Dogmersfield

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.

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Neighbourhood Plan

Submission Consultation

Dogmersfield Parish Council has submitted their proposed Neighbourhood Plan to Hart District Council. The Plan sets out a vision and objectives for the future of the Parish and contains planning policies to guide the development and use of land in Dogmersfield.

In line with legislation we are now undertaking a six week consultation on the proposed Plan. All comments will be sent to and considered by an independent Examiner who will consider whether the Plan meets a set of prescribed 'basic conditions' and other legal requirements. Further information on the 'Basic Conditions' is available in the Guide to Basic Conditions and Making Representations or can be found in the National Planning Practice Guidance.

All comments must be received during the six week period commencing at 10am on Monday 11 February and ending at 4pm on Monday 25 March 2019. Comments after this time will not be accepted.

Comments must be made in writing through one of the following methods. Anonymous comments will not be accepted.

• Complete the Dogmersfield Neighbourhood Plan online form
• Complete a Representation Form and return by email to neighbourhoodplanning@hart.gov.uk, or by post to Neighbourhood Planning, Corporate Services, Hart District Council, Harlington Way, Fleet, Hants, GU51 4AE
• Send other written comments to either the email or postal address above.

Copies of the Submission Neighbourhood Plan documents can be viewed from the links in the table below, or in hard copy at:

• Hart District Council Offices, Harlington Way, Fleet, GU51 4AE
  Opening Hours: Monday to Thursday 8.30am to 5pm, Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm
• All Saints’ Parish Church (porch), Church Lane, Dogmersfield, RG27 8SZ 
  Available continuously
• The Queens Head Public House, Pilcot Road, Dogmersfield, RG27 8SY 
  Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 12–3pm, 6–11pm, Saturday 12–11pm and Sunday 12–9pm

All comments will be publicly available, and identifiable by name and organisation (where applicable). Your name, address and comments will be forwarded to the independent examiner as required by the regulations covering Neighbourhood Plans. We have received assurance that the data will be kept securely and not used for any other purpose. The examiner will retain the data until we have made the relevant statutory decisions on whether to adopt the plan and the deadline for a Judicial Review has passed, which is six weeks after the decision notice has been published. 

Comments will be published on our website along with your name. If a copy is requested by the relevant Town or Parish Council who prepared the Plan, a redacted copy showing your name and comments will be sent. 

For further details on how your information is used, how we maintain the security of your information and your rights, including how to access information we hold on you and how to complain if you have any concerns about how your personal details are processed, please visit www.hart.gov.uk/privacy.

Representations may include a request to be notified of the Councils decision to 'make' the Plan under Regulation 19 (bringing it into legal force).

Further details of the Dogmersfield Neighbourhood Plan are available on the Dogmersfield Parish Council website.

Dogmersfield Parish Council contact details

Website:  www.dogmersfieldparish.co.uk