Veterans have raised “grave concerns” over a proposal to hold a referendum on moving Andover’s war memorial. Test Valley Borough Council (TVBC) was debating a motion by Cllrs Christopher Ecclestone and David Coole to hold a consultation on the resiting of the memorial, with the aim of holding a referendum on the move in 2021. Cllr Ecclestone said that the proposal would “would finally, once and for all, settle this issue of where the war memorial is sited.” However, others disagreed with the plans, saying that they had been brought with “contempt” and had no information on the costs or impacts such a move would have on the listed monument.
Plans for the construction of a grain store in Tangley will go ahead despite councillors raising concerns it would put a junction “dangerously close” to a blind bend. Councillors were concerned that a new access point to be built on Mays Down Lane would be too close to the brow of a hill, and next to the 60mph A343 road to Newbury. Cllr Nick Matthews voted against the plans, saying: “I wouldn’t be comfortable if I’ve agreed to this and then we later find out there had been an accident or fatality and I was party to that.”