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Keeping watch on Solent environmental matters for future generations

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The Autumn 2020 Newsletter is here

4 Nov 20205 Feb 2021 ~ SPS Admin

Copies of this year's Autumn Newsletter have been posted to all members of the Society, packed from cover to cover with interesting and informative articles from the pens of our various Council members. To view the content, please click on the image to open a copy in another browser tab. If you'd like to receive … Continue reading The Autumn 2020 Newsletter is here

SPS Away Day – 2018

12 Sep 20187 Oct 2018 ~ SPS Admin

The 2018 Solent Protection Society Away Day was advertised as a cruise around Chichester Harbour on the solar electric powered “Solar Heritage” vessel, an opportunity to view Chichester Harbour and get up-close to the harbour seals and bird life followed by lunch at Emsworth Sailing Club. Thirty six SPS members and guests signed-up for the … Continue reading SPS Away Day – 2018

2017 Member’s ‘Away Day’, 7/9/2017

18 Aug 201728 Jun 2018 ~ SPS Admin

There are major and interesting redevelopment plans afoot within the City of Southampton and one of our Society’s roles is to examine the impact any proposed development may have on the local environment, and upon the seascape This year we shall again be waterborne as we explore the River Itchen and the upper reaches of … Continue reading 2017 Member’s ‘Away Day’, 7/9/2017

Baltic Klipper container spill raises wider concerns

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10 Dec 202511 Dec 2025

Southampton / New Forest Waterside development proposals

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4 Dec 20255 Dec 2025

The Fawley EDF Green Hydrogen proposal

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3 Dec 20254 Dec 2025

Solent Gateway 2

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2 Dec 20255 Dec 2025

CSO sewage discharges into the Solent

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4 Oct 20254 Oct 2025

SPS parliamentary correspondence on CSO sewage spills into the Solent

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2 Jun 20252 Jun 2025

Hurst Spit to Lymington Strategy

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17 Jan 202517 Jan 2025

Challenges facing the Solent in 2025

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12 Dec 2024

The challenges facing the Solent’s water companies

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9 Dec 20249 Dec 2024

Double blast in Southern Water’s decaying underground ‘minefield’

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8 Dec 20249 Dec 2024

SPS challenges Southern Water’s WRMP* options and NSIP* intentions

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8 Dec 20242 Jun 2025

Fact-checking Southern Water’s Sandown ‘Toilet to Tap’ proposal

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9 Nov 2024

ExxonMobil – End of Round One?

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20 Oct 20243 Dec 2025

‘Solent CO2 Pipeline’ consultation – the SPS response

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1 Oct 20241 Oct 2024

The Solent Protection Society, formed in 1956,  is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, registration number 1154317.

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Our Mission Statement

“The Solent Protection Society seeks to ensure the ecological and environmental well being and wise management of the wider Solent area, its natural beauty and amenities, so that these may continue to be enjoyed by present and future generations. The wider Solent area, including harbours, foreshores and surrounding lands, extends from Selsey Bill in the east to the Needles channel in the west.”

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