Here's another developer trying it on with an application for outline planning permission. The site in question is the Southmere Hay Meadow (click the link to open the application). This site will be well known to all who drive between Havant and Hayling as being the last piece of green space to the west of … Continue reading Persimmon Homes makes a grab for the Southmere ‘Hay meadow’
Category: Planning Services
Kingsbridge re-imagine the traffic numbers for the ‘Pfizer site’ application
Kingsbridge Developments have added further documents to the set they submitted in February for the 32 New Lane Planning Application. Following our earlier reports on the likely impact of allowing such a traffic generating business in the middle of a town already constrained by peak time traffic issues, Kingsbridge and their Transport Consultant, Vectos, went … Continue reading Kingsbridge re-imagine the traffic numbers for the ‘Pfizer site’ application
Bargate Homes win Lower Road planning appeal
Members may recall our earlier reports on the saga of the Bargate Homes planning applications for Lower Road, Bedhampton. Our previous report on the HBC meetings which rejected the two previous applications by this developer can be found at this link. If you can't recall the two original applications, these plans might help. Bargate Homes … Continue reading Bargate Homes win Lower Road planning appeal
Planning Committee overturns Planning Officers’ recommendation, unanimously voting for an ‘unsatisfactory living environment’
The life of a planning officer is never particularly easy round here, particularly when they have their well researched recommendations overturned by the elected members of the Planning Committee who, by doing so, call into question their own motives. Last night's Planning Committee meeting was a case in point. The application under consideration (for the … Continue reading Planning Committee overturns Planning Officers’ recommendation, unanimously voting for an ‘unsatisfactory living environment’
Fact Checking the New Lane ‘Last mile delivery’ hub application
Let's just try and 'fact check' our post on the planning submission for 32 New Lane. Statement (Fact)SourceSo who actually is it?Until the applicant comes clean and completes the documentation properly, we won't know. All we've said is that based on the information given, the '100 sites across Europe' listed in the documentation link to … Continue reading Fact Checking the New Lane ‘Last mile delivery’ hub application
Brockhampton West – Application for Outline Planning
Having called their bluff over the possibility that they might have created another 'Potash Terrace', there are signs that at least part of the HBC Regeneration Strategy might actually be getting somewhere - either by accident or by design. It appears that despite previous concerns held by residents groups and back-bench councillors alike, there actually … Continue reading Brockhampton West – Application for Outline Planning
Brockhamptonski Westvitch
No. The Russians haven't landed, but the first preliminary application for Brockhampton West has. This is probably the first time that any planning application submitted to Havant Borough Council has been supported by a Cold War era map produced by the Soviet military. To save you hunting for the story, we'll post a more serious … Continue reading Brockhamptonski Westvitch
Another loss to Havant’s declining tree canopy
Stop Press! We're delighted to see that this application has now been withdrawn, pending the definition of an appropriate replanting strategy. After the loss of the Fairfield School horse chestnut trees, the next major loss will be the 130 ash trees which line Park Road South beside Bosmere School, all now condemned due to Ash … Continue reading Another loss to Havant’s declining tree canopy
Aura House – Digging into the planning history
In these difficult circumstances, we expect all our Councillors to pull together and put the interests of the town, the HBC Officers and their electorate ahead of their own personal interests, especially when it comes to squeezing residential homes onto clearly unsuitable sites. We've been doing a little digging in the digital archives, inspired by … Continue reading Aura House – Digging into the planning history
Lower Road Bedhampton – ‘Same again please’
Back towards the end of November, we commented on the new application for fifty homes at Lower Road, Bedhampton, which Luken Beck had submitted on behalf of Bargate Homes. Their previous application had been convincingly refused in March 2020, and while Bargate had already taken it to appeal, somebody thought it would be a bright … Continue reading Lower Road Bedhampton – ‘Same again please’