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

[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

In case you wondered why the council's contractors were digging up mature hedges and rehoming nesting birds outside the Civic Plaza today, here is a summary: Unable to use the ringfenced 'Transforming Cities Fund' to fill in some of the increasingly dangerous potholes in the borough's local roads, Hampshire County Council is about to embark … Continue reading The story behind those yellow ‘Roadworks until December’ signs

A shot in the arm for the regeneration of Havant and the voters' verdict on the lack of transparency and shocking decision-making that put Amazon into the town centre rather than out at Dunsbury Park. Thanks to the voters of Bedhampton, Emsworth, Hayling and St. Faith's for finally kick-starting the regeneration of Havant, and our … Continue reading Newsflash! Havant Regeneration has finally taken off

If you've been following our attempts to engage with the Regeneration Strategy for the past five years, you'll know just how difficult that has been. Regeneration officers have come and gone leaving Cllr. Tim Pike, the Cabinet face of Levelling-Up and Economic Development, as the only remaining original player, having overseen the different incarnations of … Continue reading Regeneration – Counting the cost

Havant Civic Society wishes a very Happy Easter to all our members and friends; the residents and local businesses who together make Havant such a fine place.This lovely display by Havant's own urban yarn bombers and guerilla knitters has to be one of the leading contenders for Canon Tom's Easter Bonnet award.

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

An interesting new development project has been loaded to the HBC planning system for the land formerly associated with Pearce Motors and a number of other small local South Street businesses. If you can't quite place the site, the animation below might help: The planning application is for the part demolition and part redevelopment of … Continue reading South Street – Twittens Way development plans