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

Councillors to decide on Havant Borough Local Plan 2036

Havant Borough Council have today circulated details of the 'Pre-submission' version of the 'Local Plan 2036'. The full text of the announcement is quoted below. (To open or download a copy of the full document, please scroll down to the bottom of this post and press the 'Download' button. ) The Havant Borough Local Plan … Continue reading Councillors to decide on Havant Borough Local Plan 2036

A ‘Trojan Horse’? – East of Castle Avenue

On November 9th, our Planning Representative noted the application by Persimmon Homes for land east of Castle Avenue. To give some context to this application, here it is superimposed on the current site to the east of Castle Avenue.  Southleigh Road runs to the north along the left hand edge of this image with Warblington … Continue reading A ‘Trojan Horse’? – East of Castle Avenue

Development Consultation Forum on Housing to the north of Bartons Road

Today's Development Consultation Forum at the Havant Plaza gave us the first sight of an outline proposal for around 90 new homes on land immediately west of The Oaks crematorium. The presentation, by planning consultants engaged by the land owner, White Farming Ltd., aka Southleigh Estate, highlighted the fact that a considerable amount of work … Continue reading Development Consultation Forum on Housing to the north of Bartons Road