The start of February marks the opening of the election silly-season and with every Havant borough councillor and both MPs up for re-election, it promises to be an interesting year. We're looking forward to a few plump examples of fair game breaking cover in the coming weeks. The first to be flushed out of the undergrowth … Continue reading Langstone update – a bridge too far?
Category: Shoreline
Reflections on the Langstone Sea Wall drop-in session
[Updated 2 Jan 2024 - Minor readability changes, Table of contents added] Contents ContentsIntroductionThe Working Group and the role of DefraThe Natural England ‘Chichester Harbour Condition Review’The Royal HaskoningDHV report Let’s take a step backChichester Harbour Investment and Adaptation PlanThinking outside the boxIn summary Introduction I’ve spent a few hours over the past couple of weeks … Continue reading Reflections on the Langstone Sea Wall drop-in session
The Millpond – Overviewed and scrutinised
On December 6, the HBC Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting took a deep dive into the current status of the 'Langstone Sea Wall and Path' and we encourage all concerned residents to use the links in this post to listen carefully to both the presentation and the discussions which followed. "HBC has been working in … Continue reading The Millpond – Overviewed and scrutinised
Langstone Millpond – Maps and boundaries
Regular visitors to this website will be well aware of our fascination with maps as illustrations for local topics of interest so the content of this post should come as no surprise. Following on from the previous headline article in response to the technical "Assessment of the sea wall between Langstone Mill and Wade Lane", … Continue reading Langstone Millpond – Maps and boundaries
Langstone Millpond – Observations on the technical assessment
Introduction The report on the potential technical options for a solution to the 'Langstone Millpond issue', commissioned by Chichester Harbour Conservancy, has now been published and is available for all to read. The report was put together by Royal HaskoningDHV and presents the background to the issues, highlights a number of possible solution options and … Continue reading Langstone Millpond – Observations on the technical assessment
Langstone Millpond – Public Meeting 28 September
St Faith's church was packed on Thursday evening for a public meeting called by the Langstone Village Association (LVA) to raise the profile of the issue of the millpond and footpath between Langstone Mill and Wade Lane. The capacity audience was welcomed by Canon Tom Kennar, passionate as always that this wonderful space in the … Continue reading Langstone Millpond – Public Meeting 28 September
Langstone Millpond – The urgent need to balance habitat, heritage and amenity
[Updated 17-5-23]In response to concerns that there may be a 'catastrophic' failure of the dam in the near future, on May 15 Coastal Partners commented that "Un-maintained, the risk of further collapse of the wall … is anticipated to erode similar to the section which has already failed. Rapid and dramatic breach is unexpected, there … Continue reading Langstone Millpond – The urgent need to balance habitat, heritage and amenity
Langstone Coastal Defence Study – Public drop in events
Havant Civic Society are members of the Langstone Stakeholder Working Group of the Eastern Solent Coastal Partnership (ESCP). ESCP have sent out an invitation to the upcoming public drop in events for the Langstone Coastal Defence Study in November. This will be an opportunity for them to share with the community the coastal defence options shortlisted for the Langstone frontage … Continue reading Langstone Coastal Defence Study – Public drop in events
Langstone Sea Defences
If you've been traveling into Portsmouth recently - or more specifically around Portsea Island - you cannot fail to have noticed the ongoing work on design and development of new sea defences. While this is well outside our area, the problem of global sea level rise and the rapidly decaying state of sea defences along … Continue reading Langstone Sea Defences
Southmere Farm application
This application is within St Faiths but is most likely to be of concern, if at all, to the two Langstone Associations. We will keep an eye on the plans and update this site if it looks as if they might benefit from our support. Please take the following link for details. APP/18/00380
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