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Back in December at the big Village meeting, it was claimed that residents in the unmade section of Drove Road would be “grateful” if it were to be tarmacked over. chilbolton.news went to find out.

The Northern Area Planning Committee will be discussing the proposed Test Valley Farm development tomorrow. The meeting starts at 5:30pm. Test Valley Farm is second on the agenda.

Please note that the venue is Upper Guildhall, High Street, Andover NOT Beech House

The work to establish Chilbolton Community Land Trust (CCLT) is underway. Community Land Trusts are an international phenomenon, that started in the United States. Here in the UK there are various ways of incorporating one, but the SWG have indicated that “CLT will be a charity (but regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, rather than the Charities Commission)”. This suggests that CCLT will be what is known as a Charitable Community Benefit Society (CCBS).

There was much to applaud at last Monday’s Parish Council meeting. Disaster had been averted with the “faulty” planning pre-application being “paused”. The Strategy Working Group has been tasked with rewriting it: it will cover only the 25 properties, located at the southern end of the plot near Eastman’s Field. When it’s finished villagers will be able to see it.

Social factors and economic policy have driven higher demand for home ownership and higher house prices. Affordable housing provides homes at lower cost for people whose income won’t stretch to local market rates. How that is done in the UK, though, is complex.