Park Road South Elmleigh Road updateEarlier works north of the stationThe Southleigh link road Park Road South Just when we're starting to see the end of the disruption at Elmleigh Road, Petersfield Road and the Park Road North 'Civic Plaza/HSDC' roundabout, Hampshire County Council are about to start digging up the southbound approach to Langstone … Continue reading More roadworks upheaval coming, though not actually where it’s most needed
Category: Southleigh
Barratt Homes – Farm access hogwash
Regular readers will know that Havant Civic Society takes a close interest in documents submitted with planning applications, particularly when they are written by 'transport consultants'. Planning application APP/23/00584 is currently exercising the residents of Denvilles since it appears little more than a cynical initiative by the housing developer to turn HBC's lack of attention … Continue reading Barratt Homes – Farm access hogwash
Development sites submitted for consideration in the Local Plan
Last October, Havant Borough Council put out a 'Call for sites', an exercise to invite landowners and developers to nominate potential development land for the council to consider as it pulls together the latest version of the Local Plan. With the list of sites now published ahead of next week's Planning Policy Committee meeting, we … Continue reading Development sites submitted for consideration in the Local Plan
The impact on residents of the absence of effective traffic management
Last week marked a significant anniversary of Dr Richard Beeching's report on 'The Reshaping of British Railways', a study which resulted in the loss of many of Britain's rural railway services. The Transport Users Consultative Committee had already condemned our own 'Hayling Billy' at a meeting in Havant Town Hall, now 'The Spring', in Dec … Continue reading The impact on residents of the absence of effective traffic management
The ‘final’ Southleigh A27 junction layout?
[Last edited - 09:30 22/1/21] One of the more bizarre sentences in the current draft version of the Havant Borough Local Plan 2037 (Pre-Submission version with changes) is highlighted in yellow here: With all the new housing destined for what was once the green gap between Havant and Emsworth, the plans for an essential new … Continue reading The ‘final’ Southleigh A27 junction layout?
A Housing Delivery Action Plan that’s short on actions
This may sound like a dry subject but read on, it's actually rather important and will drive the way your town and its surrounding area evolves. (As always, click the underlined links to find out more. Internal links and videos will open on this same page, external links and documents will normally open in a … Continue reading A Housing Delivery Action Plan that’s short on actions
Looking back – with 2020 vision
While many of you have been locked down and treading cautiously, Havant Borough Council has been flying, sometimes above but often below the radar, while we've been doing our best to keep you aware of the fun and games. If you've not visited this website for a while, there are a number of posts referenced … Continue reading Looking back – with 2020 vision
Southleigh Park – Bargate Homes ‘Application for tree works’
In previous years, Havant Civic Society confined its interest to matters pertaining to the immediate town centre. As might be evident from some of our recent posts, we now place equal weight to matters affecting the surrounding area and this post represents one such example. It also shows, for a welcome change, a good example … Continue reading Southleigh Park – Bargate Homes ‘Application for tree works’
Warblington School is now a Listed Building.
This was announced by Historic England yesterday. "Warblington Secondary School, Southleigh Road, Havant, Hampshire - Awarded Listed Building Status List Entry Number: 1459138 Following your application to add the above building to the List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, we have now considered all the representations made and completed our assessment … Continue reading Warblington School is now a Listed Building.
Local Plan 2036 – Saving the whale
Don't get me wrong, I've long thought that cetaceans have a more balanced view of their place on the planet than we humans have, but as far as the 'Local Plan 2036' goes, we should retain some sense of proportion; Brent geese and Bechstein's bats are a little lower down the tree than the derelict … Continue reading Local Plan 2036 – Saving the whale
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