednesday 18 April, 7.30pm in the Community Centre Parish Councillor Vacancy Following the resignation of Graham Gould, there is now a vacancy for a OPC Monthly Planning Meeting: parish councillor. If you are interested in Overton and have some time to Tuesday 24 April, 7.30pm, in give, then please contact the Clerk. The parish council would like to Community Centre. Agendas and extend thanks to Graham for his efforts on behalf of the community. planning applications are displayed on the Parish Noticeboard. The Overton Parish Council welcomes new business public is welcome to attend and The Honesty Bakery has joined forces with Caviste to open a bakery and may discuss any planning matters coffee shop in the Winchester Street shop. before each meeting starts. Litter Pick rescheduled for Sunday 8 April All parish council meetings will Due to the snow, the litter pick has been rescheduled for Sunday 8 April be recorded. from 10am at the Community Centre. Please make sure that you wear stout boots, sensible clothes, gloves and high-vis if you have it. If you are Laverstoke & Freefolk Parish unable to join us, then please consider going out and picking a bag of Council Meeting: Tuesday 10 April, rubbish over the weekend to keep Overton looking beautiful! 7.30pm in Lady Rose Hall, Laverstoke Lane. Overton Conservation Area Appraisal A large part of the Overton parish lies within the Conservation Area. The Movitime News document which was originally produced in 2005 is currently being There is no film in April and so the updated and several members of the parish council and other interested next film to be shown in St Mary’s community groups are working on the revisions. Once the draft is Hall will be Murder on the Orient complete, there will be a six-week consultation which will hopefully take Express on 4th May. Doors open place in May/June 2018. More news to follow when the dates for this have at 7.15pm for a 7.45pm start. been agreed… Tickets are £5.00 in advance from the Overton Gallery or £5.50 on Basingstoke & Deane Electoral Boundary Review the door. Refreshments are The Boundary Commission is currently consulting on a review of the ward available to purchase on the night. boundaries for Basingstoke & Deane. The proposal is to reduce the number of borough councillors from 60 to 54 and to even out the number of electors that each councillor deals with – no small task. If you are The deadline for May’s ON&V is interested in making a comment please go to 12th April 2018 . https://consultation.lgbce.org.uk/node/11062 for all the details. OPC notes continued by Laura Harley (Parish Clerk) Village Diary - Regular events Reducing litter Overton & Whitchurch NCT coffee The parish council has agreed to form a strategic group to reduce litter in morning: Fortnightly on alternate Overton as part of the Surfers against Sewage Plastic Free Communities Mondays & Thursdays 10am-12noon. campaign. This is a very wide project which could result in a number of See Facebook [email protected] different aims and objectives including more litter picks, reducing one-use items such as cups, straws etc, increasing recycling and so on. Several Language Hour: Mondays 10-11am in parish councillors are keen to be involved and would like to ask for Overton Playgroup. For little ones and volunteers from the wider community to join the group. If you are interested, families; singing, snack and story time. £4 please contact the Clerk. St Luke’s Short Mat Bowls Club: Monday Church Clock Repair 7.30pm-9.30pm, Wednesday 2pm-4pm You have probably already noticed that the clock has disappeared from the and Thursday 7.30pm-9.30pm. Contact front of the church. Smiths of Derby have dismantled the clock works, Trevor Holmes )770409. removed the clock face from the tower and taken it to Derby with other parts of the clock mechanism (which is in a thousand and one bits) for renovation. Village Agent Drop-in Centre: Tuesdays They will bring it all back and reinstall it in 6 - 8 weeks (at the end of April). 10-12 in the Palmer Room at the Obviously, while there is no clock there will be no hour and quarter chimes, Community Centre. Janet & Graham ) but the church bells can still ring. 07555 908197. (Closed 27 March & 3 April) CarFest Early Bird Ticket Booking for Local Residents Age Concern Social Group: Tuesday 2- The local resident ticket presale will take place from Thursday 12th April at ) 12 midday through to Monday 16th April at midnight. Pre-registration will not 4pm Harveys Field. Dave 423872. be necessary this year. If you live in postcodes that start with RG25 3 and Steady & Strong exercise class: RG28 7 please follow http://carfest.seetickets.com/go/southpresale to Tuesdays 10:30 at Harveys Field and purchase your tickets. 12:00 & 13:00 Gill Nethercott Centre, ) Grants for 2018/19 Whitchurch. Contact Gary 302210. Applications for grants from Overton Parish Council for the financial year Story Tots at the Library: Every Tuesday from 1st April 2018 are now open. If you have a project or item of equipment at 9:45. Stories & crafts for pre-school that you wish to purchase, then please complete the simple application form children. [email protected] available from the Clerk. You will need to include quotations, current bank statements and account with your application which will be considered at the Heart for Overton: Tuesdays 11-12:30 meeting on 20th June 2018. Overton library. Tea and company, signposting to local services, all welcome Letter to the editor Overton Rocks Wednesday Toddlers: Wednesdays 8.50- You may have noticed lots of colourful stones around the village. These have 11.30am in the St Mary's Church Rooms, been painted by local children (and adults!), and hidden around Overton so tea, coffee, toast, toys, songs and others can find, enjoy and rehide elsewhere. The concept has really taken off toddler-friendly Bible story. Donation £1 - it’s like a big treasure hunt! It’s all about being creative and getting out and about in the village. Everyone can join in. Find yourself a stone, decorate it, Charity Coffee Morning: Thursdays 10-12 then hide it somewhere in Overton. If you come across a painted stone, take in front hall of Methodist Church. a photo of it and upload it to our Facebook page for all to see. People are loving seeing their rock travel around the village and being found in the most Little Creations toddler group Thursday unusual places. The Facebook page is called ‘OvertonRocks’, where all the Mornings 10-11:30 at Town Meadow Hut details can be found. We will have a presence at this year’s School Fete and Scarecrow Festival. Come along and find our stall - we will have many of the Coffee, Colour and Chat: first Thursday of the month 10.30-11.45am at White Hart. rocks on display for you to see, some for sale, and some produced by local ) artists. All money raised will be donated to the Lordsfield Swimming Pool. 07745327049 (1 April) Tickets on sale for Spamalot Construction club: Overton Library, every We invite you all to come along to our Spring Sale on Saturday 28th April Thursday after school. from 10am in St Mary’s Hall (50p entrance includes tea/coffee/squash and a Overton Pagan Moot: First Thursday of biscuit). The hall will be packed with stalls, including cakes, toys, books, the month. A way to meet like-minded jewellery, a tombola and raffle. Tickets will be on sale to the public for the people. [email protected] first time for our upcoming production, Monty Python’s Spamalot (show dates Tuesday 5th – 9th June). It is absolutely hilarious from start to finish, even for Well baby clinic: 3rd Friday of month: non-Python fans! We promise! Tickets start at £8.