May 2022: Appeal Dismissal – Land behind 124,126,128 Upper Shafesbury Avenue

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 25, 2022 in HRA Responses to Planning Applications and Appeals Inspectorate | 0 comments 09/05/2022 Land behind 124,126,128 Upper Shaftesbury Avenue – to knock down an existing garage and build a bungalow fronting Kitchener Road – essentially garden grabbing. Planning Inspectorate Appeal dismissed. HRA had submitted an objection to the appeal. Dismissed on the main issues: 1) The impact of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area 2) The impact of the proposal...
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April 2022: Appeal Dismissal – 39 Tennyson Road

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 25, 2022 in HRA Responses to Planning Applications and Appeals Inspectorate | 0 comments 21/04/2022 39 Tennyson Road – to turn a semi-detached HMO property into two flats Planning Inspectorate Appeal dismissed. This was an Appeal over a SCC refused Planning Application to turn an HMO (student house) into two flats. Dismissed on the main issues of the effect of the development having regard to: 1) the supply of family housing in the city 2) the provision of cycle parking facilities...
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April 2022: Planning Objection – 22, Grosvenor Road

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 25, 2022 in HRA Responses to Planning Applications and Appeals Inspectorate | 0 comments   0422 22 Grosvenor Road
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1900s Fairground family waiting to go on to Southampton Common

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Apr 16, 2022 in Local History | 0 comments With the Southampton Fair on The Common, here is a picture of members of the ‘Matthews’ fairground family, in the early 1900s, waiting to go on to Southampton Common. Picture by Joyce Crutcher, courtesy of William Burns from Southampton Sotonians and Friends. Courtesy of: William BurnsSouthampton Sotonians and Friends As we near the traditional time of a fair on the common we share...
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April 2022: Planning Objection – 34, Crofton Close

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Apr 14, 2022 in HRA Responses to Planning Applications and Appeals Inspectorate | 0 comments HRA Objection 34 Crofton Close  
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Crime prevention meeting: Monday, 28 February 2022

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 11, 2022 in Police Liaison Meetings | 0 comments Informal notes were taken by Katherine Barbour (Lead WhatsApp Group Representative for Grosvenor Road and Nadine Johnson (HRA Digital Communications Officer and Lead on the HRA Crime information sharing WhatsApp Group for Highfield) and combined into one set of notes, as follows: Crime Prevention Meeting Monday 28 February 2022  
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University of Southampton Jubilee Sports Centre extension plans approved

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 9, 2022 in University of Southampton Jubilee Sports Centre extension | 0 comments There were no objections.
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March 2022: Planning Objection – 1, Blenheim Gardens

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 8, 2022 in HRA Responses to Planning Applications and Appeals Inspectorate | 0 comments 0322 1 Blenheim Gardens HRA Objection
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