Petersfield News
The latest Petersfield news: planning decisions, council and crime updates, business and community stories, each linked back to its official source.
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Petersfield Road Humps: Object to Pulens Lane by 9 October
Four raised tables are proposed for Pulens Lane and Heath Road East, and objections close on 9 October. The £1.4m safety scheme starts this autumn.
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East Meon
East Meon Cinema Turns 20: What's Up Doc, Saturday
Twenty years after The Constant Gardener, East Meon's village cinema marks its anniversary on Saturday 26 September, with a programme now twice the size.
Bins
East Hampshire Food Waste Collections Start 5 October
Weekly food waste collections begin across East Hampshire from 5 October. Do not use your caddy until the week of your first collection, the council says.
House prices
East Hampshire House Prices: Flats Worth Less Than 2021
The average East Hampshire flat is £198,995, £1,893 below July 2021. Detached homes gained £67,371 over the same five years. District average down 1.2%.
Jobs
East Hampshire Claimant Count: Ward Rates Run 1.2% to 3.9%
Alton Westbrooke has the district's highest claimant rate at 3.9%, Clanfield and Bentworth the lowest at 1.2%. Petersfield's four wards sit at or below 2.1%.
East Hampshire District Council
East Hampshire Council Merger: £295,000 Bill to Government
The council spent £295,000 on the reorganisation ministers scrapped on 7 September and has written to ask for it back. A new Local Plan needs 30 months.
Environment
Turtle Doves Back at Selborne: 30 Released, 100 More in 2027
Thirty turtle doves were released near Selborne in spring, and one has already laid eggs. About 100 more are being reared for a release in spring 2027.
East Hampshire District Council
East Hampshire Council Merger Withdrawn by Government
Ministers have withdrawn the plan to abolish East Hampshire District Council in 2028. May 2027 polls revert to existing wards. The leader wants compensation.
Petersfield
Veterans Festival Returns to Petersfield on 19 September
The East Hampshire Veterans Festival is back at Petersfield Festival Hall on Saturday 19 September, 10am to 3pm. Free drop-in for forces families, no booking.
Community
FitStory Foundation: £2,500 for 20 boys, Waterlooville mats
A Petersfield father has raised £150 of £2,500 to put 20 boys on jiu-jitsu mats in Waterlooville. The appeal closes 16 October and nothing is running yet.
Petersfield Heath
Petersfield Heath £150k plan: 116 replies, no big changes
The Heath consultation results are in: 81% back a new hard surface, 95% back tree planting. The council says its £150,000 plan needs no major changes.
East Hampshire District Council
Alton bowls club solar panels: £4,500 grant, 8,700kWh
Alton Social Bowling Club's panels should make 8,700kWh a year. Seven clubs in the district have taken £61,099 from the fund, which reopened until 5 October.
Food hygiene
East Hampshire Food Hygiene: 8 One-Star, All on Management
Eight East Hampshire venues hold a food hygiene rating of 1. All eight were marked down on managing food safety, not on handling food. The district has no zeros.
Empshott
Empshott Grange SEN School: Appeal Lost, New Plan Backed
An inspector refused the 40-pupil SEN school at Empshott on highway safety grounds. The national park has already resolved to approve a revised scheme for the same house.
Petersfield
Petersfield in Bloom 2026: Every Winner in All 11 Classes
Two Marden Way gardens took the Environmental Award, Annie Jones and Coates & Grute took gold, and Petersfield Infant School placed in three categories.
Petersfield
Petersfield Car Park Repairs Reach Festival Hall Thursday
Resurfacing hits Festival Hall on 27 August, Swan Street on 1 September and Central from 3 September. That covers 787 of the 844 council spaces in Petersfield.
Petersfield
Petersfield Repair Café: £10,000 Grant, 150 Items Fixed
More than 200 people have brought 150 broken things to the Avenue Pavilion. The next session is Saturday, and the council fund behind it reopens on 4 September.
House prices
East Hampshire House Prices: June Revised Down £901
June's district average now reads £445,491 after a Land Registry revision, a £4,659 rise on May. How East Hampshire compared with Winchester and Havant.
Jobs
East Hampshire Claimant Count: Over-50s Up 19.5% in a Year
Claims rose to 1,580 in July, and 75 of the 90 extra claimants were aged 50 or over. That is the steepest rise of Hampshire's 13 council areas, ONS figures show.
Business
East Hampshire Business Rates: Council Asks for 35% Pub Cut
Cllr Richard Millard has written to John Healey asking him to pull 20% rates relief forward to 2026-27. It would cover 155 pubs and bars across the district.
Whitehill & Bordon
Bordon Sainsbury's Opening Date: Spring 2027, 5 New Shops
Cladding is on and brickwork has started. The scheme adds five shop units, 4,000 sq ft of offices and a multi-storey car park, and the banking hub has one.
Environment
Butser Hill: £160,000 to restore 48 hectares for butterflies
A three-year, £160,000 project will restore 48 hectares of chalk grassland on Butser Hill, three miles south of Petersfield, for the Chalk Hill Blue and the scarce Duke of Burgundy. What is being done and who is paying.
Petersfield Heath
Petersfield Heath café and play area: £150,000 fix planned
The town council has extended its consultation to Sunday 23 August on a £150,000 plan to resurface the pond path and re-grass the worn ground by the café.
Business
Premier-Lettings of Petersfield wound up by the court
The High Street lettings firm was wound up by the court and joint liquidators appointed on 14 July. What tenants, landlords and creditors should do next.
Business
Hampshire Garden Structures in liquidation owing £30,304
The Alton joinery firm went into creditors' voluntary liquidation on 20 July with £3.89 in the bank and £30,304 owed, £22,729 of it to HMRC.