The Poppy Wave installation to mark the centenary of World War I is coming to the Royal Armouries Museum at Fort Nelson between April 13 and June 24. The museum expects to get about 150,000 visitors over the period, an estimated 90% travelling by car. Be prepared, if you drive or cycle along the Portsdown […]

Jim also sparked a debate on  the installation of combined drinking fountains/waterbottle filling points in parks etc. He asked for the idea – raised in the October Ad Lib at the suggestion of local Clean Beaches campaigner Meg Lampard – to be included in a motion about measures to reduce single-use plastics in Fareham. Tory […]

Jim raised concerns about the future of Portsmouth Naval Gliding Club at Daedalus. He told councillors: “I welcome the prosperity and employment investment at Daedalus is bringing to Stubbington. “But I hope commercial flying will not endanger this club which has for so long been a leisure asset, a training opportunity for young aspiring pilots, […]

Jim Forrest joined other Fareham councillors recently at a tree-planting ceremony to mark the start of the new open space being funded by National Grid’s inter-connector project at Daedalus. Around 30,000 trees are being planted, creating a new woodland walkway from the edge of the built-up area to the Peel Common roundabout as well as […]

This chill cabinet was quickly removed from the footway in Hill Head Road after Alex Brims reported it to Fareham Council. It had stood for several days outside an empty house which is being refurbished. Update: [Another local resident stopped the regular bin and asked them to put it up as well.]

…Teen Shelter: Time is running out to give your views about the Teen Shelter proposed for Stubbington Recreation Ground. Closing date for the consultation is March 19. You can find it online at fareham.gov.uk, or visit the display at Holy Rood Church Centre from March 12-19

The Informal noticeboards beside the car park and the library path are in need of replacement. It’s been suggested that they should be replaced by glass- fronted cases, with keys held at local shops. However this could make it difficult for people who work during the day to post notices. The notice-boards were provided in […]

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 […]

This article has an update here Old Street Rural Route: update The gates across the “country lane” section of Old Street give residents a welcome defence against through traffic. But the kerbs on either side make them awkward for cyclists, and some cyclists have fallen while trying to steer round them. Should access be improved to give […]

Don’t be tempted to try this, says Hill Head Lib Dem campaigner Alex Brims. You could put yourself at risk of a soaking or worse. Walkers have fallen while trying to clamber over groynes or along privately-owned walls as they attempt to walk along parts of Hill Head beach which have become impassable at high […]