The following video provides a useful (?) introduction to what is required of you here: https://vimeo.com/471369934 Click the image to open the document. Since the consultation on the Pre-Submission Plan at the beginning of 2019, Havant Borough Council have made a number of changes to the Plan which are now subject to public consultation. The … Continue reading Consultation on changes to the pre-submission local plan is available for comment until December 17
Portsmouth Water submit planning application for Havant Thicket
Portsmouth Water have now submitted their planning applications for the new reservoir at Havant Thicket, see the promotional video below: https://youtu.be/MqbG1g2YJpQ Portsmouth Water promotional video For further details, please refer to Portsmouth Water at this link. Once the planning application is lodged and accepted by the council, we'll update this website with the details for … Continue reading Portsmouth Water submit planning application for Havant Thicket
Goodbye ‘Grastar’, hello ‘Taylor, Hill & Bond’
Having been running with the sale of the flats across the road at the old Trentham Gallery, Wickham based estate agents Taylor, Hill & Bond have moved into the larger part of the former Grastar Restaurant site on the corner of North Street and Prince George Street. Given the new flats now approved for construction … Continue reading Goodbye ‘Grastar’, hello ‘Taylor, Hill & Bond’
‘Development Management’ through the looking glass.
Updated - 31-10-2020 - To add reference to the letter from Barratt Last night's Development Management Committee meeting was a good opportunity for our members and friends to embrace HBC's new digital first mode of operation and watch the workings of local government. If you didn't manage to watch it, don't worry, you can catch … Continue reading ‘Development Management’ through the looking glass.
New and revised applications linking East Street to The Pallant
Updated 29/10/2020 - Clarification of 'supported living' application. Just like buses, planning applications sometimes come in threes. One last week and two this week are worth considering together since between them they cover the missing link between the derelict frontages in East Street and the derelict frontage in the Pallant. The common factors here are … Continue reading New and revised applications linking East Street to The Pallant
Retail secrets – My Yarnery
An unashamed plug for one of our wonderfully resilient niche independent retail shops. Forced to close by the lack of space in South Street to operate in a 'Covid-safe' manner, it looks like the folk at MyYarnery have now found a new - and highly individual - retail premise. Tucked away behind the old Clarks … Continue reading Retail secrets – My Yarnery
Havant Borough Council – Quote of the day
"Noted [14 times], however reasons why the work may be proposed is not a consideration which can be taken into account when dealing with a Section 211 notice." Yes indeed, Portsmouth Water are now free to employ out of town tree surgeons to clear branches and fell trees in what looks suspiciously like a pre-emptive … Continue reading Havant Borough Council – Quote of the day
Havant’s ‘Healthy Borough’ or Fortitudo’s ‘Healthy Profit’?
We've been looking a little harder at the old Southern Electric site on the corner of Petersfield Road and Bartons Road. Poole based developer Fortitudo Properties, have their sights set on building another McDonalds and another Costa Coffee on what really ought to be a northern gateway to Havant Town Centre. It seems that even … Continue reading Havant’s ‘Healthy Borough’ or Fortitudo’s ‘Healthy Profit’?
The very thin end of a very large Portsmouth Water wedge
[Updated, 15/10/2020] We have a soft spot for trees. We also have a soft spot for green spaces. We also understand that Havant's tree canopy is, at best, poor by national standards. In a world where the value of trees and the importance of the tree canopy to the overall health of the community is … Continue reading The very thin end of a very large Portsmouth Water wedge
That Planning Reform debate…
There were some excellent contributions from a wide variety of backbenchers - notably mostly from the same side as our own Alan Mak MP. Having read with interest the submission that he put his name to, we were looking forward to his contribution to the debate, a summary of which can be found in today's … Continue reading That Planning Reform debate…
Havant Civic Society 