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Bursledon, Hamble-le-Rice and Hound
This page provides news and information about the area, and
details of the Local Area Committee (LAC). If you need more
information about anything you read here, please see contact details
below.
Bursledon, Hamble-le-Rice and Hound Local Area
Committee News May 2012
(For further information about any stories –
see contact details at the end.)
Congestion and Pollution on Hamble Lane
An action plan has been agreed by the Local
Area Committee, to try to reduce pollution at the top end of Hamble
Lane, between the Portsmouth Road junction and the Windhover
roundabout. This stretch of Hamble Lane has been designated
an ‘Air Quality Management Area’ due to excessive levels of
Nitrogen Dioxide from vehicle emissions. The action plan includes
looking at changes to the road layout to improve traffic flow.
Everyone can play their part by reducing vehicle trips or
travelling outside peak hours.
Take care at Junction 8
When approaching the Junction from Windhover
roundabout you will soon see white arrows painted on the road
surface indicating which lane you should use on approaching the
roundabout under the motorway. If you want to turn left onto
the westbound M27 you must be in the left hand lane only.
Committee continues support for Windmill
The Local Area Committee agreed in February to
continue funding for Bursledon Windmill. The Committee is
working with Hampshire County Council, Bursledon Parish Council and
local groups and volunteers to maximise opening hours and the
quality of experience for visitors within a tight budget.
Major repairs are needed to the main windshaft but the site is
still open to visitors on Sundays. Contact 0845 603 5635 or
go to www.hants.gov.uk/windmill
for details.
HYPE Youth Centre news
From May, youth services at Hamble Young
Peoples Experience (HYPE - the youth centre on the Hamble College
campus) will be provided by YMCA Fairthorne Manor. Because of
funding contributions by the Local Area Committee and the three
Parish Councils, there will be no change to the services
available: youth drop-ins, health advice drop-in, Aspergers
and young carers groups, and outreach work in our 3 villages.
We want to say a big thank you to Donna Brewer who has worked at
HYPE and in the BHH area for over 10 years. All our best
wishes for the future!
Funding for local groups
The Local Area Committee continues to fund
local groups despite financial pressures. Here are the
projects that have been awarded funds for 2012/13:
- New sports hall at QE2 centre at Manor Farm Country Park
- New doors at the Scout building at Pilands Wood
- Improvements at Hamble Memorial Hall
- Garden equipment for Hamble Primary School
- Training for staff at Hamble Village Playschool
- Outings for members of Hamble Monday Club
- Hall hire for Bursledon Lunch Club
Bursledon Community Centre
Bursledon residents and visitors will have
noticed that trees have been removed from the site before the
bird-nesting season started. Work on site is due to start autumn
2012, with the building completed early 2014. See www.eastleigh.gov.uk/proposedbcc
for details.
Come and have your say
Local Area Committee meetings are held at
Hamble Primary School so that people can come along and ask
questions. You don’t have to have an item on the agenda as
there is always a public question session at the start of each
meeting.
The next meeting dates
are 28th June, and 27th September.
All meetings are on a Thursday at 5.30pm at Hamble Primary School.
If you’d like to know more about the meeting before coming along,
or anything else about the work of the Council in the area – please
get in touch.
Contact Diccon Bright (Area Co-ordinator) on
023 8068 8436 or diccon.bright@eastleigh.gov.uk,
or see www.eastleigh.gov.uk/bhh or
for up-to-date news go to facebook and search for ‘bhh local’ (you
don’t have to have your own facebook page to visit us).
Local Area Committee (LAC)
The residents of the area elect 7 Members to the Bursledon, Hamble-le-Rice
and Hound
Local Area Committee, which meets locally 5 times a year. The
committee makes many of the decisions involving Borough Council
functions and resources, particularly regarding planning and
traffic management issues.
Come and have your say – our Committee meetings are open to the
public and we welcome anyone who wants to raise a local issue with
all 7 Borough Councillors for the area at the same time.
Meetings are always on Thursdays at 5.30pm at Hamble Primary School
in Hamble Lane (SO31 4ND) on the following dates:
28 June
2012
27 September 2012
29 November
2012
31 January
2013
21 March
2013
LAC Priorities for the area
- Provide support for young people.
- Wellbeing of older people
- Reject proposals for gravel extraction at Hamble Airfield
- Develop improved health and community facilities at Bursledon
Community Centre
- Keep neighbourhoods clean and tidy across the area
- Tackle deprivation
- Improve roads, pavements and parking
- Work together with Parish Councils, Schools, Police, Housing
Associations and a range of other agencies
- Promote a more efficient way of running Bursledon Windmill
- Respond to community safety concerns
- Support local community groups to look after vulnerable
residents
- Improve air quality and congestion at the top of Hamble
Lane
- Support the development of Parish Plans in Bursledon and
Hound.
The Local Area Committee aims to use local knowledge to identify
priorities in the Bursledon, Hamble and Hound area and use devolved
budgets to improve the area. For more details follow the links
below:
Contact details
Diccon Bright, Area
Co-ordinator, telephone 023 8068 8436; mobile 07788 790 729
or
e-mail: diccon.bright@eastleigh.gov.uk
We work closely with other
agencies including parish and county councils.
Description of the area
The three parishes of Bursledon, Hamble-le-Rice and Hound
together make up the southernmost part of the Borough fronting the
Solent, bordering Southampton to the west and Fareham to the
east.
The three parishes are diverse with a variety of competing
demands. These include heritage e.g. the picturesque ruins of
Netley Abbey, the Castle and the working
Bursledon
Windmill as well as several conservation areas.
In parts it has a rural character with managed countryside sites
and attractive walks e.g. Hamble Common and Royal Victoria Country
Park.
The waterfront includes the quay and marinas on the Hamble
River, the Headquarters of the Royal Yachting Association, the
country's yachting Mecca and one of the largest
recreational boating centres in Europe with over 3,000 moorings.
The river has a long history of boat-building and Bursledon was the
site of major shipyards between the 14th and 19th centuries.
This included the construction of Napoleonic Men of War as well as
Henry V's Grace Dieu lying near Bursledon Bridge.
There are two ancient monuments with Iron Age structures on
Hamble Common and a Roman villa at the fork of the Upper
Hamble. Furthermore, a significant contribution to the
history of the development of aviation has been made by Hamble with
links to such famous individuals as R J Mitchell, Amy Johnson and
Nevil Shute.
Over the past few years Hamble Community Sports College has
developed an extensive new sports complex. This includes a
new sports hall, fitness and movement suites, refurbished swimming
pool, dedicated £1.1 gymnasium managed by the nationally known
Dynamo gymnastics club as well as a new youth centre – HYPE –
Hamble Young People’s Experience. Other new facilities in the
area include a new medical centre in Satchell Lane. The
Hamble Square area has received a major overhaul in conjunction
with the County Council. There are a range of community
premises in the three villages, most managed by voluntary and
community organisations, offering a wide variety of activities.
Economic life includes the largest company in the Borough i.e.
Smiths Aerostructures employing over 1,200 people, the BP Oil
Terminal, a large Tesco Superstore and Coopervision.
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