There's an interesting planning application registered with HBC for the construction of 21 one and two bedroom apartments in a 2 storey extension fronting onto Prince George Street. This would follow demolition of the rear part of the North Street Arcade. These artist's impressions show the retention of the frontage on North Street with the … Continue reading Prince George Street – 21 new apartments
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HCS Committee Meeting – 14th June 2018
A committee meeting was held on June 14th, the minutes can be found at this link.
Havant – leading the way with electric vehicle charging
If you happen to own a Tesla, you'll be interested to know that we have an eight bay charging centre - the 'Portsmouth Supercharger' - right here in the town. Click the link for details.
Historic England – Map search for listed buildings
Historic England have an online interactive map which provides a quick way into the nation's archive of historic buildings: Open this link, which takes you to Historic England’s interactive map: Type 'Havant', or your postcode, into the box at the top left and click on the blue symbol Click on Havant, Havant, Hampshire On the … Continue reading Historic England – Map search for listed buildings
HCS Response to 40 Acres development plan
While some might consider this application outside of the Havant Civic Society remit, we believe that the application poses important issues to the wider Havant community. Havant Civic Society supports our Bedhampton peer groups and we've now submitted our own response to the application for development on this site. To read the HCS response, please … Continue reading HCS Response to 40 Acres development plan
East Street – ‘There is not enough here’
Our East Street traders are featured once again in tonight's Portsmouth News. "More businesses on East Street would be brilliant, because at the moment , there is not enough to walk down here for - and often when people come in they say they didn't even know we were here in the first place." For … Continue reading East Street – ‘There is not enough here’
June 23rd – Heritage at your feet
Since 2013 a group of volunteers has been looking after the cemeteries in New Lane, Eastern Road and Warblington. They are now the Friends of Havant Cemeteries (FoHC) and meet on the morning of the last Tuesday of each month to work on clearing and tidying the cemeteries, managing weeds, sowing wild flowers, and they also have … Continue reading June 23rd – Heritage at your feet
WDRA ‘The big lunch’ event
A very big 'thank you' to Jan Jenkins and the rest of the team at the Warblington and Denvilles Residents' Association for the invitation to a terrific community event today at the Stride Centre in Denvilles. The HCS stand attracted a lot of attention from a lot of friends, old and new. We never cease … Continue reading WDRA ‘The big lunch’ event
Website changes
With an increasing level of enthusiasm for the Society following the public meeting of April 26th, we've been looking at sharpening up our communications. First in line is the website, the old version of which had served well for a few years but has recently been showing its age. For this refresh, we've stuck with … Continue reading Website changes
Bedhampton Forty Acres – the former ‘Strawberry fields’
While this is outside the immediate town centre area of Havant, this is a new planning application that will concern many residents of the Havant area. For those of us who have lived in the town for many years, the site is the former Bedhampton Fruit Farm, home of the PYO Strawberry fields that our … Continue reading Bedhampton Forty Acres – the former ‘Strawberry fields’
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