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’
Two councils, one shared executive and one common lack of transparency?
When we summed up the events of September, we wrote about the perfect storm that we find ourselves in. If you don't remember, it might be worth going back and refreshing your memory. Towards the end of that piece we noted that HBC were charging headlong into an ever closer union with East Hants District Council. … Continue reading Two councils, one shared executive and one common lack of transparency?
Brockhampton West – The blackouts come down
Tonight's 'Governance, Audit and Finance Board' meeting should have been of particular interest, given that Item 5 on the agenda related to the 'Calling in' of the Cabinet Decision to sell the Brockhampton West site. You can read our report of that meeting and the decision in question by clicking the link. Overview and Scrutiny … Continue reading Brockhampton West – The blackouts come down
Retail in Havant – ‘A letter from Portsmouth’
With the imminent closure of their last remaining Debenhams, along with Burton, Dorothy Perkins, Evans, Topshop and Miss Selfridge, Portsmouth's Commercial Road retail offer has all but sunk without trace. The following post has been written by a friend of HCS who lives in Southsea, a regular visitor to Havant. Worth reading and considering just … Continue reading Retail in Havant – ‘A letter from Portsmouth’
The Fairfield School horse chestnut trees are to be felled
Sad news in the current planning list, the two large horse chestnut trees outside Fairfield School are to be felled as part of extensive tree works taking place within the school grounds. The details of the plan can be found at this link. The trees affected are shown on this plan, with the key to … Continue reading The Fairfield School horse chestnut trees are to be felled
Lower Road Bedhampton – Bargate Homes raising the stakes
We see that Luken Beck, acting on behalf of Bargate Homes, have come back with a revised application for the land south of Lower Road, Bedhampton. This application, you may recall, was refused back in March this year. Having lodged an appeal to the planning inspector, Luken Beck have regrouped and reissued the proposal, accompanied … Continue reading Lower Road Bedhampton – Bargate Homes raising the stakes
Brockhampton West – Selling off the family silver again?
Or perhaps more accurately, 'the family landfill'. Nevertheless, despite its inauspicious history, Brockhampton West (see below) is an extremely attractive plot of land strategically positioned at the junction of the A27 and the A3(M). At 10:30 this evening, we received formal notification from Havant Borough Council of their decision to dispose of Brockhampton West. This … Continue reading Brockhampton West – Selling off the family silver again?
A Regeneration Programme update
Yesterday evening, Clare Chester, the Regeneration Lead for Havant Borough Council and East Hants District Council, presented an update on progress of the Regeneration Programme to the Operations and Place Shaping Board of Havant Borough Council. We've been here before, of course, so we were keen to see just how much progress has been made … Continue reading A Regeneration Programme update
HCS Treasurer’s Report, Y/E 30 June 2020
To view the detail from the statement of accounts, please take this link and the document will open in a separate browser window. These accounts show the financial affairs of the Society for the year ending 30 June 2020. Receipts were lower than in the previous year, when they had been unusually high due to … Continue reading HCS Treasurer’s Report, Y/E 30 June 2020
5-7 East street, the missing piece in the jigsaw
The missing piece in the East Street development jigsaw seems to have been found under the sofa. APP/20/00936 | Erection of 4 storey residential building comprising of 1 No one bed apartment and 7 No two bed apartments. | 5-7 East Street, Havant, PO9 1AA To make a comment on this application, please see the link at the bottom … Continue reading 5-7 East street, the missing piece in the jigsaw
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