The planning application at the former Dunham Bush manufacturing site is shortly up for approval by the HBC Planning Committee. The development will further strain the profile of traffic generated by the Havant North industrial estate without providing the quality and security of employment that the residents of the borough need. It is worth taking … Continue reading Havant’s town centre traffic gears up for another surge
Category: New Lane
Development proposal for 8 Downley Road – formerly Dunham Bush
A planning application like this wouldn't normally generate much interest. However since this one is fronted by the same planning agent as the Amazon development in New Lane, it's caught our attention. When the planning application for 8 Downley Road is published, we'll be looking closely at the supporting documentation for signs that lessons from … Continue reading Development proposal for 8 Downley Road – formerly Dunham Bush
Amazon – Kirklees 1, Havant 0
Fourteen months ago when we were reflecting on the planning committee's ill-judged decision on the second Amazon planning application, one of the local authorities that we used as a reference source was Kirklees Council. How refreshing it was, therefore, to read in Saturday’s Times that a small local Yorkshire village pressure group had succeeded in … Continue reading Amazon – Kirklees 1, Havant 0
The reasons why HBC must stick to its guns over the New Lane ‘last mile delivery centre’
A new planning application has been raised for the former Pfizer site at 32 New Lane: APP/21/01244 | Variation of condition No's 4 (Operational Management Plan), 9 (Livery/Branding), 10 (Traffic Monitoring) and 28 (Employment and Skills Plan) of planning permission APP/21/00200 and the introduction of a new Community Liaison Strategy Condition. | 32 New Lane, Havant, PO9 2NG The … Continue reading The reasons why HBC must stick to its guns over the New Lane ‘last mile delivery centre’
HBC, planning applications and a little matter of trust
Updated - 22 October Updated - 20 December It might surprise you to know that 81% of the residents of Havant trust their council. With the national average score being just 64%, which in itself would seem a commendable result, that must put Havant Borough Council right up near the top of the league table … Continue reading HBC, planning applications and a little matter of trust
The 32 New Lane ‘intended occupier’? The News believes it to be Amazon
A typically tabloid headline which, if true, will be pounced on by Havant Borough Council for their next press release. The real number appears towards the end of the article. If we are to believe the content of the planning application, there will be just over 70 permanent jobs, at least some of which we … Continue reading The 32 New Lane ‘intended occupier’? The News believes it to be Amazon
32 New Lane, Vectos and Mr. Dix’s difficulty with numbers.
At yesterday's planning committee meeting, had anybody actually been listening, rather than just making up the numbers, they'd have picked up at first hand the difficulty we've had making sense of the Vectos transport documentation associated with the 32 New Lane planning application. Read on, then look at the table and listen to the clip … Continue reading 32 New Lane, Vectos and Mr. Dix’s difficulty with numbers.
HBC votes for increased traffic while RegenCo gets the green light to spend more on consultants
This will be a brief update, our regular webmaster having taken a well-deserved break. There will be a couple of detailed posts coming in a few days as we outline below, but for now, if you've been away, just take the links in the text below to catch up. Over the past two evenings, the … Continue reading HBC votes for increased traffic while RegenCo gets the green light to spend more on consultants
The Solent Freeport – an update
You may remember that we wrote a piece way back in March on the Solent Freeport bid, asking just what it might mean for Havant. At the time, we drew a map outlining where we expected the Solent Freeport 'outer boundary' to be, since the bid documentation linked to that previous post failed to disclose … Continue reading The Solent Freeport – an update
Taking Responsibility for Traffic Management
Updated 18/4/2021 07:00 Background to this article A planning application is under review for an unnamed international warehousing and distribution company to set up a 'last mile delivery' operation at the former Pfizer site in New Lane. The 24/7, three shift operation will provide the base for more than 800 delivery vans servicing Hampshire, Sussex … Continue reading Taking Responsibility for Traffic Management