A new planning application has been raised for the former Pfizer site at 32 New Lane: APP/21/01244 | Variation of condition No's 4 (Operational Management Plan), 9 (Livery/Branding), 10 (Traffic Monitoring) and 28 (Employment and Skills Plan) of planning permission APP/21/00200 and the introduction of a new Community Liaison Strategy Condition. | 32 New Lane, Havant, PO9 2NG The … Continue reading The reasons why HBC must stick to its guns over the New Lane ‘last mile delivery centre’
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32 New Lane – An important update
If you made a comment on the contentious Planning Application for the 'last mile delivery centre' at New Lane, you will have received a letter in the past couple of days from HBC notifying you of a new planning application for the site. This is because Kingsbridge Estates have submitted a new application to make … Continue reading 32 New Lane – An important update
Stop Press ‘The Local Plan’: The Planning Inspector has spoken
"It is clear that the consultation did not comply with the Act and there is an unknown possibility that some party or parties could have been prejudiced. Consequently, there is a risk that the plan could be vulnerable to legalchallenge at adoption. The way to lessen this risk, by reducing the risk of prejudice, would … Continue reading Stop Press ‘The Local Plan’: The Planning Inspector has spoken
HBC, planning applications and a little matter of trust
Updated - 22 October Updated - 20 December It might surprise you to know that 81% of the residents of Havant trust their council. With the national average score being just 64%, which in itself would seem a commendable result, that must put Havant Borough Council right up near the top of the league table … Continue reading HBC, planning applications and a little matter of trust
The good, the bad and the ugly – Another 444 homes in 3 planning applications
Here's an update on 3 planning applications totalling 444 proposed new homes currently in the planning process for the area surrounding Havant Town. They split neatly into three categories, the good, the bad and the downright ugly. So first, the Good: 'Cabbagefield Row', 150 affordable homes on the shore of the Havant Thicket reservoir At … Continue reading The good, the bad and the ugly – Another 444 homes in 3 planning applications
A little nostalgia at New Lane level crossing today
Steam Dreams locomotive Mayflower passing through New Lane level crossing this morning and this afternoon under steam. https://youtu.be/-q5z87mjOUI
Risky business – HBC and EHDC figure in Times Investigation
Click the image below to read the article, from The Times, 17 September 2021. 'A spokesman from the ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government said: “Councils should not take excessive risks with taxpayers’ money in pursuit of commercial income.”' © Times Newspapers Table from the print edition
The 32 New Lane ‘intended occupier’? The News believes it to be Amazon
A typically tabloid headline which, if true, will be pounced on by Havant Borough Council for their next press release. The real number appears towards the end of the article. If we are to believe the content of the planning application, there will be just over 70 permanent jobs, at least some of which we … Continue reading The 32 New Lane ‘intended occupier’? The News believes it to be Amazon
Gazebo Garden – Plant sale on Saturday!
The Autumn is a very good time for planting out into the garden; the soil is still warm and the plants get well established before flowering. As part of Havant Borough Green Week, there will be a plant sale on Saturday, 18th September in the Gazebo Garden, between 10am and 12 noon. Martin Hampton, our local … Continue reading Gazebo Garden – Plant sale on Saturday!
The strange case of the disappearing Cabinet Meeting
Several people have been in touch today to say that they couldn't find the papers from last week's Cabinet Meeting. In fact, the Cabinet meeting of Wednesday 8 September had completely disappeared from the HBC Meetings Calendar. We took a look and couldn't find it either. It appears that the entry disappeared from the Council … Continue reading The strange case of the disappearing Cabinet Meeting
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