Japanese knotweed

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on May 14, 2021 in Other Planning Issues / Information | 0 comments Recently an HRA member had contacted the secretary to report Japanese knotweed in a local garden. The knotweed is an invasive species and if the plant remains in that garden, nothing has to be done by law to eradicate it.  However, if the weed spreads onto any other garden, the public highway or the wild, then the property owner is responsible and would bear costs for its removal. This is The...
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HRA’s evidence to the investigation of Permitted Development Rights by the House of Commons: 22 April 2021

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Apr 23, 2021 in Other Planning Issues / Information | 0 comments   HRA’s evidence submitted to the investigation of Permitted Development Rights by the House of Commons Select Committee for Housing, Communities and Local Government. HOUSE OF COMMONS PDR(1)
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HRA’s response to the Government White Paper Consultation: ‘Planning for the future’

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Nov 4, 2020 in Other Planning Issues / Information | 0 comments Over the past month, HRA has submitted lengthy and detailed responses to three current consultations: the Government’s proposals for changing the current planning system, the White Paper ‘Planning for the Future’, and the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee inquiry into the planning system. In summary, whilst we welcome some aspects of the...
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HRA Response to the Government inquiry into the future of the Planning System: Evidence of HRA Southampton

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Aug 20, 2020 in Other Planning Issues / Information | 0 comments HRA response to House of Commons Housing, Communiies and Local Government Committee HRA – HOUSING COMMITTEE EVIDENCE
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HRA Response to the Government Consultation Paper, Changes to the Current Planning System: 28 September 2020

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Aug 20, 2020 in Other Planning Issues / Information | 0 comments HRA CHANGES TO THE CURRENT PLANNING SYSTEM
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HRA often looks at Planning from a building perspectve, what about trees?

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jul 21, 2020 in Other Planning Issues / Information | 0 comments HRA often looks at planning from a building perspective but what about trees? This is an interesting article by Nicole Hillier from The Woodland Trust about protected trees and how to know which trees are protected. It describes the different types of Tree Preservation Orders (TPO). See article here. Information provided by HRA Secretary, Barbara Claridge....
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Reporting in City News (week beginning 8/10/18): New Houses in Multiple Occupancy Scheme

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Oct 13, 2018 in Other Planning Issues / Information | 0 comments Info courtesy of SCC ‘City News’ New Houses in Multiple Occupancy Scheme “We have introduced a new additional Houses in Multiple occupancy (HMO) licensing scheme covering the Bargate, Bevois, Portswood and Swaythling wards. In addition widened mandatory HMO licensing has also been introduced, which means that all HMOs with five or more persons will require licensing.”...
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The major landmark decision on 5, Crofton Close after 4 Appeals. Letter from the City Council on ‘decline to determine’ application

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jul 7, 2018 in Other Planning Issues / Information | 0 comments 2018 07 07 DECLINE_TO_DETERMINE_LETTER  
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