Six years ago, the Solent Protection Society Council agreed on four main focus areas for which we should keep a watching brief; Pollution, Planning, Climate Change Adaptation and Marine Science. As we move into 2025, the set remain valid and while Southern Water continues to keep us occupied on Pollution and Planning, during 2024 the … Continue reading Challenges facing the Solent in 2025
Category: Solent Freeport
ExxonMobil – End of Round One?
By the time the ExxonMobil consultation had closed on 30 September, a significant number of respondents were following Solent Protection Society’s lead in proposing to highlight concerns directly to the Planning Inspectorate and the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero. Three days later, on 3 October, ExxonMobil announced that it had “decided not to … Continue reading ExxonMobil – End of Round One?
‘Solent CO2 Pipeline’ consultation – the SPS response
If you've been following the SPS website posts on the subject, you'll be aware of the steep learning curve that the communities on both sides of the Solent have been climbing to get to grips with the real story behind the ExxonMobil Solent CO2 Pipeline consultation. We here at SPS were in the same boat … Continue reading ‘Solent CO2 Pipeline’ consultation – the SPS response
ExxonMobil Solent CO2 Pipeline – Context and Governance
This is the third SPS post on the subject of the ExxonMobil 'Solent CO2 Pipeline Project.The front page summary post, which is the best place to begin for the reader new to the subject, can be found by clicking this link. Alternatively, the full list of SPS Posts on the subject can be found by … Continue reading ExxonMobil Solent CO2 Pipeline – Context and Governance
ExxonMobil – More Questions than Answers
This is the second SPS post on the subject of the ExxonMobil 'Solent CO2 Pipeline Project.The front page summary post, which is the best place to begin for the reader new to the subject, can be found by clicking this link. Alternatively, the full list of SPS Posts on the subject can be found by … Continue reading ExxonMobil – More Questions than Answers
Solent Freeport – Observations on the Freeport Tax Sites
Updated - 23/3/2022 - Added map for 'Customs Site No.1 Solent' at Marchwood, revised Fawley Waterside to reflect newly published Solent Freeport brochure. Introduction Two years have passed since HM Government announced the Freeport Consultation. Since that time, the eight shortlisted Freeport teams still in competition for Treasury funding have kept their cards close to … Continue reading Solent Freeport – Observations on the Freeport Tax Sites
The Solent Freeport puts our focus back on Dibden Bay
In the 2021 March budget, the Solent was shortlisted as the potential site for one of eight Freeports to be set up in the United Kingdom. The Government’s Freeport ‘Bid Prospectus’ set out the overall scale of a Freeport and demonstrated how the maximum ‘outer boundary’, a 45Km circle, could fit with the geography of … Continue reading The Solent Freeport puts our focus back on Dibden Bay
What might the ‘Solent Freeport’ mean for the Solent area?
In the last budget, the Solent was shortlisted as the site for one of ten Freeports to be set up in the United Kingdom. Since that time, we've seen little or no detail in the public domain regarding what the Freeport opportunity could mean for the Solent region. In this article, we try firstly to … Continue reading What might the ‘Solent Freeport’ mean for the Solent area?
Solent Freeport bid shortlisted in the Chancellor’s Budget announcement
The Solent Freeport bid was submitted by Solent Local Enterprise Partnership based on a coalition of businesses, associated local authorities and other partners. In today's budget announcement, the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak announced that Solent has been selected as one of the eight UK sites for which Freeport's will now be developed. This report from the … Continue reading Solent Freeport bid shortlisted in the Chancellor’s Budget announcement
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