A special vote of thanks goes to Ann Buckley for her beautiful contributions to the VE Day weekend at the Gazebo Garden. There's still time to pop along and take a look on your afternoon exercise break!
Category: General
No face mask? Why not make one if you need one.
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.
‘Treat your Skin’ move to West Street
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.
Spring Plant Sale & Men's Shed Display – Postponed.
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.
Campdown – A development proposal that's wrong on so many levels…
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…
Campdown – From the perspective of the waders and Brent Geese
We've received the following report from Jim Graham – winter wader and Brent Goose recorder at Campdown since 2012: "The UK may be about to be separated from Europe politically but bird interest groups from both sides of the English Channel are united in their fight to save fields vitally important to over-wintering waders and … Continue reading Campdown – From the perspective of the waders and Brent Geese
Support your local libraries!
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!
Prince George Street – North Street Arcade
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
Update on the 'Nutrient Neutrality' issue
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
Archived home page – January 2020
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