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As Chilbolton Parish Council prepares to agree its response to James Painter’s proposal to build 75 homes, we look at what residents have been commenting on in their responses.

Chilbolton Parish Council has scheduled an Extraordinary Meeting on Saturday 3 Jan 2026 at 10am in the Village Hall. This will be a formal Parish Council meeting whose main business is to agree the CPC response to the proposed 75-home development.

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.