Two of this week's planning applications have attracted our attention, both in West Street. The first, is for the former HSBC site on the corner of West Street and Park Road South and is for a "Change of use from a former bank (Class A2) to a hot food takeaway (Class A5)." Apart from " … Continue reading Latest planning applications – July 28th 2018.
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Government funding for new housing in Havant.
A press release from Homes England posted by Havant Borough Council this morning gives outline details of possible funding for the redevelopment of the Civic Campus site. Use the link below to read more. New housing funding
Update – Land South of Bartons Road
This is the latest application for this site, which already has outline planning permission. To see what's proposed go to this link.
Twentieth Century Society on Havant
Back in April the local branch of The Twentieth Century Society organised a walk round Havant, when HCS were represented by committee member Christopher Evans. A report of the walk has recently been published on the Twentieth Century Society's own website. To read and learn more about some of our local buildings, click on the … Continue reading Twentieth Century Society on Havant
Havant Park – in the News
Following on from our earlier piece, the parlous state of the children's recreation area in Havant Park is covered in the Portsmouth News today. Take this link to read the article. For the latest response from Havant Borough Council, take a look at the online petition which can be found here.
HCS response to recent News coverage
Reading the recent series of town centre articles in the local newspaper was very interesting, but in our opinion, The News had reported preconceived views of 'no hope' for Town Centre High Streets. That is unfortunate because there are successful shops and town centres. In Havant, for instance, Astares menswear in East Street, and Button … Continue reading HCS response to recent News coverage
Prince George Street – 21 new apartments
There's an interesting planning application registered with HBC for the construction of 21 one and two bedroom apartments in a 2 storey extension fronting onto Prince George Street. This would follow demolition of the rear part of the North Street Arcade. These artist's impressions show the retention of the frontage on North Street with the … Continue reading Prince George Street – 21 new apartments
East Street – ‘There is not enough here’
Our East Street traders are featured once again in tonight's Portsmouth News. "More businesses on East Street would be brilliant, because at the moment , there is not enough to walk down here for - and often when people come in they say they didn't even know we were here in the first place." For … Continue reading East Street – ‘There is not enough here’
Website changes
With an increasing level of enthusiasm for the Society following the public meeting of April 26th, we've been looking at sharpening up our communications. First in line is the website, the old version of which had served well for a few years but has recently been showing its age. For this refresh, we've stuck with … Continue reading Website changes
Bedhampton Forty Acres – the former ‘Strawberry fields’
While this is outside the immediate town centre area of Havant, this is a new planning application that will concern many residents of the Havant area. For those of us who have lived in the town for many years, the site is the former Bedhampton Fruit Farm, home of the PYO Strawberry fields that our … Continue reading Bedhampton Forty Acres – the former ‘Strawberry fields’
Havant Civic Society 