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The Downs Benefice magazine team have produced an online version of the magazine which is available here for your information.

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The Downs Benefice Magazine Editorial Committee are calling on all writers, thinkers, poets and photographers to contribute to the June/July edition. For more information, please see here.

Littleton and Harestock Parish Council are currently preparing to refresh the 2009 Littleton Village Design Statement which will be put forward for adoption as a Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) in the Winchester and District Local Plan 2038.

The Parish Council welcomes any comments and contributions prior to a public workshop to be held later in the year. Please use the questionnaire to provide your comments and email the Parish Clerk at littleton.harestockpc@btconnect.com, we would also welcome comments on any other related matters regarding planning or the Village Design Statement. Can’t access the questionnaire? Please download a PDF version here.

The 2009 Littleton Village Design Statement is available on the Parish Council Website.

The Winchester and District Local Plan adopted in March 2013 is available at https://www.winchester.gov.uk/planning-policy/local-plan-part-1-joint-core-strategy-adopted-march-2013-local-plan-review-2006/local-plan-part-1-joint-core-strategy-adopted-2013

The Downs Benefice magazine is not being distributed door to door due to Covid-19 government advice, but it is available here for your information.

Please note that many of the public events advertised will no longer be happening.

Winchester City Council has received an application for a New Premises Licence for the Hidden Wonderland Festival at Worthy Down, South Wonston, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 2RG (approx. grid reference: SU 45681 35124).

More information:

The environment agency has issued flood alerts for groundwater flooding in Littleton, Headbourne, Kings and Martyr Worthy and Easton. 

For information on flooding in Littleton please review the Parish Council Community Resilience page which contains links to environment agency groundwater graphs (search for the one named Harestock). The community resilience page also links to a presentation on flood risks in Littleton and Harestock which has other links to useful advice.

See: https://lhpc.org.uk/community-resilience/ 

After three and a half years Councillor Patrick Cunningham has stepped down as Chairman of the Littleton & Harestock Parish Council.  During this time Councillor Cunningham has also had to maintain the concurrent roles of an elected Winchester City Councillor and, more recently, as the Deputy Mayor of Winchester. If tradition is upheld Councillor Cunningham will take on the significant role of Mayor of Winchester for a year from May 2020. Meanwhile, he has kindly agreed to remain as a Littleton & Harestock Parish Councillor during his tenure as Mayor and will continue in his busy role as a Winchester City Councillor.

The new chair of Littleton and Harestock Parish Council is Councillor Stephen Burgess who was appointed on 13th January 2020.

Winchester City Council is inviting residents, businesses and other local organisations to take part in its budget consultation. 

See: Winchester City Council Budget Consultation for more information