Regeneration – Civic Plaza Car Park redevelopment schedule published

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We always love a good Gantt chart and the one published this week for the Civic Plaza Car Park Redevelopment Project gives us plenty of food for thought. Safely viewed on an A4 page or from the back of the room when projected at the Cabinet meeting, it's reassuringly unreadable and slopes down in the … Continue reading Regeneration – Civic Plaza Car Park redevelopment schedule published

Civic Plaza ‘Car Park Redevelopment’ project

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'Car Park redevelopment' may be something of a misnomer and it's worth reading the document that was presented at the Havant Borough Council Cabinet meeting on March 20th. In this document, you will find further explanation of the project proposal and the timescales. The timescales appear to be driven by conditions on the component of … Continue reading Civic Plaza ‘Car Park Redevelopment’ project

The Regeneration Programme shows its true colours

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And you'll be delighted to see that the most well loved of town centre landmarks, the public footbridge linking the Civic Plaza to the historic town centre, is safely preserved in today's publicity image from Homes England. We already knew that Havant Borough Council were planning to invest their effort, our money and a modicum … Continue reading The Regeneration Programme shows its true colours

January 2019 Home Page

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Welcome to another year!  We seem to be galloping through the twenty-first century at an unseemly pace; it certainly doesn't feel like twenty years have passed since the year 2000 was looming large with the country poised for the impact of IT systems meltdown.  The likelihood that 'Brexit Day' on March 29th will pass us … Continue reading January 2019 Home Page

Local Plan 2036 – Saving the whale

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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

HBC handling of public comments on Planning Applications

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Back in December when we were still celebrating the Development Management Committee (DMC)'s decision on the original Domino's application for 39 West Street, we reported that the developer had re-submitted the application. The cynical timing of this over the Christmas and New Year holiday period highlighted a typical developer's approach to sliding an application through … Continue reading HBC handling of public comments on Planning Applications

Moves to list former IBM Havant plant buildings

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IBM  PLANT LANGSTONE, HAVANT The IBM Havant Plant, at Langstone, was cleverly designed to blend into its surroundings and  situated close to the newly-opened A27 (1965). Set back down a long drive and west of Bosmere Field, it was built on a grass mound, which housed various facilities.The Plant was designed by Arup Associates and … Continue reading Moves to list former IBM Havant plant buildings

Are the Traffic team asleep at the wheel?

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This would seem to be the question of the moment (read on). You probably won't be surprised to hear that this afternoon's Development Management Committee meeting passed the planning application for a Domino's pizza takeaway at the former HSBC site by 4 votes to 2. (To be fair, if the voting had been restricted to … Continue reading Are the Traffic team asleep at the wheel?