This page was updated on
17.06.2008
About Us
The Portchester Society has a growing
membership of about 150, 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.
It 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,
Portsmouth Harbour Conservation Group 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 specialisms.
We have no political affiliations.
The Committee
Dr Peter Barr-Taylor
President
Mrs Jean Withinshaw
Chairman
Mrs Joan Richardson Vice Chairman
Mrs Judy Keith-Smith
Hon Secretary
Mr Brian Swanston
Hon Treasurer
Mrs Rosemary Jones
Membership Secretary
Mr Glyn Wadey
Planning Secretary
Mr Ken Howkins
Planning and Web Editor
Mr Derek Pearce
Archives
Mrs Stella Bell
Planning Sub-Committee and Web Editor
Mrs Joyce Toms
Representative for Fareham Community Action
Mr John Wills
Planning Sub-Committee
Mrs Rosemary Jones Membership Secretary
