This is the third report in our annual newsletter concerning plans by Fawley Waterside Ltd. to build a new small town on the site of the former Fawley Power Station. The development of this power station site will provide 1500 new homes and commercial properties. Some 470 of the homes will be affordable properties in … Continue reading Fawley New Town
Category: Southampton Water West
The Proposed English Coast Path (South)
Our progress report The English Coastal Path (South) is part of the proposal by Natural England (NE) to achieve as full a coastal path as possible (as required by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009) along the area bordering the Solent. It is part of the coastal path project whichcovers the whole of England. … Continue reading The Proposed English Coast Path (South)
Solent Protection Society ‘Away Day’ 2019
This year our ‘Away Day’ to Eling Tide Mill took place on 7th October, a month later than usual in order to fit in with the availability of the Mill for a private visit. Eling is in the centre of our region, close to Totton, at the head of Southampton Water. There has been a … Continue reading Solent Protection Society ‘Away Day’ 2019
Fawley New Town
View of the site from the west In the Autumn 2018 issue of the Society’s Newsletter we reported on the proposal to build a new town at Fawley on Southampton Water. This article is an update of developments since then. This is perhaps the most important development on the shores of the Solent this century … Continue reading Fawley New Town
Fawley Waterside and Calshot development plans
A major development is being planned on the site of the Fawley Power Station by a new company, Fawley Waterside Ltd. The company has ambitious plans to create a new small model town, with echoes of Poundbury, the prettiest New Forest Villages, and Old Lymington, with about 1500 homes. There will be a marina accessible … Continue reading Fawley Waterside and Calshot development plans
ABP – Dibden Bay development plans
We understand that the Chairman of Hythe Marina Association, David Pickering and colleagues have had a meeting with a Director of ABP. We will be making enquiries with ABP for further information and will bring together our own views on where dredging and development could take place.
SPS response to ABP Port Master Plan 2009 – 2030 Draft
Posted on 27 Oct 2009 The Development Office Associated British Ports Ocean Gate Atlantic Way Southampton SO14 3QN 16th October 2009 Dear Sirs Port of Southampton Master Plan 2009 – 2030: Consultation Draft The Council of the Solent Protection Society has considered the consultation draft of the Port Master Plan and wishes to register its … Continue reading SPS response to ABP Port Master Plan 2009 – 2030 Draft
Solent Protection Society Celebrates 50 Years
Posted on 23 May 2006 Solent Protection Society celebrated its 50th anniversary with a lunch for over 140 people at the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes on 19th May. Members and guests including Chris Huhne, MP for Eastleigh and Peter Viggers, MP for Gosport, heard the Society's former President, Maldwin Drummond, a founder member of … Continue reading Solent Protection Society Celebrates 50 Years
Call for West Solent Marine National Park
Posted on 09 Mar 2006 The West Solent, a beautiful and busy waterway which stretches from Lepe Beach to The Needles, is under ever growing and conflicting pressures. Popular with tourists, walkers, boating and watersport enthusiasts and fishermen, the Western Solent is also used by some commercial shipping, as well as the ferry service from … Continue reading Call for West Solent Marine National Park
West Solent Marine National Park Report
Posted on 07 Jan 2006 Introduction and Summary A 'Solent National Waterpark' was proposed by the Society fifty years ago, at the instigation of leading members Sir Hugh Casson and Maldwin Drummond. Unfortunately the time was not right for this imaginative idea to take shape, but there has recently been a massive renewal of interest, … Continue reading West Solent Marine National Park Report
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