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This is a busy week for Parish meetings. There are three opportunities to find out more about the 25 homes that the Parish Council propose to build.

At a well-attended Planning Committee meeting last night, Councillors and residents together agreed to confirm 25 homes in TVBC’s draft Local Plan. However they decided not to automatically accept a further 40 homes, because there was as yet no proven housing need.

Test Valley Borough Council planners have told Chilbolton Parish Council that they would not support a planning application for the 25-home development described in the pre-application that CPC made in April 2025.

Fans of high drama would have been disappointed at last night’s Community Development Committee Meeting. What promised to be a flashpoint - redrafting their terms of reference - turned into a commitment to common cause.

A cleverly drafted agenda first had committee members reporting on significant progress. Then it came to agreeing the TOR. There were minor amendments, followed by a unanimous vote to send it to the Parish Council for approval.