About Us
The
Portchester Society has a growing membership of about 70, drawn from all age groups. The officers of the Society are
volunteers elected to office each year by the general membership at the Annual General Meeting, which is held in November. The
Society is a non-political, non-sectarian organisation and a friendly welcome is offered to all
new members.
The aims of the Society are to promote the
well being of the residents of the ancient village of Portchester.
How
does the Society achieve these Aims
We campaign against inappropriate
housing, industrial and commercial developments.
We scrutinise
every planning application for Portchester.
We regularly make representations at Fareham Borough
Council's Planning Committee meetings and register objections to planning applications in the Portchester East and Portchester
West wards, where these are believed to be counter to the interests of the people who live and work in Portchester.
We are afilliated to SHUV (South Hampshire Unheard Voices) - a federation of Civic Amenity Groups, Parish Councils, Environmental and Wildlife Groups, formed to provide
a response to SEERA (Southeast England Regional Assembly)
and the South East Plan, representing these organisations which are part of the same geographical area as PUSH (Partnership for Urban South Hampshire). PUSH is an agent of SEERA,
and together they have evolved ambitious development plans for the South Hampshire Sub Region. SHUV believes that these plans
are detrimental to South Hampshire and in many cases they need to be challenged. SHUV will try to present a unified response
to the CiP (Consultation in Public), which is
the next phase of the South East Plan.
We have made more than twenty suggested amendments to the Draft
South East Plan, directly to SEERA.
We have taken an active role in responding to the Fareham Borough Council's
LDF (Local
Development Framework). This has resulted in Portchester becoming the most responsive
ward in the Borough in relation to this replacement for what is known as the Local Plan
Review.
We maintain archival material on Portchester and its environs, working with Westbury Manor
and Hampshire County Council Records office. We are also affiliated to the CPRE (Council
for the Protection of Rural England), Fareham
Community Action and The Solent Protection Society.
We hold monthly meetings at
the Methodist Church Hall, in Castle Street, Portchester, where the conduct of the Society is discussed and a series of interesting
and entertaining talks is given by visiting speakers on a variety of subjects and specialisations.
We have no political affiliations.
The
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Mrs Lynne Woolley
Mrs Phyl
Shaw
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Planning
Membership Secretary
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Mr
Derek Pearce Mr John Bishop
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Committee
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PUBLICATIONS:
This
page contains a list of publications by The Portchester Society and where available.
| A Portchester Walk |
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Item 1. - A Portchester Walk.
Cost £1 + p&p 40p. This booklet is intended to act as a guide to
those walking down Castle Street and round the Castle.
Available from the Portchester Library, Westbury Museum, Fareham and Fort Nelson.
| Portchester Plaques |
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Item 2. - Portchester Historic Plaques. £1.50p
+ p&p 50P. A booklet showing the 12 historic plaques placed on buildings around the
village.
| Notelets & envelops |
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Notelets. 25p each. 8 Notelets depicting
different views of Portchester complete with envelopes.
