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The Holybourne Village Association

Meeting Minutes

The AGM for Holybourne Village Association took place in the village hall on Tuesday 14th October.
Following the formal section on recognising the future committee and officers there followed discussions on a proposal to investigate an application to become a recognised Parish Council and the dire dire state of the pond and Holy Bourne connecting it to the River Wey. For his sterling work on the mapping and understanding of all the springs, lavants and waterways around Holybourne, Andy Hankin was awarded the Holybourne Cup. His fellow compatriot Bob Page has already received this award and thus was not eligible this time.

The next HVA committee meeting will be on 11th November at 7:30pm in the Village Hall

We would really welcome your views – it is important to us that we represent as many villagers as possible.
We are a small group of volunteers who meet each month in the village hall to plan events such as the village fireworks night, Remembrance Day service and summer fete and to look after the village generally.
We also feed back to Alton Town Council our views on planning applications in the village and, as you will know, formed a small sub-committee who worked on our response to the recent large-scale application for development on and around the village playground.

We are looking for volunteers to join our group. We were delighted by your huge response to the recent planning application, and it is clear that many people feel strongly about the need to preserve our village and community. If you can spare a few hours a month to support the village by becoming a member of HVA or if you would like to discuss joining with a current member of HVA, the AGM will be your opportunity. You can also get in touch by emailing secretary@holybourne.com or chairman@holybourne.com

Meeting Agenda

7:30 pm Tuesday 11th November 2025.

All are encouraged to attend : –

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1

Opening of Meeting

Those Present and Apologies for Absence.

2

 

Ratify appointment of Officers (following AGM)
Chair : Secretary : Treasurer

3

Minutes of Last Meeting
Ratify minutes of the September Committee meeting and the AGM

4

Members Open Forum
This forum is for any Holybourne resident who is not on the HVA committee to raise any issues related to the village

5

Current Issues, Events and Projects
Village Picnic
Fireworks

6

Planning Issues

7

Village Communication
Website / Magazine / Other Social Media / Church

8

Committee Officer’s update

9

 

10

Any Other Business

 

Closure of meeting
Date of next meeting 9th December 2025.

 

HVA COMMITTEE NEWS

HVA Contacts

HVA Constitution

 

 

Chairperson – Rob Law
chairman@holybourne.com

Secretary – Andy Muir
secretary@holybourne.com

Treasurer
treasurer@holybourne.com

Planning
holybourneplanning@gmail.com

Pond
pond@holybourne.com

Associates HVA Activities

Village Website
secretary@holybourne.com

Village Archive
archive@holybourne.com

Village Magazine
editor@holybourne.com

HVA traffic Survey report 5th-9th Feb

About the H V A

 

The Holybourne Village Association (HVA) was established in 1974 to fulfil the role of a Parish Council, and represent the views of the village in areas such as planning or matters of public interest, as well as organising social events and raising money for local charities or projects.

The HVA is an official ‘consultee’ in the planning processes of the District and County Councils, and regularly responds to planning applications that could affect the whole village. Members have often been part of long-term Local Government planning committees.

The HVA also works with many other village organisations such as the Church PCC, the Women’s Institute and the Village Hall committee.

Although all the committee members are volunteers, we take our role seriously as a seemly small ‘parish pump’, issues do matter to people in a close community like Holybourne. Any Holybourne resident is automatically a member of the HVA and free to attend the monthly meetings at the Village Hall (second Tuesday in every month, at 8pm). Any resident can stand for election to the committee, which takes place in October at the Annual General Meeting. Voting is by those residents attending the meeting.

We are always looking for new committee members and the amount of time you need to commit is entirely up to you, so come and get involved!