Test Valley Borough Council

Test Valley Borough Council is the local authority for the village of Chilbolton

Simon Finch, Director of Planning and Development at Test Valley Borough Council, has responded to the questions Cllr David Hall, Chair of Chilbolton Parish Council, asked back in the middle of May.

Chilbolton Parish Council has alerted TVBC to its concerns, shared with Chilbolton Observatory, over the effect of the planned 75-home development.

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.

Chilbolton’s Community Development Committee have met for the first time in three months. They re-elected Cllr David Hall as Chair. They discussed James Painter’s 75-home plan and their own investigations into a 25-home development.

A recently-found SWG document suggests that a plan for a 64-home development near Eastman’s Field existed as early as August 2024, and that some Parish Council members discussed it with Test Valley Borough Council planners.