Before you visit the Bloor Southleigh events - see previous post - you may want to familiarise yourself with the masterplan produced for Havant Borough Council in 2017. The document predates the slightly more recent 'preferred design' for a significantly descoped A27 link, which was published in 2018 and covered in this previous HCS post. … Continue reading The 2017 Southleigh Masterplan – For reference
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Planning Consultants and the TRICS of their trade
If you're a regular reader of the HCS blog, you'll be aware that major commercial planning applications invariably come with supporting documents from planning consultants. For large applications, transport-related documentation forms the core of the supporting material. Recent experience has suggested that this documentation is often used to argue, through countless densely printed pages and … Continue reading Planning Consultants and the TRICS of their trade
Crossland Drive residents – Frontline casualties of Planning Services failures
The brief video below was sent to Havant Civic Society by a resident of Crossland Drive. We passed it on to the management team at Amazon DPO1, the local ward councillors and the Hampshire County Council cabinet member for Highways, on 1 February 2025, for review and response as a matter of urgency. More than … Continue reading Crossland Drive residents – Frontline casualties of Planning Services failures
Havant’s town centre traffic gears up for another surge
The planning application at the former Dunham Bush manufacturing site is shortly up for approval by the HBC Planning Committee. The development will further strain the profile of traffic generated by the Havant North industrial estate without providing the quality and security of employment that the residents of the borough need. It is worth taking … Continue reading Havant’s town centre traffic gears up for another surge
Amazon DPO1 – Another traffic ‘incident’
Early this morning, right outside the NHS Elmleigh Hospital, New Lane was completely blocked by a stranded Amazon 'line-haul' truck. With its trailer parked right across the road and its driving wheels embedded in what used to be a grass verge, it wasn't going anywhere without some serious haulage heft. Meanwhile, the grass verges on … Continue reading Amazon DPO1 – Another traffic ‘incident’
Amazon DPO1 – The St. Alban’s meeting, 19 April, 2024
[Updated with a full report of the meeting - 21 April 2024] This post contains a full account of a meeting organised by the Havant Labour group to enable local residents to share their views and concerns about the operation of the Amazon DPO1 delivery station at New Lane. Contents ContentsDisclaimer and acknowledgements Introduction The … Continue reading Amazon DPO1 – The St. Alban’s meeting, 19 April, 2024
Amazon – Public Meeting, Friday 19 April
For those concerned about the growing impact of Amazon traffic on the town centre residential streets, please note that there will be a public meeting on Friday 19 April at 7:30pm at St Alban's Church Hall on Bartons Road. There will be updates from the HCS Chair, a resident member of the Amazon DPO1 Community … Continue reading Amazon – Public Meeting, Friday 19 April
White vans. If you can’t beat them, join them!
If you're anywhere out and about in Havant between 9:30 and 12:30*, seven days a week, you'll probably have noticed this logo, usually stuck on the back door of a tattered white van along with a separate sticker advertising 'driving jobs'. They're usually tucked into a bigger, even more anonymous fleet of similar vans, mostly … Continue reading White vans. If you can’t beat them, join them!
Traffic – Havant’s ticking timebomb
This year, we're going to put the spotlight on traffic, given the evident disconnect between Hampshire County Council, Havant Borough Council and reality as far as traffic planning goes. This first of a series of posts sets out the background and provides context for the ones which will follow. Understanding why Havant town has a traffic … Continue reading Traffic – Havant’s ticking timebomb
How is Amazon getting away without paying business rates?
Update: 1 February, 2024 On 23 January 2024, after almost a year's delay, the Valuation Office Agency published a valuation for the DPO1 site, backdated to 1 April 2023 with no interest payable. The reason for the delay is not available. Perhaps rather more to the point, what is Havant Borough Council doing about it? While we're … Continue reading How is Amazon getting away without paying business rates?
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