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An academic presentation and a contract tender have revealed plans to add a higher frequency radar to the Observatory’s 25 metre antenna. This would supplement rather than replace the existing S-band radar.

The Science and Technology Facilities Council, on behalf of Chilbolton Observatory, has objected to a proposed development on the upper part of Drove Road.

Cllr David Hall, Julie Connor and Jane O’Boyle handed over a cheque for £1,288 - half of the proceeds from Chilbolton Open Gardens 2026 - to Sophie Jasper, Clinical Matron at the Countess of Brecknock Hospice.

Pager Power have produced an interesting analysis for James Painter of the beam emitted from the Chilbolton Observatory main antenna.

It deduces that it will clear the roofs of his proposed development by at least 12 metres. But does this fit in with what the Science and Technology Facilities Council say themselves about their equipment?

James Painter’s consultants, Southern Planning Practice have lodged three new documents with Test Valley Borough Planners.

In them they present analysis claiming that the proposed 75-home development would not interfere with Observatory operations, and that their objections to the development should be given little or no weight.