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New restaurant in Portswood Broadway

Posted by on Aug 7, 2017 in Other Planning Issues / Information | 0 comments   New restaurant in Portswood Broadway   Baffi Neapolitan Pizzas is now open in the former Lloyds Bank building, having apparently given up plans to build 2 upper floors consisting of flats. It will mostly offer their pizzas, cooked on site in a wood-fired oven. Takeaways can be arranged but the premises are primarily a restaurant. The same company already has several branches in the...
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Planning Application 17/00983/FUL, 133 Portswood Road, Southampton

Posted by on Aug 7, 2017 in HRA Responses to Planning Applications and Appeals Inspectorate | 0 comments 3 August 2017 Anna Lee Planning Southampton City Council   Dear Anna   Application 17/00983/FUL 133 Portswood Road   I am writing on behalf of Highfield Residents’ Association to object to the above planning application.   The height and massing of the proposal are overbearing in the context of the surrounding area. It is out of scale in relationship to Addis Square, and the...
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Non material amendment sought to planning permission 15/01644/FUL, 18 Grosvenor Road, Southampton SO17 1RT

Posted by on Aug 7, 2017 in HRA Responses to Planning Applications and Appeals Inspectorate | 0 comments 11 July 2017 Anna Coombes Planning Officer Southampton City Council   Dear Anna   17/01112/NMA | Non material amendment sought to planning permission 15/01644/FUL for alterations to parapet and additional window openings for replacement garage. | 18 Grosvenor Road Southampton SO17 1RT   I’m writing on behalf of Highfield Residents’ Association to request that the non material...
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HRA has succeeded in finally getting bench removed!

Posted by on Jul 30, 2017 in Other Planning Issues / Information | 0 comments Success! The HRA has long been trying to get the bench outside Coffee#1 in Portswood removed. We are pleased to report that the bench has now, at long last, been removed!!!  Hopefully, this will enable both staff and customers to enjoy their refreshments in a more pleasant environment.
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Old Blockbusters Site, 133 Portswood Road (near Waitrose) – latest information

Posted by on Jul 26, 2017 in Other Planning Issues / Information | 0 comments Following the Consultation at the Highfield Church Centre recently, the Developers sent the following information below to HRA Acting Chair on 4 June 2017. The City Council are now considering the application for the development of the old Blockbusters site. Statement of Community Involvement 133 Portswood Road Portswood Management plan(1)  
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Latest Report on old Blockbuster site by HRA Secretary and Planning Officer, Jill Baston

Posted by on Jul 26, 2017 in Other Planning Issues / Information | 0 comments Find out the latest developments on the Blockbuster site, Portswood. Click on the link below. blockbuster site
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No 5 Crofton Close – Refusal of Planning Application (June 2017)

Posted by on Jul 9, 2017 in Other Planning Issues / Information | 0 comments No 5 Crofton Close, Planning Application 17/00709/FUL/612.To convert double garages into living accommodation. REFUSAL. June 2017: 17_00709_FUL-REFULZ_-_REFUSAL_OF_FUL-1035355(1)  
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Planning Application 17/00703/FUL: Widening of Lovers’ Walk. HRA Objection

Posted by on Jun 25, 2017 in Other Planning Issues / Information | 0 comments Dear Planning, Please see attached this Association’s objections to this proposed application, plus the two additional appendices. If I may additionally comment as follows, in the interests saving the Council much wasted time, effort and tax payers money, the application proposal conflicts with the Development Plan and there is a more cost effective and feasible alternative scheme, that could...
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