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 & Freefolk. [email protected] See also www.OvertonVillage.com Contact us for problems/comments about Overton Parish Council matters: Visit us 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 Basingstoke 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 Winklebury 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 England (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 Test Valley 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.