With an increasing level of enthusiasm for the Society following the public meeting of April 26th, we've been looking at sharpening up our communications. First in line is the website, the old version of which had served well for a few years but has recently been showing its age. For this refresh, we've stuck with … Continue reading Website changes
Bedhampton Forty Acres – the former ‘Strawberry fields’
While this is outside the immediate town centre area of Havant, this is a new planning application that will concern many residents of the Havant area. For those of us who have lived in the town for many years, the site is the former Bedhampton Fruit Farm, home of the PYO Strawberry fields that our … Continue reading Bedhampton Forty Acres – the former ‘Strawberry fields’
HCS Committee Meeting – 23rd May 2018
A committee meeting was held on May 23rd, the minutes can be found at this link.
Havant Signal Box – inaugural meeting, 18th May, 2018
A meeting of committee and members interested in the potential project to restore the signal box took place on May 18th. The minutes of this meeting can be found at this link.
Havant Retailers in the ‘News’
Havant town centre retailers voice their comments on the increasingly derelict state of the town centre in this Portsmouth News article.
St Faith’s Church landscaping project
At the public meeting on April 26th, Rev'd David Morgan, assistant curate from St Faith's Church, gave an introduction to the intriguing proposal to redevelop the grounds of the church at the heart of the town. The intention, currently still at an early draft stage, is to open the use of the churchyard, not just … Continue reading St Faith’s Church landscaping project
Colt site, New Lane
This outline application is for the Colt site, which isn’t in St Faiths and is more of general interest, though it may well have some effect on the southern end of New Lane. To view the planning application, please take the following link: APP/18/00244
Southmere Farm application
This application is within St Faiths but is most likely to be of concern, if at all, to the two Langstone Associations. We will keep an eye on the plans and update this site if it looks as if they might benefit from our support. Please take the following link for details. APP/18/00380
The GDPR
We're getting ahead of the General Data Protection Requirement by cleaning up and locking down our database of members and implementing a Data Privacy Policy. Please check our Privacy page for more detail.
Making Space
Not quite in the town centre, but well worth a visit is the Making Space studio site in Bishopstoke Road, Leigh Park. A number of well known and established Hampshire and Sussex artists and craft experts run courses at Making Space and the seven small studios on the site are rented out to local artists who are … Continue reading Making Space
Havant Civic Society 