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. 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, 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 specialisations.
We have no political affiliations.
The Committee
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VA Sir Michael Moore
Mrs Joyce Toms
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Committee member
Fareham Community Action Representative
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PUBLICATIONS:
This page contains a list of publications by The Portchester Society and where available.
Publications are available by contacting:
The Distributor (Publications)
St Christopher
36, Hatherley Crescent
Portchester
Hants
PO16
9DF
| 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.
| 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. £2 + p&p 65p. 8 Notelets depicting
different views of Portchester complete with envelopes.
