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A Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (SHELAA) ¹ is a government-defined process undertaken by local planning authorities. Its purpose is to identify land which has the potential for the development of residential property.

From the moment Chilbolton Parish Council’s plans leaked they have been on the back foot.

On noticeboards around the village and in everyone’s postbox, it appeared without warning - a flyer calling all villagers to attend the Parish Council’s “informal meeting” on 22 Feb 2025.

At last, the Parish Council and the Strategic Working Group have released the minutes of their meetings.

In a surprise move, Chilbolton Parish Council (CPC) hijacked their own public meeting to announce that they had “paused” the planning pre-application they had lodged with Test Valley Borough Council (TVBC). It would be resubmitted with “modified” documents that would be publicly available.