Named from a Saxon description of this area, meaning "a field by the lake where the waterlilies grow", this small parish includes the hamlets of Chatter Alley and Pilcot.
Dogmersfield Great House is set in fine parkland. It is on the site of a 13th Century bishop's palace. Henry VI often stayed here and it was here that Henry VII came with Prince Arthur to meet Catherine of Aragon from Spain. Her marriage to Arthur, the heir to the throne took place a few weeks later, but her young husband died. His brother was crowned as Henry VIII and Catherine became the first of his six wives. The house has been renovated and is used as a research and training centre.
An embankment west of Blacksmith's Bridge carries the Basingstoke Canal high above Tundry Pond, a 20-acre lake which is a favourite haunt of wildfowl. The canal makes a wide sweep around the parkland which is a delightful rural length of the canal.
Parish profile
To view parish information about the community, heritage and conservation areas please select the parish in the parish profiles web page.
Neighbourhood Plan
Dogmersfield Parish Council has developed a Neighbourhood Plan. Following a positive referendum result, Hart District Council made the Dogmersfield Neighbourhood Plan (the plan) part of the Hart Development Plan at a Council meeting on Thursday 26 September 2019.
| Neighbourhood Plan Stage | Detail |
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Referendum |
Thursday 25th July 2019 |
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Examination |
Examiner Report received on 8th May 2019 |
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Submission Dogmersfield Neighbourhood Plan Consultation 11 February to 25 March 2019 |
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| Consultation on the Dogmersfield pre-Submission Neighbourhood Plan |
For more information on this stage visit: |
| Dogmersfield Neighbourhood Plan Strategic Environmental Assessment/Habitat Regulation Screening | This document sets out whether there is a need for the Plan to produce a Strategic Environmental Assessment or Habitat Regulation Assessment. It concludes that there is no need for further assessment. |
| On the 6th of August 2015, Hart District Council approved the designation of the whole parish of Dogmersfield as a Neighbourhood Area, in accordance with the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 |
Details of the Neighbourhood Area can be viewed below: Dogmersfield Parish Council Covering Letter: Neighbourhood Plan |
Further details of the Dogmersfield Neighbourhood Plan are available on the Dogmersfield Parish Council website.
Dogmersfield Parish Council contact details
Website: https://dogmersfieldparish.co.uk
