A few years ago, these green labels were a common sight in local residential properties occupied by older and more vulnerable folk. The idea was simple. A sticker similar to that above was placed within clear sight of the front door, guiding emergency services entering the property to the refrigerator in the kitchen of the … Continue reading ‘Message in a Bottle’ – Help for the vulnerable

This comes with a message of caution since at the time of writing, the chief medical officer is advising the UK public not to wear facemasks unless they are currently infected with covid-19. Skilled with a needle or wondering when you last used that sewing machine? Pondering what you could do with all those unused … Continue reading No face mask? Why not make one if you need one.

Here's something to keep the kids amused while you escort them round the streets of the town for their daily exercise in their brand new face masks. More particularly perhaps, for those of us older folk who see familes walking past our drives and remember just how difficult it could be keeping our own kids … Continue reading Going on a Bear Hunt?

We note in the most recent planning application list that local business Treat Your Skin have applied for a Change of Use licence at the former YourMove estate agent office in West Street. Let's hope that the current state of the economy enables them to continue with this proposal.

We regret to have to inform you that we have decided to postpone the Spring Plant Sale at the Gazebo Garden. We will let you know as soon as we are able to reschedule the event.

Stop Press! The post below relates to the 2021 planning application by Persimmon Homes. To make comments on the current planning application for Dandara Southern Ltd, please take this link.[Updated 27 August 2023] The (original) Campdown development application for the site east of College Road, west of the A3(M) and bordering Crookhorn, brings into focus … Continue reading Campdown – A development proposal that's wrong on so many levels…

In this increasingly screen based world, there's little more satisfying than switching all the technology off and settling down in a comfy chair to turn the pages of a real book. As Cicero once wrote, “A room without books is like a body without a soul”. Continuing that theme, a town without a library doesn't … Continue reading Support your local libraries!

If you cast your mind back to June 2018, you may recall our post about the planning application for the near derelict North Street Arcade. The ill-fated Grastar Restaurant came and went, but activity on that corner of the town has quietly continued in the background. Dominos moved on and the familiar Havant tumbleweed, fast … Continue reading Prince George Street – North Street Arcade

Last night's Operations and Space Shaping Board gave us an insight into the latest impacts on Havant Borough Council's planning stalemate caused by the the Nutrient Neutrality issue. Councillor Pike provided a brief context to the board, referring to the letter sent by HBC to the Secretaries of State on January 14th. The first paragraph … Continue reading Update on the 'Nutrient Neutrality' issue