As Chawton is a conservation area and is also within the south downs national park, there are additional constraints on development within the village. These rules  affects any development, including the installation of satellite dishes which need planning permission prior to their installation. This article lists the rules that govern their installation.

Public consultation is currently invited by the Massey's Folly Preservation Trust, to help define the future for this key building within Farringdon.

Can you spare a couple of minutes to fill in the questionaire ?
If so, then you can find information on the site and the public consultation questionaire here

Note that the closing date for this consultation is the 14th of March

A planning application has been submitted that proposes a number of changes to the internal and external layout of the museum and its grounds.

The second the bi-annual litter pick in Chawton took place on Saturday 12th January 2008, this event is designed to clean up the area we all live in and make it more pleasant for those who live here and hopefully make people think twice before chucking out their rubbish in our picturesque village, we base this on the prinicple that the presence of litter makes people feel less concerned about "adding more" to whats already present and the many visitors who come here probably don't want a carrier bag in the hedge spoling their picture.

As part of the parish council's review of traffic parking within the village, Hampshire County Council has performed a speed survey on Wolf's Lane. The results of the survey indicates that the current speed limit is generally at 40-50mph.  The full response from HCC is listed below

Pictures from the Fireworks 2007 event are now available in the picture gallery.

We now have video footage of the event - All 20 minutes of it. Click here to play

Thanks to Martin and Jayne Whittock for providing this content and allowing it to be used.

Pyro Si  - This one is for you.