Portsmouth Water gets its new HQ access approved, at the expense of the safety and wellbeing of users of the Bosmere GP Practice and the co-located Pharmacy. A report on last night's planning committee decision and a wake-up call to Havant's elected representatives, before the nightmare in the headline really starts to bite. This image, … Continue reading Reform takes Bedhampton without a fight. The real loser is the Bosmere Medical Centre
Author: Bob Comlay
Havant Borough Council’s online data mapping service
While looking for the exact ward boundaries recently, I was surprised to come across a useful, but unpublicised, web service from Havant Borough Council. The post which follows gives a few examples of the views which can be constructed using the HBC implementation of Astun Technology's iShare service. Scroll on down and you'll be taken … Continue reading Havant Borough Council’s online data mapping service
HBC Election 2024 – Personal reflections on the outcome
On 22 April 2024, in a one-to-one meeting with a senior executive at Havant Borough Council, it was suggested to me that while Havant Civic Society was accepted as a valuable contributor to local matters and local debate, it was ‘well known’ that the Society was ‘anti-Conservative’. Now that’s a statement which could not go … Continue reading HBC Election 2024 – Personal reflections on the outcome
The town centre gets a well-aimed kick up the backside
Two of the HCS committee members, also members of the fledgling Havant Town Centre Partnership Board, were invited to a High Streets Task Force workshop at East Street's hidden gem, The Spring, Arts and Heritage Centre on Monday 26 February. The workshop was led by Steve Millington, Professor of Place Management at Manchester Metropolitan University, … Continue reading The town centre gets a well-aimed kick up the backside
HLHG – Local History Summit Meeting
On Saturday 3 February, the main auditorium at The Spring hosted a summit meeting for leaders and trustees of local history groups across south Hampshire and West Sussex. Organised and facilitated by the ever-energetic Neil Spurgeon, chair of the Havant Local History Group, and hosted by Sue Dickinson as her final event before taking a well-earned … Continue reading HLHG – Local History Summit Meeting
In case you wondered…
What motivates me to write some of the longer posts for the HCS website, the question has already been asked and the answer is here: “It’s good stuff, but why are you writing it and who do you want to read it?”Those are the two questions that my ever-patient partner recently asked me after quietly … Continue reading In case you wondered…
Reflections on the Langstone Sea Wall drop-in session
[Updated 2 Jan 2024 - Minor readability changes, Table of contents added] Contents ContentsIntroductionThe Working Group and the role of DefraThe Natural England ‘Chichester Harbour Condition Review’The Royal HaskoningDHV report Let’s take a step backChichester Harbour Investment and Adaptation PlanThinking outside the boxIn summary Introduction I’ve spent a few hours over the past couple of weeks … Continue reading Reflections on the Langstone Sea Wall drop-in session
Langstone Millpond – Public Meeting 28 September
St Faith's church was packed on Thursday evening for a public meeting called by the Langstone Village Association (LVA) to raise the profile of the issue of the millpond and footpath between Langstone Mill and Wade Lane. The capacity audience was welcomed by Canon Tom Kennar, passionate as always that this wonderful space in the … Continue reading Langstone Millpond – Public Meeting 28 September
Langstone Millpond – The urgent need to balance habitat, heritage and amenity
[Updated 17-5-23]In response to concerns that there may be a 'catastrophic' failure of the dam in the near future, on May 15 Coastal Partners commented that "Un-maintained, the risk of further collapse of the wall … is anticipated to erode similar to the section which has already failed. Rapid and dramatic breach is unexpected, there … Continue reading Langstone Millpond – The urgent need to balance habitat, heritage and amenity
Southern Water’s ‘water recycling’ proposal
Update - 23 January '23 If you missed the segments on today's BBC Radio Solent morning programme covering the Southern Water Water Recycling Proposal, you can find them, edited together, at this post. If you're keeping your eye on the local press at the moment, you will probably have seen news stories referring to Southern … Continue reading Southern Water’s ‘water recycling’ proposal
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