The first full draft of the Havant Borough Local Plan, subtitled 'Building a Better Future', is currently out for public consultation until 23:45 on 1 July 2025. For those of us who live in or near the St Faith's Conservation Area, the opportunity also includes consultation on the St Faith's Conservation Area Appraisal and Management … Continue reading The draft Local Plan ‘Building a Better Future’ is open for consultation until 1 July
Category: General
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
Wonderful St Faith’s VE Day ‘pop-up’ local wartime history exhibition
An all-too brief selection of some of the items on show in St. Faith's Church this weekend - Saturday 10 May and Sunday 11 May only. All of us at Havant Civic Society extend a big vote of thanks to the team at St. Faith's, led by Ann and Sandra, for pulling this exhibition together … Continue reading Wonderful St Faith’s VE Day ‘pop-up’ local wartime history exhibition
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
VE Day – The 80th anniversary in St Faith’s
The hard working team at St Faith's Church, at the heart of Havant, are hosting two events to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE day. The first event is the Civic Service of Thanksgiving and Commemoration on Thursday 8 May. The second event is an exhibition to celebrate the 80th Anniversary. For details of both … Continue reading VE Day – The 80th anniversary in St Faith’s
New planning application puts Burger King back on the map
This week's planning list contains a seemingly innocuous planning application submitted by BKUK Group Limited, applying for an extension of trading hours to allow for 24 hour operation of its drive in/collection operation at Burger King in Park Road South. Google Streetview The company is also requesting that the operating hours for its restaurant be … Continue reading New planning application puts Burger King back on the map
Easter Bank Holiday fun in Havant town centre
An excellent show put on by Havant Borough Council in collaboration with the Port Solent Car Meet on Easter bank holiday Monday in the town centre. Plenty of lovingly-polished metal on show for kids of all ages, and an Easter egg hunt with 150 chocolate eggs just waiting to be found.Check out the pictures below … Continue reading Easter Bank Holiday fun in Havant town centre
Unadopted roads, ransom strips and the question of disputed ownership
A few weeks ago, we reported on the Planning Committee decision to approve Foreman Homes' proposal for the development of 120 homes on former Portsmouth Water land at Kingscroft Farm. Throughout that Planning Committee meeting, ‘ransom strips,’ ‘unadopted roads,’ and ‘disputed ownership’ were frequently mentioned, so we believe an explanation might be helpful. The task … Continue reading Unadopted roads, ransom strips and the question of disputed ownership
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
Springtime at the Gazebo Garden
With thanks to our garden volunteers... If you have green fingers and a few spare hours in the week, do come and join them.
Havant Civic Society 