Local Planning
Keeping an eye out for planned changes that might impact Port Solent and maintaining regular dialogue with Portsmouth City Council Planning are the two most important roles that RAPS fulfils. PCC usually notifies RAPS of such changes well in advance and encourages consultation. RAPS receives the PCC planning newsletters and monitors the Your City Your Say website where consultations are posted.
Port Solent development
The Statement of Common Ground (SCG) mArch 2026 for the Port Solent site outlines an agreed strategic direction between Portsmouth City Council (PCC), Premier Marinas, and CBRE Investment Management regarding the Portsmouth Pre-Submission Local Plan Addendum.
Status and timescale queried.
Portsmouth Plan Examination
Submission consultation statement March 2026. Portsmouth City Council formally submitted its new Local Plan to the Planning Inspectorate for independent examination on March 18, 2026. RAPS (Representor 50226) may be called to give evidence to its submission (email from Kerry Trueman 23-04-26). Named PCC contacts: Nick Lloyd and Lucy Howard (Planning Policy Team)
All eyes.
Portsmouth Plan Addendum
Consultation November 2025-January 8 2026. RAPS submission re Port Solent.
RAPS & Planning
In Place of a Port Solent Neighbourhood Plan
Latest Information about the Country Park will appear here in due course. Obviously any previous announcement or estimate about an opening date pre-2022 is no longer valid. Meanwhile any issues concerning the Country Park can be raised initially with RAPS who may then raise them with PCC or with Veolia.
RAPS feedback report to Highways England 09-20