I am Dave Parham, and this is our Save Our Island website.
Save Our Island has been working on behalf of the residents of Hayling Island since January 2017, when a joint working group was set up by Havant Borough Council (HBC) to specifically work on the Infrastructure Plan for Hayling Island.
Save Our Island – as a non-political group – is working with all local Resident Groups, including those in Langstone and Havant, to stand up for the residents of Hayling Island in all aspects relating to maintaining a sustainable infrastructure essential to the economic future of our Island.
We have in 2023 upgraded the software to this site, so please feel free to use the search bar at the top of the page.
Status as of September 2023
In September 2023 we report our concerns on how planning officers were instructed to direct councillors on the Planning Committee on unusually how to consider the Southern Water bore hole planning application.
Please refer to the Hayling Herald submissions in the Document Library.
Status as of August 2023
In August 2023 we report on a proposal to change residents’ access to the Councillors on Development Projects and further news on the Barratt Sinah Lane Development.
Please refer to the Hayling Herald submissions in the Document Library.
Status as of July 2023
In July 2023 we report on the unacceptable conduct of the Barratt sub-contracts and in June 2023 we comment on the unacceptable response from the Minister for Environmental Quality & Resilience Rebecca Pow MP.
Please refer to the Hayling Herald submissions in the Document Library.
Status as of May 2023
There are four important additions to the Document Library.
The first is the unacceptable response from the Minister for Environmental Quality & Resilience Rebecca Pow MP to our inquiries; you may read about this in our submissions to the Hayling Herald in the Document Library
- The second is our submission to The Rt Hon Dr Thérèse Coffey MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on Flood Protection Concerns for Hayling Island that you may view here; there is also support for our submission from Coastal Partners, which you may view here.
- Thirdly, there attached is objection to the proposed drilling in Bidbury Park by Southern Water which you may view here.
- Finally there, is our regular submission to the Hayling Herald that you may view here.
Status as of 1 February 2023
Our submission to the Hayling Herald is in the Document Library We also have a video of the flooding of the Barratts Development in Sinah Lane taken in January 2023 which you may click on to download and view here. The flooding at Sinah Lane was also covered by the Portsmouth News here.
Status as of 1 January 2023
Please review our January 2023 submission to the Hayling Herald in the document library which explains the cause of the flooding on 24 November 2022, and our request for support.
Status as of 1 November 2022
We have grave concerns about the Coastal Partners’ Hayling Island Coastal Management Strategy – Preparing for a resilient future. Please review our November 2022 submission to the Hayling Herald in the Document Library.
This website has a Document Library with chronological links to records of all important documents and HIIAG meetings. The Document Library also contains links to our Hayling Herald submissions. May I recommend you review the content in the Document Library.
This site is not meant as an alternative to the HIRA, or the NEHRA or the Langstone residents associations, or the Hayling Herald, with whom we work closely.
Dave Parham