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COVID-19 PANDEMIC NOTICE

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LITTLETON & HARESTOCK PARISH COUNCIL

Parish Office, The Hall Way, Littleton 1st April 2021

COVID-19 Roadmap out of lockdown – Step 1

 

  • You should stay 2 metres apart from anyone who is not in your household or support bubble where possible, or 1 metre with extra precautions in place (such as wearing face coverings) if you cannot stay 2 metres apart.
  • You must not meet indoors with anybody you do not live with or have formed a support bubble
  • You can meet outdoors either in a group of 6 (from any number of households), or in a group of any size from up to 2 households (a household can include an existing support bubble, if eligible).
  • you can take part in formally organised outdoor sports with any number of people (outdoor sports venues and facilities will be able to reopen).
  • You should continue to work from home where you can.
  • School pupils and students in further education should attend school and college.
  • To help protect yourself and your friends, family, and community you should continue to follow all of the government guidance even if you’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19.

For more details see:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/covid-19-coronavirus-restrictions-what-you-can-and-cannot-do

Littleton & Harestock Parish Council Facilities

Status as at: 1st April 2021
  • Littleton and Harestock Children’s Playgrounds.      

OPEN

  • Mini-Library Main Road Littleton. 

OPEN

  • Littleton Parkour (Free Running facility)      

OPEN

  • Littleton Netball area                                                  

OPEN

  • Littleton Adult Gym Equipment.      

OPEN

  • Littleton Recreation Ground Pavillion.

CLOSED

  • Parish Council Office

CLOSED

  • Open Spaces. Please use the open spaces for walking, running and well-being purposes.  Follow Government advice about social distancing.
  • Littleton Recreation Ground.      

OPEN

Littleton Tumulus Ground.         

OPEN

Harestock Road Football Ground.

OPEN

Littleton Recreation Ground Car Park.

OPEN

  • Dog Walking. Place dog waste ONLY in the dog bins (as available).

Littleton & Harestock Parish Council

SUPPORT INFORMATION: 1st April 2021

Parish Council Contacts

01962 886507

During Parish Office Hours (9-12:30), and answerphone at other times. During lock down, please call 07785 393531.

07709 988 556

If all else fails – leave a message for Parish Council Chairman. (Checked frequently.)

ONLINE SUPPORT

Littleton Community WhatsApp Group

 

 

 

 

 

To join the Littleton Community WhatsApp group please contact the Parish Clerk at clerk@lhpc.org.uk

Mutual Aid
Covid Mutual Aid UK is a group of volunteers supporting local community groups organising mutual aid throughout the Covid-19 outbreak in the UK.

Harestock Mutual Aid WhatsApp Group

To join the Harestock Mutual Aid WhatsApp group please message Stephanie on 07779 224513.

For Littleton and Harestock specific Facebook Mutual Aid Groups see:-

Littleton Mutual Aid Facebook Group

 

Harestock Mutual Aid Facebook Group

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1311125889083787/permalink/1311311069065269/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1311125889083787/permalink/1311309332398776/

Hampshire Coronavirus Support and Helpline

0333 370 4000

The Hampshire Coronavirus Support and Helpline remains operational to provide support and advice to any Hampshire resident who has been impacted by Covid-19, including those who are self-isolating or shielding.

The helpline is open 7 days a week 9am – 5pm.

People can also request a call-back from the helpline by completing the call-back request form.

The Connect to Support Hampshire website has a Coronavirus resource page with information to help you on a range of topics.

COVID-19 SYMPTOMS

  • HIGH TEMPERATURE. You feel hot to touch on your chest or back.
  • NEW, CONTINUOUS COUGH. Coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual).
  • TASTE or SMELL CHANGES. A loss of, or change in, your normal sense of taste or smell (anosmia).

If you have any of the symptoms above you must self isolate and arrange to have a test.

See: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19

Do not go to a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital.

Telephone 111, or use the 111 online coronavirus service (https://111.nhs.uk/covid-19) for advice.

Parish Biodiversity

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Building on its monitoring of the progress of the Parish Council’s Biodiversity Policy, the February meeting of the council approved a prioritisation of modified objectives for 2025. Among those that ranked highest were:

  • ensuring the commitment to enhancing the local biodiversity in the Littleton Village Design Statement (LVDS) is vigorously pursued
  • continuing to advocate that the future SJMB development achieves the best biodiversity gain, including both the adoption of the Candidate SINC and for biodiversity-sensitive public access
  • advocating the retention of the Winchester-Littleton settlement gap
  • undertaking a review of the Conservation Management Plan for the Tumulus Field
  • ensuring the various flower beds and meadow areas under the Parish Council’s control adopt a ‘planting for biodiversity’ approach

Other notable objectives include:

  • enhancing the biodiversity in and around the Recreation Ground and Conservation Field (including hedges and trees, maintenance regimes and use of chemicals)
  • ensuring biodiversity matters are considered in the parish council’s reviews of planning applications
  • encouraging further volunteer involvement such as developing neighbourhood meadows and surveys at key parish locations, as well as participation in ‘citizen science’ initiatives such as the recent Big Garden Birdwatch and the Big Butterfly Count (July-Aug 2025)

Cllr David Tozer of the Parish Action on the Climate Emergency (PACE) comments: “It’s astonishing that even at parish-scale level, there are still so many opportunities to give nature a helping hand, whether that’s through tweaking our council practices or encouraging new initiatives. We’d love to hear from local residents of any initiatives they could help with or instigate.” 

If interested, please contact the Parish Clerk at clerk@lhpc.org.uk.

Sir John Moore Barracks fields

Sir John Moore Barracks update

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The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), the developers, have now produced their Masterplan for the development of the Barracks site (see https://democracy.winchester.gov.uk/documents/s30797/CAB3473%20Appendix%20SJM%20Masterplan-FINAL.pdf)

On 12th February, Vice-Chair, David Tozer, presented the position of the Parish Council to the public meeting of the Winchester City Council (WCC) Cabinet.  The Parish Council stressed three main points:

  • it has never opposed new housing on the existing, developed part of the Barracks site
  • it continues to have grave concerns that any endorsement of the Masterplan is highly premature, pending the outcome of the public examination by a planning inspector of the WCC’s own emerging local plan, that governs considerations around the site’s development (Policy W2) and the definition of the settlement gap between Winchester and Littleton (Policy NE7)
  • the reluctance to endorse the Candidate Site of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC) covering the Northern Fields, a matter that the Parish Council has consistently argued strongly for

After over an hour’s discussion, the Cabinet agreed to endorse the DIO’s Concept Masterplan and to defer taking a decision on the acceptance of the Candidate SINC until after consideration of an anticipated more detailed outline planning application from the DIO.

[A recording of the meeting is available on WCC’s website at: https://democracy.winchester.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=136&MID=4670].

The Parish Council is highly concerned about the deferral of the status of the Candidate SINC because it increases the likelihood of development being allowed on the Northern Fields. Additionally, an endorsement of the proposed Masterplan seems too soon, as it could conflict with any recommendations from the Local Plan Inspector.

Whilst this is disappointing, the Cabinet were at pains to make clear that the Masterplan was flexible and could only be regarded as showing a ‘direction of travel’. There is potentially still scope to modify it, which makes the imminent next round of DIO’s engagement with the local community vital (details to be announced in due course) in order to ensure as far as possible we get a development that sufficiently benefits this northern part of Winchester which is currently experiencing a variety of pressures.

What can we do about traffic?

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Traffic on Harestock Road
Traffic on Harestock Rd

The Parish Council remains concerned about the amount and type of traffic which passes through our parish. We live on the edge of a busy city where both commercial and residential building works are taking place. It’s not surprising that things are getting busier but that doesn’t mean that we just have to put our fingers in our ears – or our heads in the sand. On the one hand, it is extremely difficult to prevent traffic using roads. They form part of a national network of public highways. Yet there are actions that may help to make our experience of road use better, and the Parish Council has been exploring this for some time and on a number of fronts.

Speed indicator device on Harestock Rd
Speed indicator device on Harestock Rd

For example, we have been collecting data about vehicle speed at various points in the parish using a mobile speed indicator device. This helps us to present a case for lowering the speed limit which can improve safety and, to some extent, noise. Hampshire County Council is recommending lowering the speed limit from 40mph to 30mph on Harestock Road but needs the support of the police to do so. Strangely, if people are driving nearer to 30mph than 40mph on average, they would be more inclined to lend their support. We have also conducted a week-long survey of the traffic along Harestock Road to record volume, speed, vehicle type and peak times. Again, we are using this data to inform decision makers about the impact of traffic on the lives of residents and to make a case for some mitigation of the effects.

Over a number of years, we have explored options for improving the experiences of pedestrians, particularly along roads with no pavements in Littleton. Unfortunately, the costs of addressing this have proven too extensive. We will continue to explore options and may find opportunities associated with the development of the Sir John Moore Barracks.

Finally, the Parish Council has been meeting with those managing the Anaerobic Digester which is being built just beyond the Three Maids Hill Roundabout on the A272. Although the vast majority of their traffic will not travel through our parish, there may be times of the year when farmers will be transporting feedstock from the west, leading to tractor/trailer traffic along Harestock Road. As a result of our discussions, the company is well aware of the need to avoid this as much as possible, to consider alternative routes or methods of transportation and to provide us with information about if/when there is likely to be a short term increase in traffic. To date, there are no planned movements of this sort for 2025.

We will keep talking to the people who make decisions about roads and traffic, will ensure that our local City and County Councillors are aware of the impact of increasing volume and weights of traffic and will continue to seek ways to improve the safety and well-being of residents.

Littleton and Harestock Councillors

Parish Council Casual Vacancy Notice – October 2024

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Littleton and Harestock Parish Council has a vacancy for a councillor in the Harestock ward caused by a recent councillor resignation. If you are interested in becoming more involved with the local community and having an input in local decisions, we would be delighted if you would like to apply.

We’d really like to welcome new people on to the council to represent the interests of everyone in the area. We’d particularly like to have more women, younger people and anyone who feels that they don’t have a voice now. But the main thing we are looking for is enthusiasm and a bit of time to help us shape a good place to live.

For more information, please see https://lhpc.org.uk/parish-councillor-recruitment/ or contact the Clerk at clerk@lhpc.org.uk.