22 October 2026
Holt Farm solar park
Holt Farm – At the beginning of April, Wessex Solar Energy submitted a request for a screening opinion* (25/00640/EIA) for a c. 22 megawatt ...
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Planning battles, river health, surveys and society life: everything we've reported from the Whitewater Valley, newest first.
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10 July 2026
Whitewater Summer Party – 2026
The Whitewater Valley Conservation Society (WVCS) is holding its Annual Whitewater drinks party at 12 noon on Sunday 31st August on the bank...
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16 June 2026
Call to Action for Bunkers Hill!
The Whitewater Valley Conservation Society is requesting your support urgently to ensure developers of the Bunkers Hill solar farm are requi...
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22 January 2026
Riverfly surveys review
WVCS has been advised by Wildfish to publicise and promote the unique and valuable archive which has been gained as a result of the capture ...
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17 July 2025
Whitewater Summer party
The Whitewater Valley Conservation Society (WVCS) is holding its Annual Whitewater drinks party at 12 noon on Sunday 31st August on the bank...
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15 May 2025
Invertebrate survey
WVCS riverine owners hosted the latest invertebrate survey in May 2025. They invested 4 cheery hours conducting kick sampling on the River W...
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12 May 2025
Letter from the Chair
Dear all, As I write to you, I am looking out on the river. Aided in part by the gentle and dry spring, the river, along with the natu...
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29 April 2025
Bunkers Hill solar farm – complaint
The Whitewater Valley Conservation Society has submitted the attached report to the Planning Enforcement Team at Hart into concerns about th...
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15 July 2024
Enhancing Chalk Stream Habitats
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust is hosting a free webinar on Enhancing Chalk Stream Habitats on Thursday 25 July 2024. See here...
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4 December 2023
The future of the Whitewater Valley Conservation Society
The future constitution of the Whitewater Valley Conservation Society, as informed by the letter from the Chairman in advance of the Annual ...
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14 January 2023
Sewage spillages into the River Whitewater
Sainsbury’s constructor damage to wastewater pipeline causes sewage pollution into River Whitewater, Hampshire chalk stream
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6 July 2022
Lodge Farm Warehouses and Logistics Centre Proposals
The Whitewater Valley Preservation Society has responded to a request for an Environmental Impact Assessment Scoping opinion in relation to ...
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13 March 2022
Conserving River Whitewater
The Angling Trust team was out hard at work on a Sunday in March, conserving the River Whitewater. Just downstream of Greywell Mill, along t...
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1 February 2022
Police BARN MEET for Hart Rural
You are invited to attend a Police BARN MEET for Hart Rural – this coming Thursday 3rd February at 6pm at Rotherwick Village Hall. It’...
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14 May 2021
Chosley Farm Solar Park
20/031835/FUL Chosley Farm Solar Park, Bidden Road, North Warnborough Whitewater Valley Preservation Society response Introduction The White...
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