Hound Parish Council

13/10/2026

A reminder to residents and the public regarding the road closure in place for Remembrance Sunday. Please take note to mitigate any disruption to your plans/journeys for that short period on Sunday, 8 November.

12/10/2026

06/10/2026

Residents are being warned ahead of the sounding of an emergency alarm at an oil refinery.

The annual alert is due to sound at the ExxonMobil Fawley site, near Southampton, at 14:30 and 19:00 BST on Tuesday.

Fawley oil refinery will be testing its emergency alarm system on Tuesday.

05/10/2026

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary's Safer Neighbourhood Team will be at the Roy Underdown Pavilion, Hamble - le - Rice, Southampton, SO31 4RN on Thursday 8 October at 17:00 - 18:30hrs.

Please take this opportunity to raise any concerns you may have and to find out what they are doing to tackle the issues that matter to you.

Everyone is welcome. For more information please contact - PCSO Mihaela Price 19621, email: [email protected]

02/10/2026

Further details to follow in the coming weeks.

01/10/2026

*ROAD CLOSURE ADVANCED NOTICE* *REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY*

The Parish Council is looking ahead to Remembrance Sunday, on 8 November. Look out on our page for further details over the coming weeks.

As with previous years, we are giving advanced notice of the road closure for the Remembrance Parade. Please see the below for the the affected route, and take actions necessary to ensure any disruption to your plans are mitigated.

01/10/2026

We are still seeking the views of residents about our potential upgrade to the play area at Abbey Hall/the Cricket Field.

Our consultation ends on 31 October, before we look at the feedback from residents.

If you have a few mins and can complete our short online survey, we would like to hear from parents and children on the proposal.

Play Area Upgrades Upgrades to play area at Abbey Hall/Cricket Field Abbey Hall/Cricket Field Play Area - September 2026 ​Hound Parish Council is in the early stages of a project to explore renewing and upgrading the play area at Abbey Hall/the Cricket Field off Victoria Road, Netley. We are seeki...

24/09/2026

🎉🎉Congratulations to one of our councillors, Mary, and Nelly the dog on winning the Animal Award! 🎉🎉

Nelly won the Animal Award at the BBC Radio Solent Make a Difference Awards! 🙌

Nelly takes part in the Read2Dogs scheme with her owner Mary, visiting schools to not only help children learn to read, but help them with their confidence too 🐾

Tap to hear more about Nelly: https://bbc.in/4cZK8cg

23/09/2026

Morning Residents, Hampshire County Council have asked us to share this important information regarding children starting school in September 2027.

16/09/2026

Afternoon All,

We are aware of the damage to the railing on the corner of Station Road and New Road.

We have reported it to Hampshire Highways to repair as soon as possible.