There's an interesting planning application registered with HBC for the construction of 21 one and two bedroom apartments in a 2 storey extension fronting onto Prince George Street. This would follow demolition of the rear part of the North Street Arcade. These artist's impressions show the retention of the frontage on North Street with the … Continue reading Prince George Street – 21 new apartments
HCS Committee Meeting – 14th June 2018
A committee meeting was held on June 14th, the minutes can be found at this link.
Havant – leading the way with electric vehicle charging
If you happen to own a Tesla, you'll be interested to know that we have an eight bay charging centre - the 'Portsmouth Supercharger' - right here in the town. Click the link for details.
Historic England – Map search for listed buildings
Historic England have an online interactive map which provides a quick way into the nation's archive of historic buildings: Open this link, which takes you to Historic England’s interactive map: Type 'Havant', or your postcode, into the box at the top left and click on the blue symbol Click on Havant, Havant, Hampshire On the … Continue reading Historic England – Map search for listed buildings
Colt – ‘We’re backing Britain’, fifty years on
It's a sad day for those of us who remember New Lane in the heady days of the late sixties. In 1968, my first real 'summer holiday' employer, Kenwood Manufacturing, was supporting Colt in their famous staff initiative. Boxes of Kenwood Chefs, Kenwood Mini foodmixers and the first ill-fated Kenwood Dishwashers left the plant with … Continue reading Colt – ‘We’re backing Britain’, fifty years on
HCS Response to 40 Acres development plan
While some might consider this application outside of the Havant Civic Society remit, we believe that the application poses important issues to the wider Havant community. Havant Civic Society supports our Bedhampton peer groups and we've now submitted our own response to the application for development on this site. To read the HCS response, please … Continue reading HCS Response to 40 Acres development plan
East Street – ‘There is not enough here’
Our East Street traders are featured once again in tonight's Portsmouth News. "More businesses on East Street would be brilliant, because at the moment , there is not enough to walk down here for - and often when people come in they say they didn't even know we were here in the first place." For … Continue reading East Street – ‘There is not enough here’
June 23rd – Heritage at your feet
Since 2013 a group of volunteers has been looking after the cemeteries in New Lane, Eastern Road and Warblington. They are now the Friends of Havant Cemeteries (FoHC) and meet on the morning of the last Tuesday of each month to work on clearing and tidying the cemeteries, managing weeds, sowing wild flowers, and they also have … Continue reading June 23rd – Heritage at your feet
Homewell Spring
Thanks to Volunteers who cleared the Spring of some of the weeds recently, a spring widely believed to be the reason why the settlement that eventually became Havant, exists. Now we need some funding to replace security timbers and repoint the stone walls. Another HCS project?
WDRA ‘The big lunch’ event
A very big 'thank you' to Jan Jenkins and the rest of the team at the Warblington and Denvilles Residents' Association for the invitation to a terrific community event today at the Stride Centre in Denvilles. The HCS stand attracted a lot of attention from a lot of friends, old and new. We never cease … Continue reading WDRA ‘The big lunch’ event
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