Council Services

Bins & recycling

BDBC

Find out more about services & report a missed collection

https://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/bins

Births, deaths & ceremonies

HCC

Contact local register office - find the nearest here

https://www.gov.uk/register-offices

Benefits

BDBC - housing benefit & council tax support

Find advice & information on housing benefit or council tax support here

https://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/benefits

Department for Work & Pensions

For advice & information on other benefits

https://www.gov.uk/browse/benefits

Community

BDBC

For information & advice on community safety, including anti-social behaviour

https://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/community-safety

There are a number of organisations in the parish who support vulnerable members of the community - contact the clerk for information or advice.

Council tax

BDBC

For information & assistance with your council tax bill

https://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/counciltax

Education & learning

HCC

For information & to apply for a school place

https://www.hants.gov.uk/educationandlearning

For information on adult and community learning, visit

https://www.hants.gov.uk/educationandlearning/hampshirefutures/adult-community-learning

For information about St Mary Bourne Primary School

http://www.stmarybourneschool.co.uk/

For information about Testbourne Community School

https://www.testbourne.hants.sch.uk/

Elections & voting

BDBC

To register to vote or for information on standing for election as a local councillor

https://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/elections-and-voting

Please contact the clerk if you are interested in standing for election as a parish councillor

Visit the Electoral Commission site for more information on elections generally

https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/

Environmental health

BDBC

To report issues, including abandoned cars, dog fouling, fly tipping and noise nuisance, visit

https://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/report

To report pollution in the Bourne Rivulet, contact the incident hotline at the Environment Agency

https://www.gov.uk/report-an-environmental-incident

Healthcare

For information on our local hospitals visit Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundations Trust

https://www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk/

For information & to book an appointment at Derrydown Clinic

https://www.tworiversmedicalpartnership.co.uk/

Housing

BDBC

For advice, to apply to join the housing list or for Homebid information on available properties

https://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/rte.aspx?id=1382

The parish council receives BDBC's weekly Homebid newsletter and will publicise any available housing in our parish or neighbouring parishes on this website and on the Bourne Valley Signpost facebook page.  NB You must be on BDBC's housing register to apply.

Libraries & archives

HCC

For information

https://www.hants.gov.uk/librariesandarchives

Since the closure of HCC's mobile library service to St Mary Bourne & Stoke, a community library service operates on Saturday mornings, 10.30am - 12.30pm, in the Club Room of the Village Centre.

Licensing

BDBC

For more information, visit

https://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/licensing

Planning

BDBC

For information on the planning process, to apply for planning permission or to comment on applications

https://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/environment-and-planning

The parish council is a statutory consultee on planning applications in the parish.  See the planning pages for more detail.  The planning tracker gives the status of all planning applications in the parish.

Recreation & leisure

St Mary Bourne Parish Council

See this website for more information on the facilities owned and maintained by the parish council:  The recreation ground, the lake, the play areas at St Mary Bourne and Stoke.

A booklet 'Exploring St Mary Bourne' setting out some circular walks in the parish is available from the Village Shop or from the clerk.

The St Mary Bourne pages of Hill & Valley, the monthly parish magazine of Hurstbourne Priors, Longparish, St Mary Bourne and Woodcott, are available on this website.

For information on events and activities look at the 'diary dates' pages of the Hill & Valley on this website or see the Village Centre website

http://www.stmarybourne.co.uk/

Transport & Roads

HCC

To report road or paving problems, visit

https://www.hants.gov.uk/transport/roadmaintenance/roadproblems

St Mary Bourne Parish Council receives a grant from HCC to operate a Parish Lengthsman scheme.  See the Highways pages on this website for more information.  Contact the clerk if you have any suggestions for work the lengthsman could do.