Test Valley Borough Council has been committed to preparing its next Local Plan, having published draft versions for consultation in 2022, 2024 and 2025. However, many factors outside of the Council’s control, including a multitude of government changes, are cumulatively affecting the Council’s ability to progress the Local Plan as envisaged.   In December 2024, the Government announced a series of Planning Reforms. These reforms focused on accelerating house building and delivering 1.5 million homes nationally during the course of this…

Take Part In a Health Walk Fun, healthy, and free – a new health walk for Valley Park. About The Health Walks Southern Test Valley Health Walks are part of a large, national scheme, the ‘Walking the Way to Health Scheme’. a joint initiative between Natural England and the British Heart Foundation, helped by additional…

A growing community bus service is expanding once again, strengthening vital local travel links and giving residents greater freedom to travel when and where they need to. Route 44 is operated by Community First, a charity delivering community transport solutions designed around local need. Built on a community transport concept, the service exists to ensure…

Steve White and his Friends of the Parks volunteers have been actively assisting our Test Valley Woodland officer, working to maintain the local Valley Park woodlands. As a result of their hard work the woodlands have won the Green Flag award for the last 14 consecutive years. This bench had been presented to Steve and…

In response to reports of rat sightings in this area, Test Valley Borough Council is undertaking work aimed at controlling the rodent population. Given that rats will only thrive if there is a sustained source of food, we would like to advise householders of the following precautions which can be taken to minimise the likelihood…

As the Chairman of Valley Park Parish Council, I am really pleased our parish have gained the Green Flag Award for the Maintenance of our Woodlands. We have achieved this accolade for 15 years in a row. Many thanks go to our TVBC Woodland officers and Friends of Park volunteers. They all work tirelessly to…

Click here for the Valley Park Parish Council response IMPORTANT INFORMATION – ACTION REQUIRED Test Valley Borough Draft Local Plan 2040 is out for consultation for 8 weeks from 6th February to 2nd April 2024. The Local Plan guides future development within the Test Valley area. It shapes how places will change in the future.…

DRAFT LOCAL PLAN 2040 Valley Park Parish Council welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Test Valley Borough Council’s Draft Local Plan 2040. Valley Park Parish Council were disappointed to learn that our democratically elected councillors had no input on the preferred sites for housing allocations, before they were presented by the officers. Key Issues…

The following 8 page leaflet from Public Health England, in partnership with the Environment Agency, has advice on: Click the image below for the full document (PDF 1.6MB) This page was last edited on 5 Oct 2020