While many of you have been locked down and treading cautiously, Havant Borough Council has been flying, sometimes above but often below the radar, while we've been doing our best to keep you aware of the fun and games. If you've not visited this website for a while, there are a number of posts referenced … Continue reading Looking back – with 2020 vision
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Portsmouth Water – Lack of ‘Master Plan’ transparency
If you're a resident of West Street, of Brockhampton Road or if you're simply one of the 20,000 patients of the Bosmere Medical Practice, you should take a keen interest in the designs that Portsmouth Water have on the land they own between West Street and Solent Road. © Historic England – Britain from Above It … Continue reading Portsmouth Water – Lack of ‘Master Plan’ transparency
Southleigh Park – Bargate Homes ‘Application for tree works’
In previous years, Havant Civic Society confined its interest to matters pertaining to the immediate town centre. As might be evident from some of our recent posts, we now place equal weight to matters affecting the surrounding area and this post represents one such example. It also shows, for a welcome change, a good example … Continue reading Southleigh Park – Bargate Homes ‘Application for tree works’
Two councils, one shared executive and one common lack of transparency?
When we summed up the events of September, we wrote about the perfect storm that we find ourselves in. If you don't remember, it might be worth going back and refreshing your memory. Towards the end of that piece we noted that HBC were charging headlong into an ever closer union with East Hants District Council. … Continue reading Two councils, one shared executive and one common lack of transparency?
Brockhampton West – The blackouts come down
Tonight's 'Governance, Audit and Finance Board' meeting should have been of particular interest, given that Item 5 on the agenda related to the 'Calling in' of the Cabinet Decision to sell the Brockhampton West site. You can read our report of that meeting and the decision in question by clicking the link. Overview and Scrutiny … Continue reading Brockhampton West – The blackouts come down
Retail in Havant – ‘A letter from Portsmouth’
With the imminent closure of their last remaining Debenhams, along with Burton, Dorothy Perkins, Evans, Topshop and Miss Selfridge, Portsmouth's Commercial Road retail offer has all but sunk without trace. The following post has been written by a friend of HCS who lives in Southsea, a regular visitor to Havant. Worth reading and considering just … Continue reading Retail in Havant – ‘A letter from Portsmouth’
The Fairfield School horse chestnut trees are to be felled
Sad news in the current planning list, the two large horse chestnut trees outside Fairfield School are to be felled as part of extensive tree works taking place within the school grounds. The details of the plan can be found at this link. The trees affected are shown on this plan, with the key to … Continue reading The Fairfield School horse chestnut trees are to be felled
Lower Road Bedhampton – Bargate Homes raising the stakes
We see that Luken Beck, acting on behalf of Bargate Homes, have come back with a revised application for the land south of Lower Road, Bedhampton. This application, you may recall, was refused back in March this year. Having lodged an appeal to the planning inspector, Luken Beck have regrouped and reissued the proposal, accompanied … Continue reading Lower Road Bedhampton – Bargate Homes raising the stakes
Brockhampton West – Selling off the family silver again?
Or perhaps more accurately, 'the family landfill'. Nevertheless, despite its inauspicious history, Brockhampton West (see below) is an extremely attractive plot of land strategically positioned at the junction of the A27 and the A3(M). At 10:30 this evening, we received formal notification from Havant Borough Council of their decision to dispose of Brockhampton West. This … Continue reading Brockhampton West – Selling off the family silver again?
A Regeneration Programme update
Yesterday evening, Clare Chester, the Regeneration Lead for Havant Borough Council and East Hants District Council, presented an update on progress of the Regeneration Programme to the Operations and Place Shaping Board of Havant Borough Council. We've been here before, of course, so we were keen to see just how much progress has been made … Continue reading A Regeneration Programme update
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