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Proposed sports pitches plans

Farlington sports plans recommended for refusal despite local support

Caravans at Chestnut Paddocks, on Titchfield Road between Stubbington and Titchfield. A planning application has been filed for a permanent site

Traveller site to get go-ahead despite more than 100 objections

Gorse Fire at Headon Warren, West Wight

Plea for help after major blaze caused by a campfire

Hindhead Tunnel

The 15th anniversary of the Hindhead Tunnel

ANNUAL MEETING: Portsmouth is at the heart of Solent Freeport, which is holding its AGM, open to the public, on November 5

Heatwave puts spotlight on Portsmouth's nature positive project

Closed King Charles III England Coast Path in Langstone. Image: FixMyStreet

Heralded new coastal path closed after discovery of hidden electricity cable

Demonstration in Droxford against the use of part of the River Meon by 'off road vehicles'

Protest sparks fresh calls to shield rare chalk stream from drivers

Chichester Harbour

Chichester Harbour Action Summit takes steps to reverse environmental decline

New report from Planning Portal

75% of planning applications claim exemptions from Biodiversity Net Gain

Fen raft spider.

Watch: How big are fen raft spiders as species returns to UK

Fraser Range panorama

Developer confident of moving ahead with seafront flats plan

Fraser Range artist's impression

Plans delayed for 134 new homes at former Fraser Range navy site

A grey seal pup which was recently born on the Beaulieu River is believed to be the first of its kind in Hampshire waters.

Beaulieu River welcomes grey seal pup

Alan Mak MP chairs the meeting with local decision-makers in Havant.

MP welcomes plan to protect Langstone Mill Pond and coastal path access for next...

Alan Mak MP with Graham Horton from Natural England at Langstone Mill Pond

Natural England: We’ll support appropriate Langstone Mill Pond works

Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Michael Gove recently announced plans to repeal so-called “nutrient neutrality” rules

Revealed: Scale of building on forest, open land and water since 2019
An area of forest, open land and water in the Portsmouth area roughly the size of eight football pitches has been developed upon in recent years.
Simon Carter

Havant Borough Council are constrained in addressing Mill Pond and sea wall concerns

Council’s hands ‘effectively tied’ regarding sea wall improvements

Portsmouth International Port Picture: Portico

Plans to install wind turbines at Portsmouth International Port are delayed

A CGI of how the St James' Hospital site would look under plans by developer PJ Livesey

Future of St James' Hospital will be decided in June at public inquiry

The Tournerbury Estate on Hayling Island has submitted a retrospective planning application to Havant Borough Council for the use as a wedding venue

Planning application for wedding venue will be decided next week

A new legislation has been passed to protect beavers
Picture credit: Steve Gardner

New legislation has been introduced to help protect beavers

Plans for eight homes in Warsash, over which Fareham Borough Council has won a planning appeal

Residents' sadness as they lose legal battle to stop homes being built

What Havant Thicket Reservoir could look like

Plan to discharge recycled sewage into reservoir is scrutinised

Havant Borough Council says it can start housebuilding again Picture posed by model

Havant Borough Council says it can restart housebuilding

Housebuilding

Housebuilding is stalled again as nitrates rules get tougher

Brent Geese Picture: Ian Cameron-Reid

Fury as Natural England decides AIRPORT is an important area for Brent geese

The Rook Farm development on Hayling Island

Plan to build hundreds of new homes on Hayling Island sparks anger
Plans to build up to 300 homes on Hayling Island have drawn criticism from locals and government inspectors.
Toby Paine

Pigeons in Portsmouth
Picture: Habibur Rahman

NHS trust blasts ‘untrue’ rumours of bird culling at ambulance station

An aerial view of part of the borough of Fareham. Picture: Shaun Roster

Care home residents banned from keeping a car in case they visit New Forest

Ben Birchall/PA Wire

Hampshire zones will see badger culling in drive to tackle bovine TB

(Photo: KOCA SULEJMANOVIC/AFP via Getty Images)

This is how beavers could be reintroduced to the UK near you - are they good for...

What Havant Thicket Reservoir could look like

Environment at the heart of reservoir project, says water company

Castle Field will remain open all year round following a negotiated decision by Southsea Coastal Scheme officers and Natural England to use Southsea's MoD field as a new bird refuge for overwintering Brent Geese.

Controversial enclosure for brent geese in Southsea to be moved this winter

Solent mudflats. Picture: Mark Cox

High Court to rule on Fareham homes over nitrates advice from Natural England

Wildcat numbers have fallen dramatically in the UK (Photo: Shutterstock)

Wildcats are being trained in preparation for release across the UK in 2023

The Brent geese at the Tenth Hole Golf Course, Southsea, on Monday, November 30.
Picture: Fiona Callingham

Protected Brent geese ignore nesting ground set up at Portsmouth’s Castle Field

An outside company will help process hundreds of planning applications in Portsmouth. Picture: Rui Vieira/PA Wire

Contractor enlisted to tackle planning applications backlog in Portsmouth

Part of Castle Field is set to be fenced off on Monday to create a haven for Brent Geese. Picture: Stewart Luck

Field fenced off next week for geese

Brent Geese will be given a safe haven on Castle Field, in Southsea - which will be closed to the public from October to the end of March. Photo: Stewart Luck

Plan to close Castle Field for months to create geese haven branded 'bonkers'

The land south of Romsey Avenue. Picture: Google Street Maps

Plan for 225 homes rejected after more than 300 residents complain

Fears were raised by Natural England that the Solent was being damaged by nitrogen in runoff and wastewater.
Pictured: Looking across Langstone Harbour to Hayling Island at low tide by Robert Pragnell

Cash boost of £2.3m for Solent area house building

The UK’s population of endangered red squirrels has suffered a loss of more than 60 per cent in the past 13 years. (Shuttertsock)

A quarter of native UK animals are at serious risk of extinction - here’s the fu...

A Glossy ibis bird spotted at Warblington Farm in 2013. Picture: Malcolm Phillips of Emsworth.

Bird reserve plan in Havant could break building deadlock

Solent mudflats. Picture: Mark Cox

Up to 12,000 homes set for the Solent as deadlock set to end

The Milton end's north-east corner, as depicted by Pompey' planning application

Pompey's Fratton Park proposals for Milton end lodged with council planning chie...

Housebuilding was postponed in south Hampshire last year. Picture: Rui Vieira/PA Wire

Acres of 'poor quality' Hampshire farmland could be 're-greened' to solve nitrog...

An aerial view of the Campdown site earmarked for 780 homes by Persimmon.

Big-name organisations object to plan for 780 homes off major Waterlooville road...

Restoration work to help protect species in the Solent will be carried out. Picture: Shaun Roster

£2.5m project to help Solent wildlife will also tackle climate change

A little tern Picture: The Wildlife Trust

Solent seabirds breeding and feeding grounds to be given more government protect...

E Magazine, a former gunpowder store, is set to be converted into a brewery

Multimillion-pound redevelopment of Gosport waterfront is given the green light

Construction work on new homes has been halted across the area

Developers losing out as nitrates gridlock continues in south Hampshire

Housbuilding has been postponed in south Hampshire under recommendation from Natural England. Credit: Joe Giddens/PA Wire

Why housebuilding in Hampshire has stalled - and what is being done about it

Work to transform the former Southsea Police Station into 18 apartments has begun, but sister projects to build eight homes in neighbouring car parks have been delayed. Picture: Kimberley Barber

Housing project in Portsmouth stalled by nitrates ruling but work to convert pol...

Work to transform the former Southsea Police Station into 18 apartments has begun, but sister projects to build eight homes in neighbouring car parks have been delayed. Picture: Kimberley Barber

Portsmouth housing project stalled by nitrates ruling

Councillor Sean Woodward, leader of Fareham Borough Council, has been left shocked by the bike thefts.

Picture: Sarah Standing (090519-7345)

Council agrees to block new developments over water pollution fears

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