Five Year Strategic Vision 2025-2030

We have recently had an increase in complaints about dogs off leads and dog fouling across our sites - both on our nature reserves and around parks. While we love to welcome your four legged fury friends to our sites, we do have to politely remind people that you need to carry poo bags and clean up after them and while walking, dogs must be kept under close control and in view of the owner/handler at all times - if your dog wont stay under close control, then the dog should be on a lead.

Please help us protect our local green spaces and keep them a place for all to enjoy by following the countryside code

The Countryside Code

If you fancy a woodland walk, some incredible sculptures have been created by Michael Jones Chainsaw Sculptor for Horndean Parish Council. They have been installed on Catherington Lith and are part of the Horndean Green Trail & Heritage Network that Horndean Parish Council are busy working on, and will continue over coming years to make Horndean a great place to come and enjoy the outdoors. 

More details can be found about the project under the Community page.  

You will also spot some new information boards at Catherington Lith, which have been installed as part of the same project. 

The sculptures and information boards have been funded by a DEFRA grant, administered by East Hampshire District Council.

SPEED CAMERAS NOW IN OPERATION IN HORNDEAN

In response to continual requests from a large number of Horndean residents, HPC successfully applied for Auto Speedwatch cameras sponsored by EHDC . On 3rd July 2024 the cameras were installed on Lovedean Lane southbound. The Cameras are licensed for 11 locations throughout the parish and will be moved approximately every three months.

Now we have been operating the cameras for a month, it is time to provide an update on the data. The cameras record, on average, 80-100 speeding incidents per day above 34 mph. The cameras take a photo of the vehicle and data is recorded using number plate recognition. The cameras can record date/time, speed, Vehicle Reg, the number of offences and the average speed between two points. This information is then supplemented by DVLA data retrieving, make, model, vehicle tax and MOT status and stored on a web portal.

Data will be shared with the Police at a summary level, monthly, with specific persistent offenders also shared. The summary data will be shared with South of Butser Speedwatch to support their operations. There is a Whatsapp group to allow us to share progress/issues with other Parishes (including Beech, Steep, Sheet, Lindford, Liphook, Rowlands Castle, Four Marks, Selbourne, Binsted, Froxfield, Medstead etc...). This is EHDC wide and data can be co-ordinated across all those parishes.

We have noted a significant proportion of those detected speeding are commercial vehicles. The companies involved will be written to by Horndean Parish Council where their vehicles persistently offend.

Lastly we would urge everyone to focus on abiding by speed limits generally in Horndean. In the Lovedean Lane case (in a 30 Zone) nearly 30% of drivers are detected above 35 mph and the fastest speed recorded was 66mph. 19% of offences are above 40 Mph. It is no surprise that to/from work and school run times record the highest number of incidents, and the highest speeds are early morning and late at night generally. Rest assured the authorities are aware of these traffic patterns.

Shortly HPC will begin the deployment of new Speed Indicator Devices (SIDs) in various parts of the parish to remind people of their speed and encourage them to slow down.

Please help us to make Horndean’s roads safer and please slow down.

Prior Notice

Essential works will shortly commence at Hazleton Common.

Pylons need to be replaced in order to maintain a reliable power supply to the parish.

Unfortunately, whilst disruption will be kept to a minimum the work being undertaken by SSEN is significant.

The site is a designated Local Nature Reserve and therefore the greatest of care will be exercised given the sensitivity of the area.

The planned schedule of work has been approved and will be monitored by an onsite ecologist commissioned by SSEN.