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It has been an eventful year for our Village, and a busy one for chilbolton.news. We’ve done our best to report on and explain what has been happening.

The Science and Technology Facility Council’s Chilbolton Observatory has lodged an objection to the planned 75-home development. It says that “As drawn, the proposals do give the Observatory operators serious concerns and represent a threat to the ongoing viability of the site.”

Chilbolton Parish Council’s Community Development Committee will not be meeting this evening. The busy festive period and the ravages of flu have combined in thinning out the ranks of its members.

Progress continues however, and CDC’s Chair, Cllr David Hall, will make a report at the Parish Council meeting on 5 Jan 2026.

The next CDC meeting will be on 21 Jan 2026 at 7pm in the Village Hall.

After discussions with the Test Valley Borough Council’s Enforcement Officer, Cherish Chilbolton now advises residents that any posters that are displayed outside must be taken down.

As the Parish Council announced last Saturday, there is at the moment a range of traffic survey activity being undertaken in the Village.

The intention is to provide a fact-based challenge to some of the assertions made about traffic in the 75-home planning application.