Spring 2020 Setting aside global politics and climate change, there are cautious signs of the emergence of some kind of spring around Havant. The Bedhampton daffodills are bursting out, primroses and snowdrops are thriving in the Chairman's garden and more importantly the "Six billboards outside 44-54 West Street" have been replaced by new wooden site … Continue reading Archived home page – January 2020

Having recently discovered Britain from Above as a resource, we'd encourage you to take the link and take a look. To whet your appetite, here's a photograph of Havant, taken from the air in 1928, which shows the town as it was a little over ninety years ago. © Historic England - Britain from Above … Continue reading Havant from the air, 1928

The HCS AGM and Public Meeting will be held at the Havant URC Meeting Room on Elm Lane, see map below, on Wednesday November 6th. We'll be there from 7:00pm and the meeting will start at 7:30pm sharp. We'll try and keep the AGM matters as brief as possible to allow more time to talk … Continue reading 2019 AGM and Public Meeting – Nov 6th

An update on this location where previously granted planning applications have yet to result in any construction. HBC have now received a request to vary Condition 2 of Planning Permission APP/17/01187 as follows: "Following the demolition of the facades (No's 5 and 7 East Street) facing onto East Street, a stretch of of hoarding shall … Continue reading 5 – 7 East Street, Havant.

As Ray Cobbett from Havant FOE has already commented in an email to us, this week's Stirling prize winner has set a standard for social housing which Havant should be taking a serious look at. With so much potential housing coming through with the 2035 Local Plan, dare we wish for something as good as … Continue reading Norwich – Showing Havant the way?

Autumn 2019 While we may have seemed rather invisible since the Spring, under the radar we've not been idle. To those members who've been expecting rather more regular emails from the Society, the HCS chairman offers an apology. The simple fact is that the committee members are all volunteers who also have other matters and … Continue reading Archived – Autumn 2019 Home Page

A recent planning application for this site, proposes converting the ground floor into a one bedroom flat and a two bedroom flat. We have objected to this, as we consider that this should remain a commercial unit in some form or other. North Street at ground floor level is still, predominantly, a mix of retail, … Continue reading Six Bells public house, North Street.

Market Parade and the Boys Brigade Gardens. Back in May Councillor Tim Pike approached HCS to consider taking on the voluntary management of some additional green spaces in the town centre. The Market Parade planting area (and two planting areas in front of the station) and the Boys Brigade Gardens had become neglected after a … Continue reading Havant Green Spaces Report

We have heard that phrase enough over the past few years, but no I am not going to discuss the rights or wrongs of Brexit. I have written before about the importance of Place Management and how a sense of place is a vital requirement to establish good community cohesion.A town centre is central to … Continue reading Let’s take back control!