The HVA AGM is in on 13th October at 7:30 in the village hall.
Everyone from the village is welcome. We are also open to people who would like to help the village as a whole by volunteering to join the committee. The committee can consist of up to 15 volunteers and at present there are 6 places to fill. We meet once a month and discuss many matters, meeting with our local councillors. You will all be aware of the in depth evaluation of the Redbrown planning proposal and our structured objections to it. Believe me the sub-committee dealing with this goes in to much more detail than we could ever publish here. It is the same for many other topics, such as actions on cleaning the pond, coodinating the village picnic, fireworks event and more. If this sparks your interest, please come along and volunteer.
The HVA are also considering whether the village and it’s local surroundings should become a Parish Council. A sub committee has been set up to investigate this and have put together a short precis including pros and cons. We would like to gain the villages views on this matter. If you have any thing to say on the subject please let us know by email to secretary@holybourne.com. All input will be treated in confidence and will provide us with a general view of the residents.
Annual General Meeting Agenda
7:30 pm Tuesday 13th October 2026.
All are encouraged to attend : –
1 |
Opening of MeetingThose Present and Apologies for Absence. |
2
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Minutes of Last MeetingTo agree the Minutes of the 52nd AGM held on 14th October 2025 |
3 |
Annual audited accounts |
4 |
Annual committee report |
5 |
Election of Committee Members –
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6 |
Proposal to form a Holybourne Parish Council |
7 |
Holybourne Cup |
8 |
Any Other Issues Raised |
9 |
Closure of meeting
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Following the business part of the AGM there follows an open village meeting where the recent planning issues will be discussed
Open Meeting
- Redbrown Development update
- Lower Neatham Lane update
Any Other Issues
HVA COMMITTEE NEWS
HVA Contacts
Chairperson – Rob Law
chairman@holybourne.com
Secretary – Andy Muir
secretary@holybourne.com
Treasurer
treasurer@holybourne.com
Planning
planning@holybourne.com
Pond
pond@holybourne.com
Associates HVA Activities
Village Website
secretary@holybourne.com
Village Archive
archive@holybourne.com
Village Magazine
editor@holybourne.com
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!