How Health has Changed in Your Local Area: 2015 to 2020
The start of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic caused widespread changes to health in England. This included a worsening of personal well-being, mortality, mental health, and economic and working conditions, but also some improvements such as reduced air pollution and crime.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has created an index that gives every local area in England an overall health score for each of the past six years. This overall score is made up of measures in different categories, called domains and subdomains. These measures include physical and mental health conditions like diabetes or anxiety, local unemployment, road safety, and behaviours like healthy eating.
This score can show whether health in a local area is improving. The Health Index score has a baseline of 100, which represents England’s health in 2015. A score higher than 100 means that an area has better health for that measure than was average in 2015, lower than 100 means worse health than the 2015 average.
You can access the interactive tool by following this link
Police and Crime Commissioner Donna Jones is continuing to urge residents to share their views in her annual police budget precept consultation.
The government is giving Police and Crime Commissioners the flexibility to increase the policing element of your council tax in 2023/24 by up to £10 per year (based on a Band D property).This year, the Commissioner is asking for the public’s views on increases of £5, £6, £8 and £10.
The Commissioner is asking local residents to complete an online survey and provide feedback.The consultation started on Monday 31 October 2022 and will close at 11.59pm on Sunday 4 December 2022, giving residents another three weeks to submit their views.In addition, for those who are not online, paper copies are now available at local libraries until the end of the consultation period.
They can be found at:Portsmouth Central Library, Guildhall SquareNewport Library, Lord Louis Library, Orchard St Southampton Central Library, Civic CentreAldershot Library, 109 High Street Fleet Library, 236 Fleet Road Basingstoke Discovery Centre, Festival PlaceTadley Library, Mulfords Hill Havant Library, Havant Meridian Centre Petersfield Library, 27 The Square Alton Library, Vicarage Hill Hayling Island Library, Elm Grove Andover Library, Chantry Centre Lymington Library, North Close Gosport Discovery Centre, High Street Fareham Library, Osborn Road Winchester Library, The Arc, Jewry Street Eastleigh Library, 1st Floor Swan Centre
Just ask for a PCC survey at reception.
Police and Crime Commissioner Donna Jones said: “I know this is a very difficult time financially for the country, and potentially for you as an individual, and I am conscious that any rise in your council tax to support policing will come at the same time as other costs are also increasing.
“However, it is also a difficult time for funding your police force; policing is not immune to the cost of living crisis and therefore the 2023/24 budget is being set against the backdrop of a challenging economic environment with general inflation, pay costs, utilities and fuel costs all rising.
“For example, the cost increase for police officer pay is over 5%, and general inflation is running at 10%; our forecast increase in government grant is only 1.1%, so this creates a funding shortfall for next year.
“One option available to me to reduce the funding shortfall is to increase the police council tax.
“The maximum I am allowed to increase the council tax by on a Band D property for 2023/24 is £10 per annum (a 4.2% increase, significantly below inflation), which is an increase of 83p per month. If I increase by the maximum for residents in property Bands A-C, the increase would equate to less than 83p a month, and for properties in Bands E-H it would be more than 83p per month.”
“I have ensured this year that there are other options less than £10 per year, so that you make this choice carefully.”
“If I don’t increase the council tax for 2023/24, I will need to work with the Constabulary to implement savings, with an inevitable impact on the overall service level which can be provided. This would not be my preference; I see first-hand day in day out the vital work which the Constabulary undertakes to keep the residents of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight safe, and I would not wish to see this compromised.
“However, I know that any increase in the amount you pay must be considered carefully. I also hear very loudly that you want to see more officers in your communities. That’s why it’s so important that you complete this short survey and have your say on continued investment.
“With yours and the government’s support, I am on track to have recruited 600 more police officers in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight by March 2023, hitting a 25% increase in police officers responding to emergencies and patrolling the beat.
“Through this, I am making your police force even more local, visible and accessible. More police means more deployments, more crimes solved, and safer streets.
“By completing this survey, you will really help us set the budget and the council tax precepts for policing for the next financial year. I want to hear your feedback so I can represent your views on where you want your money to go.
“There are three weeks left to have your say.
“Thank you for your ongoing support and feedback. Your priorities are my concerns.”
Proposed annual contributions to policing in council tax bands for 2023/24
Statement of Community Involvement in Planning (SCI) 2022 Public Consultation – Test Valley Borough Council
Test Valley Borough Council has published for public participation its draft Statement of Community Involvement in Planning (SCI) 2022 and is inviting representations between Friday 11 November 2022 and Friday 16 December 2022. The purpose of the SCI is to set out the consultation measures that the Council will undertake when consulting on planning policy documents and publicising planning applications.
Test Valley Borough Council are repeating the public consultation process as it became aware that not all consultees received notification of the original consultation. Representations made on the SCI received during the original consultation do not need to be resubmitted. They will be retained and considered in finalising the document.
The SCI complements the Council’s broader commitment contained within its Corporate Plan with regards to promoting positive community engagement with local communities, businesses and interest groups. The preparation of an SCI is a legal requirement and once adopted, the Council needs to be consistent with its content.
The Council’s current SCI 2017 will reach its five year anniversary of adoption at the end of 2022, a review has been undertaken and an updated draft SCI published for public consultation. The SCI will apply the whole of Test Valley, outside of the New Forest National Park.
A copy of the draft SCI document, is available on the Council’s website and can be accessed here It is available for public inspection at the following Council offices between the hours of 08.30 and 17.00 Monday to Thursday and 16.30 on Friday:
Beech Hurst, Weyhill Road, ANDOVER, Hampshire, SP10 3AJ, and
Former Magistrates Court, Church Street, ROMSEY, Hampshire, SO51 8AQ
A hard copy is also available for public inspection during library opening times at local libraries at Andover, Romsey, North Baddesley, Chandler’s Ford and Lordshill.
Representations can be made by either:
Sent in writing to Planning Policy and Economic Development Service, Test Valley Borough Council, Beech Hurst, Weyhill Road, ANDOVER, Hampshire, SP10 3AJ; or
Only those representations that are made in writing to arrive at the address specified above (either hard copy or electronically) within the 5 week period from Friday 11 November 2022 and ending 12noon Friday 16 December 2022 will have the right to have their representations considered. Any representations should specify the matters to which they relate and the grounds on which they are made. Representations will be available for public inspection with personal information redacted.
Further information can be obtained from the Planning Policy and Economic Development Service on 01264 368000 or email planningpolicy@testvalley.gov.uk
BSR Energy are preparing to submit an application to Basingstoke & Deane District Council for a Solar PV scheme mid distance between the village of St Mary Bourne to the east and the town of Andover to the west. The Solar scheme will have an approximate design capacity of 29MWp and would generate an estimated MWh of clean, renewable and sustainable electricity per year. This is the equivalent to the annual electrical needs of approx. 7,252 family homes*. The anticipated CO2 displacement is around 6,423 tonnes per annum. To read more about this, click here
You can also look at the Community Consultation poster below, providing details of a drop-in consultation event:
The next meeting of the Smannell Parish Council will take place on Monday 9 January 2023 and will be at April’s Farm, Green Lane Farm, Smannell, Andover, SP11 6JB starting at 7.00pm. All members of the public are warmly welcome to attend.
The next meeting of the Smannell Parish Council will be held on 7 November 2022 commencing at 19.00 hours at April’s Farm, Green Lane Farm, Upper Enham, Smannell. The meeting is open to all members of the public and they are warmly welcome to attend. The agenda is now available and can be found under Documents and then Meeting Agendasor here
This profile provides a summary of the latest available information on the demographic make-up of the parish of Smannell within Test Valley. It looks at information on topics such as the population structure, economic, housing, health and educational information for the parish.
Smannell is one of the Test Valley’s fifty-nine parishes. It has an area of 589.14 hectares which represents 0.94% of the total area of Test Valley; in terms of size, Smannell is Test Valley’s forty-fifth largest parish. The parish’s population is 495 and its population density is 0.49 people per hectare, which is lower than the borough’s average population density of 2.10 people per hectare.
