LATEST NEWS
(last updated 20th October 2024)
***URGENT UPDATE RE Warehouse Planning Application 23/03120/FUL***
The Development Control Committee are MEETING TO VOTE on the Warehouse Application on the 6th November 2024. A SITE VISIT will be held on 1st November 2024.
For more information please see the CAGE website (CAGE (Clean Air Green Environment) | protest) or the Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council Planning Portal.
October Parish Council Meeting
The agenda for the meeting being held on 14th October 2024 at Dummer Village Hall, is now on the website (under the link for Agendas and Minutes). We hope to see you there.
Cllr Harvey visiting the Parish
A new date has been arranged for Cllr Harvey's visit to the Parish. He will now be attended the Parish Council Meeting on the 10th February 2025. Details of the meeting will be posted in the New Year.
IMPORTANT - Update on Councillor Paul Harvey's visit
Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, Cllr Paul Harvey has had to postpone his visit to Dummer scheduled for 14th October. We are looking to get another date in the diary as soon as possible and this will be communicated once it is confirmed.
September Parish Council Meeting
The agenda for the meeting being held on 9th September 2024 at Dummer Village Hall, is now on the website (under the link for Agendas and Minutes). We hope to see you there.
Councillor Paul Harvey
Cllr Harvey will be attending the Dummer Ordinary Parish Council meeting on 14th October 2024. Details will follow in early October. It will be a fantastic opportunity to get an update from Cllr Harvey and a chance to ask questions.
August Update
August is always seems to be a quiet month in the Parish Council, however work is still very much carrying on behind the scenes. Our next meeting will be going ahead on the 9th September 2024 (agenda will be published the week before).
July 2024 Minutes
Minutes have been uploaded for the ordinary meeting held in July 2024. The Parish Council have a Summer break during August, and our next scheduled ordinary meeting will be on 9th September 2024 at 7pm. We'd love to see lots of faces from the Parish there. Agenda will be posted the week prior to the meeting.
Cllr Henderson's July report
Cllr Henderson's July report has been uploaded and can be found under 'Additional Documents' on the July 2024 meeting link. Please do have a read.
Police and Crime Plan Survey for Hampshire & IoW
Donna Jones, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and IoW is developing her next Police and Crime Plan and has put together a survey for you to have your say. Please do click on the link and get involved. You can find the survey here https://survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90719383/PCP-Public2024
July 2024 Ordinary Meeting
Our next Ordinary Meeting of the Parish Council will be taking place on Monday 8th July 2024. The meeting will be held in Dummer Village Hall and will commence at 7.00PM. The agenda can be found under the 'Minutes and Agendas' area of our website, or on the Parish Council noticeboards.
Local Elections and Annual Meeting of Dummer Parish Council May 2024
After the Annual Parish Council Meeting on the 20th May 2024, we say a huge thank you to Cllr Julian Jones, who is stepping down from his position as Chair. Julian has provided many years of commitment and experience to the Parish and will continue to do so as a member of the Parish Council. We also congratulate him on being successfully elected as the new Borough Councillor for Oakley and the Candovers.
We warmly welcome Cllr Sheila Harden as our new Chair. Sheila has a huge amount of ideas to take the Parish Council forward and hopes to be able utilise all the wonderful skills and experience we have within the community.
Website
We are currently in the process of reviewing and updating the Dummer Parish Council website. Watch this space!
Oakdown Farm
The proposals are back. This time for 8 warehouses 4 detached and 2 semi-detached.
The Application can be found here 23/03120/FUL | Demolition of three dwellings, outbuildings and related structures and construction of storage and distribution units (use class B8) with ancillary offices and gatehouses, associated infrastructure works (including parking and landscaping), and full details of site levels, access, drainage, tree retention and diversion of underground pipeline. The development will be phased and delivered across separate and self-contained plots as shown on the submitted Phasing Plan. | Land At Oakdown Farm Winchester Road Dummer Basingstoke Hampshire RG23 7LR
Dummer is a beautiful rural village in Basingstoke, Lying just of Junction 7 of the M3; it is part of the Oakley and North Waltham ward of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council.
The name of the village is derived from Dun (meaning hill) and Mer (lake or pond). The English surname 'Dummer' is thought to originate from here, as the Dummer Family were lords of the manor between the 12th and 16th centuries.
Three manors were the original basis of the present parish, East Dummer or Popham Dummer, West Dummer and Grange of Dummer. Dummer and Kempshott were joined in 1876 for civil purposes.
West Dummer was probably held by one of Hugh de Port's men at the time of the Domesday Survey. By the early thirteenth century the Dummer family were tenants. It remained in the Dummer family until 1593 when it came to the Millingate family. From the mid seventeenth century its history is identical with that of East Dummer.
Grange of Dummer was granted to Waverly Abbey by Stephen and remained in its possession until the Suppression in 1536. By the end of the sixteenth century it had been acquired by the Dummer family and from then on followed the descent of West Dummer.
East Dummer was held by Hunger as a sub-tenant of Odo at the time of the Domesday Survey. He may have been an ancestor of the Dummer family who certainly held the land by the twelfth century. In 1368--9 the manor was conveyed to Sir John Popham of the adjoining hamlet of Popham. In the following two centuries the manor changed hands several times and its history is uncertain. By 1577 John Millingate was in possession of the whole estate and it passed to the Terry family and remained in their possession until 1864.
The parish has notorious connections with royalty. About 1788 the Prince of Wales rented Kempshott House as a hunting lodge. He brought Mrs. Fitzherbert here and it was said to be furnished to her taste. A 'seraglio' is said to have existed and certainly the Prince's conduct scandalised the neighbourhood. In 1795 he married Caroline of Brunswick and spent his honeymoon at Kempshott