Residents of Preston Candover and neighbouring villages were greatly irritated, if not angry, at the disruption caused by the recent activities undertaken in the village by Hampshire Highways’ staff, seemingly at the behest of a local resident, which caused the B3046 road to be closed for four consecutive days between 11 and 14 April. The road was closed between 8.0 am and 4.0pm…read more →
Work started on May 30, on the first major phase of the project to radically alter the Brighton Hill roundabout. Major sheet steel piling work will begin to support the embankment next to the Brighton Hill retail park, to allow construction of an extra lane on the approach to the roundabout from the Winchester Road dual carriageway. This is part of…read more →
Lady Anya Sainsbury will be lighting Preston Candover’s jubilee beacon which will be sited at a high spot on the Preston Farms estate on a line with several other beacons, making an illuminated chain across Hampshire. Lady Sainsbury will light the beacon at 9.45pm on Thursday, 2 June, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II….read more →
Activities, events and places in the Candover Valley and surrounding area. Many of the organisations active in the Candover Valley and the surrounding area are listed below along with a wide range of places to visit, and activities to enjoy. There are many public footpaths giving you access to the countryside and its teeming wildlife which can be seen here. Many of the 2021 events…read more →
Residents of Nutley, Axford, Preston Candover and Wield are experiencing a repeat performance of the sudden increase in tractor traffic through the villages this week A fleet of tractors with tanker trailers have for the last few days each been on a twenty-mile circuit to carry liquid waste from the bio-digester at Dummer to be sprayed as fertilizer over fields…read more →
UPDATE This application was refused by Basingstoke and Deane planners on 19 May 2022. A four-day appeal against this decision was held on 18-21 October 2002 and the Minister rejected the appeal on 15 December 2022. See Inspector’s decision here – https://acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/ViewCase.aspx?caseid=3301468 See BDBC refusal notice here -Refusal – Dummer warehouse The developers are now appealing against the refusal. The developer behind…read more →
Residents of Nutley, Axford, Preston Candover and Wield may be wondering if some elements of Britain’s climate change policy is actually working. They may be questioning the sudden increase in tractor traffic through the villages this week. A fleet of tractors with tanker trailers have for the last five days each been on a twenty-mile circuit to carry liquid waste…read more →
As Hampshire ended another year dominated by covid the number of new cases daily was rising rapidly across all the council districts. The county hit a new record of 3701 new cases a day on the last day of 2021 and most of the districts also reached new peaks. Hampshire recorded 18,322 new cases in the last week of the year,…read more →
Parishioners at the Candover Valley’s three principal churches will not be encouraged to attend Sunday services this year by the joyful sound of church bells echoing through the Valley. The bells at Preston and Brown Candover and Northington churches will be silent this year from a serious lack of ringers! It is unlikely that bells will be rung again for normal services at any…read more →
Preston Farms are moving ahead with its plans to develop a vast new solar farm near Preston Candover, and have submitted an application for full planning permission to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council. A decision is expected at the end of January; a year to when the plans were first revealed. Preston Farms are seeking to develop a solar farm across…read more →