Updated from original report of the meeting, February 4thUpdated , 19-2-2022, added final Conclusion The 'Amazon' disclaimer As the Planning Committee Meeting was reminded on February 3rd, there is still no official statement identifying the intended occupier for the 32 New Lane site. The two planning applications for that site have been considered "for what … Continue reading Amazon – Analysis of the Planning Committee’s decision
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Amazon Havant – HCS brings you the facts that HBC considered irrelevant
Updated - 11 February 2022Updated - 17 February 2022 - Added link to Planning Committee decision analysisUpdated - 18 February 2022 - Added discussion of 'new' Amazon delivery model By the time you've finished reading this, you should be much better placed to judge whether or not the Officers and elected representatives of both Havant … Continue reading Amazon Havant – HCS brings you the facts that HBC considered irrelevant
That New Lane planning application – In the News today
There's a double bill of content in today's print edition of the News. Firstly Toby Paine's article, which has unfortunately been edited for the print edition and in the process, has lost a significant sentence from the original online edition published on 27-1-2022. (See HCS post from the same day) To read the full text, … Continue reading That New Lane planning application – In the News today
Latest update on Amazon from ‘The News’
There's a good piece by Toby Paine in Today's News - online edition. (Click the image to read) When the original planning application was approved in September 2021, regular readers will recall that HBC Planning Services attached a number of carefully worded planning conditions. The most significant of these required that traffic counters be placed … Continue reading Latest update on Amazon from ‘The News’
An Extraordinary Cabinet meeting with a lot of added boosterism
At this afternoon's brief Extraordinary Council Meeting, Cllr. Satchwell likened the split with East Hants District Council (EHDC) to "a de-coupling, a divorce, or 'other things'", but suffice to say, in less than ten minutes, we witnessed an extraordinary degree of upbeat boosterism from the Leader as the Cabinet listened attentively, debated in 'the usual … Continue reading An Extraordinary Cabinet meeting with a lot of added boosterism
The Gazebo Garden receives a grant from Hampshire County Council
We are pleased to report that our local County Councillor for Emsworth & St Faith's, Cllr Lulu Bowerman, has approved our application for a grant to support Havant Civic Society’s work to maintain and enhance the Havant Gazebo Garden. A total of £1,000 has been received, which will be used to update and reprint visitor … Continue reading The Gazebo Garden receives a grant from Hampshire County Council
An unexpected end to ‘Shaping the Future’
The uncomfortable relationship between East Hants District Council (EHDC) and Havant Borough Council has come to an end, it seems. The two local authority regions always made strange bedfellows and the 'non-merger' resulted in some questionable deliverables, the converged constitution, the Shaping our Future initiative being just two recent examples. Quite what it will mean … Continue reading An unexpected end to ‘Shaping the Future’
Havant Regeneration, another year goes by
In the last twelve months, HCS has had little or no productive engagement with the HBC Regeneration Team and general frustration with the programme is starting to turn to disillusionment. It seems barely a year since we posted this account of the Regeneration Update from November 2020. Listening again to the recordings in that post … Continue reading Havant Regeneration, another year goes by
Kingsbridge attempts to strip Havant Borough Council of control over the traffic generated by its widely rumoured Amazon distribution centre
Kingsbridge Estates have raised another planning application in an attempt to remove or cripple key planning conditions placed on the approval for its proposed Amazon Delivery Centre at the former Pfizer site at 32 New Lane. The conditions in question are those deliberately drafted by Havant Borough Council's planning officers to enable them to manage … Continue reading Kingsbridge attempts to strip Havant Borough Council of control over the traffic generated by its widely rumoured Amazon distribution centre
Langstone Park – Pre-planning consultation available
As part of "their commitment to community engagement", the project team has arranged a virtual public exhibition to provide you with an opportunity to view their draft masterplan for Langstone Park and provide your comments, prior to the submission of a planning application to Havant Borough Council. What the new master plan appears to be … Continue reading Langstone Park – Pre-planning consultation available
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