As its name suggests, this committee deals with highway matters in the town, although responsibility for them is vested in Hampshire County Council.

It also considers planning applications for Hedge End which have been submitted to Eastleigh Borough Council.

It makes recommendations on these applications, although the final word rests with Eastleigh Borough Council. Small applications are normally decided by Eastleigh planning officers and the bigger ones by the Hedge End, West End, and Botley Local Area Committee, which meets in Hedge End's 2000 Centre.

Members of the public are encouraged to come along and take part.

Because of the need to reply fairly quickly to Eastleigh's planning time scale, this committee meets twice a month - normally the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month, 7pm.

Committee Chair: Councillor Cynthia Garton

Committee Chairman: Councillor Cynthia Garton

Committee Members:

• Margaret Allingham
• Helen Corben
• Peter Hughes
• Shankerlal Sthankiya (Vice Chair)
• June Watson
• Ray Worley

You can find their details here.