Fareham has to find sites for almost 3,500 extra homes in the next few years. This is because of delays to the 6,000-home Welborne plan which the Tories said would meet housing need. So a revised local plan is being discussed to find sites for these, while as far as possible preserving strategic gaps between […]

26 houses on Ranvilles Lane and Oakcroft Lane There has been a planning application for 26 houses on the land next to Ranvilles Lane and Oakcroft Lane near the Ark RSPCA centre. It is controversial as part of the land is on the site of the derelict Grange House and part of the land is in […]

Fareham’s Planning Committee threw out the proposal for 150 homes on farmland west of Old Street. This is an update to previous OLD Street stories: Planners said the development would seriously harm the landscape, appearance and function of the countryside. It would damage the integrity of the strategic gap and the physical and visual separation of […]

  This is an important time for Fareham as the new Local Plan is being debated and residents views are being sought. On Planning, we are continually questioning how decisions are reached and arguing for transparency. Residents justifiably complain to us of a lack of infrastructure accompanying new developments. Alex Brims wants the council to take […]

UPDATE: Planning meeting to be on Wednesday 21st March.   Bargate Homes’ proposal to build 160 houses at Old Street is likely to come to Fareham’s Planning Committee in March. Fareham planners have good grounds for rejecting it, because the Local Plan designates the site as part of the Countryside Gap separating Stubbington and Hill […]

LIDL is being allowed to demolish its existing store in Newgate Lane, and the adjoining Apex Centre business units, to enable them to build a bigger store. Three of the Planning Committee members voted against the proposal. They had tried to insist that the present store could not be demolished until the businesses in the […]

IFA2, the inter-connector project at Daedalus, took a step closer at recent Council meetings. The plans have been modified, reducing the size of the building and improving landscaping proposals to reduce its impact. Safety concerns have been addressed, with live tests to ensure aircraft instruments would not be affected, and there are important conditions in […]