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Test Valley: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Test Valley Borough Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, South East; within the county of HAM. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Hampshire County Council. ONS code E07000093.

Council website

Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by Test Valley for 2026–27: £180.76 of a £2,305.52 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.

In the last twelve months: 3 opened (2 new provision, 1 academy converter), 2 closed (1 academy converter, 1 closure)

Endeavour Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 May 2026
Smannell and Enham Church of England (Aided) Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: closure, 27 March 2026
Brook School — open; reason recorded: new provision, 27 April 2026
Endeavour Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 June 2026
Lyttelton House School — open; reason recorded: new provision, 13 July 2026

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Test Valley reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Test Valley: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	none budgeted
Highways and transport services	£22,000
Children's social care	none budgeted
Adult social care	none budgeted
Public health	none budgeted
Housing services (general fund only)	£5.7 million
Cultural and related services	£4.8 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£8.7 million
Planning and development services	£7.4 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£5.3 million
Other services	none budgeted
Total service expenditure	£31.8 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Test Valley in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 135,201 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 44 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £29,610 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £690 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 17.3% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 1.9% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £368,131 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 9.0 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Greenhouse gas emissions: 5.5 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 75.6% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 118.3 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 5,895 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

43 seats in 2026. Run by: Conservatives, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Conservative and Unionist 25, Liberal Democrats 17, Independent / Other 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 43 councillors, by ward

Sally Yalden (Liberal Democrats) — Ampfield & Braishfield
Chris Donnelly (Conservative and Unionist) — Andover Downlands
Nick Lodge (Conservative and Unionist) — Andover Downlands
Carl Borg-Neal (Conservative and Unionist) — Andover Harroway
Luigi Gregori (Liberal Democrats) — Andover Harroway
Robin Hughes (Liberal Democrats) — Andover Harroway
Jim Neal (Conservative and Unionist) — Andover Millway
Mark Leech (Conservative and Unionist) — Andover Millway
Zilliah Brooks (Conservative and Unionist) — Andover Millway
Jason Sangster (Liberal Democrats) — Andover Romans
Katie Brooks (Independent / Other) — Andover Romans
Kirsty North (Conservative and Unionist) — Andover Romans
Debbie Cattell (Conservative and Unionist) — Andover St Mary's
Iris Andersen (Conservative and Unionist) — Andover St Mary's
Jan Budzynski (Conservative and Unionist) — Andover St Mary's
Alexander Gillies (Conservative and Unionist) — Andover Winton
Lisa Matthews (Conservative and Unionist) — Andover Winton
Maureen Flood (Conservative and Unionist) — Anna
Susanne Hasselmann (Conservative and Unionist) — Anna
Philip Lashbrook (Conservative and Unionist) — Bellinger
Gordon Bailey (Conservative and Unionist) — Blackwater
Nick Adams-King (Conservative and Unionist) — Blackwater
Phil North (Conservative and Unionist) — Bourne Valley
Linda Lashbrook (Conservative and Unionist) — Charlton & the Pentons
Karen Dunleavey (Liberal Democrats) — Chilworth, Nursling & Rownhams
Phil Bundy (Conservative and Unionist) — Chilworth, Nursling & Rownhams
Terese Swain (Conservative and Unionist) — Chilworth, Nursling & Rownhams
David Drew (Conservative and Unionist) — Harewood
Alison Johnston (Conservative and Unionist) — Mid Test
Ian Jeffrey (Conservative and Unionist) — Mid Test
Stewart MacDonald (Conservative and Unionist) — Mid Test
Alan Warnes (Liberal Democrats) — North Baddesley
Amanda Ford (Liberal Democrats) — North Baddesley
Geoff Cooper (Liberal Democrats) — North Baddesley
Nik Daas (Liberal Democrats) — Romsey Abbey
Sandra Gidley (Liberal Democrats) — Romsey Abbey
Janet Burnage (Liberal Democrats) — Romsey Cupernham
Neil Gwynne (Liberal Democrats) — Romsey Cupernham
Rohit Kohli (Liberal Democrats) — Romsey Cupernham
John Parker (Liberal Democrats) — Romsey Tadburn
Mark Cooper (Liberal Democrats) — Romsey Tadburn
Alan Dowden (Liberal Democrats) — Valley Park
Celia Dowden (Liberal Democrats) — Valley Park

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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