A special meeting of Froyle Parish Council will be held at 18.30 on Wed 15th April in Froyle Village Hall. The purpose of the meeting is procedural to approve procedure and end financial year schedules. The full agenda can be found on the Parish Council section of this website.
Froyle Parish Council is gathering community views on how the Recreation Ground (“the Rec”) is currently used and how it could be improved to support 365-day, all-year-round use for all ages and abilities.
The questionnaire will be open until Jan 31st 2026, but should you have any comments after this date, you can email the clerk:
clerk@froyleparishcouncil.org.uk
Or just scan the QR code below.
An open residents meeting was held on 15th December 2025, where the Save Jane Austen Country/A31 Alliance campaign explained the issues with the East Hampshire District Council (EHDC) Emerging Local Plan 2025-2043. The plan proposes up to 20,000 new houses across East Hampshire, with up to 12,000 of these concentrated along the A31 corridor. This includes sites for up to 153 new houses within Froyle itself.
The last consultation on EHDC’s plan took place in early 2024, before these new housing targets were imposed (by central government), and before the production of a new Land Availability Assessment (LAA) that identifies 155 new sites and around 8,000 additional proposed homes across East Hampshire. Other local authorities, faced with similar significant changes to their local plans, have re-consulted with the public, but EHDC does not propose to. Furthermore, EHDC will disappear in April 2028 when a new larger “Unitary Authority” is formed, likely to include much of North Hampshire, providing more land for better and more sustainable planning of new housing development.
There is a risk that EHDC’s legacy is a Local Plan that “locks in” up to 20,000 new homes in unsustainable, inappropriate locations, and would destroy the rural character of the entire A31 corridor from Bentley to Ropley.
Residents are being asked to demand that EHDC re-runs its Regulation 18 consultation on its Emerging Local Plan, to enable the public to provide feedback on the doubled housing targets, the 155 new sites, the lack of infrastructure planning, and potential environmental damage.
This (A31A presentation 20251215) is the presentation from the public meeting.
How you can help:
For further questions, please contact Bruce Powell bruce.powell@rok-box.com
A vacancy exists on the Parish Council following a resignation. The Parish Council is keen to ensure that all members of the Froyle Community are represented and would welcome residents who represent all age groups and interests in the village to put themselves forward in particular younger members of our community so that their views on how the village needs to develop for the next generation are heard. If you are interested in becoming a Parish Councillor or working with the Parish Council on projects such as the Recreation ground facilities upgrade please contact clerk@froyleparishcouncil.org.uk
