Hartford House residents

Door knocking

Hartford House is the closest block of flats to the site. We knocked the door of every resident at least once.

Hand-delivered flyers

We delivered a flyer at least once to everybody living in Hartford House.

Response rate

70%

of the people living in Hartford House gave us their full feedback.

Drop-in sessions

We ran an all day public open drop-in session at Portsmouth Museum, which we invited every resident of Hartford House to.

Response

Do you agree that the records office site is a suitable site for brand new housing and why?

Yes / No

  • Yes 51%
  • No 49%

Grouped reasons residents said the site was suitable

Good facilities 6
Brownfield 5
Housing needs 5
Depends on what is built 4
Site green 3
Desirable location 3
Site big 1

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Detailed reasons residents said the site was suitable

Category Response Number
Good facilities
Good local facilities 3
Good transport connections 2
Close to sea 1
Brownfield
Make use of empty building 4
Important to use brownfield sites 1
Housing need
Need for housing 5
Depends what is built
Depends on what is built 4
Site green
Site is green 2
Trees 1
Site big
Site is big enough 1

Grouped reasons residents said the site was not suitable

Lives of current residents 35
Traffic 30
Access 9
Near museum 8
Site green 7
Climate change 7
Near existing home 6
Overcrowding 6
Site small 3
Conservation area 2
Infrastructure 2
Local developments 1

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Grouped reasons residents said the site was not suitable

Category Response Number
Lives of current residents
Privacy/overlooking 10
Noise 8
Security 6
Would block view 3
Right to light 3
Property values 2
Views from Hartford House 2
Elderly residents of Hartford House 1
Traffic
Congestion 12
Parking 8
Roundabout concerns 5
Isle of Wight ferry 5
Access
Access 8
Emergency services access 1
Near museum
Too close to attractive museum 7
Negative impact on museum 1
Site green
Trees 5
Site green 2
Climate change
Air quality 3
Climate change 2
Flooding 2
Near existing homes
Too close to Hartford House 5
Too close to Pembroke Park 1
Overcrowding
Overcrowding 5
Too much housing being built 1
Site small
Site too small 1
Not suitable for housing or flats 1
Conservation area
Demolishing of historic buildings 2
Infrastructure
Too little infrastructure near 1
Utilities 1
Local developments
University plans for sports facilities 1

What type of housing do you think would be best for the records office site?

Grouped responses

Elderly 29
Good design 27
Low/medium rise 17
Green 12
Affordable 6
Community facilities 5
Access 4
Flats 3
Houses 2
Mixed 2
Family 1
Student 1
Military 1

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Detailed responses

Category Response Number
Elderly
Elderly accommodation 19
Residential homes 3
Nursing home 2
Bungalows for elderly people 1
Retirement home 1
Warden controlled flats 1
Supported living for elderly 1
Similar to McCarthy & Stone 1
Good design
Sympathetic to design of surroundings 12
Sympathetic to museum design 7
Build with bricks 3
Sympathetic to Pembroke Park design 2
Modern or contemporary 1
High quality design 1
First class architect 1
Low/medium rise
Low rise 6
Max 3 storeys 3
Max 2 storeys 3
Same footprint as records office 2
Max 10 storeys 1
Max 5 storeys 1
Same height as records office 1
Green
Save existing green space and trees 7
Preserve trees 3
Include garden 2
Affordable
Social housing 4
Affordable housing 1
Starter homes 1
Community facilities
More community space 2
Use property for schools and university 2
Children's care centre 1
Access
Get access right 3
Gated or fenced off 1
Flats
One block of flats 2
Luxury apartments 1
Houses
Bungalows 1
Town houses 1
Mixed
Mix of houses and flats 2
Family
Family units 1
Student
Student accommodation 1
Military
Military/veteran 1

What kind of housing would you not like to see and why?

Grouped responses

High rise 19
Students 14
Near Hartford H 14
Affordable 11
Bad access 10
Poor design 7
Families 5
Flats 3
Damage greenery 3
Other 3
Medium rise 2
Previous plan 2

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Detailed responses

Category Response Number
High rise
No high rise 19
Students
Student housing 14
Near Hartford House
No nearer to Hartford House 6
Don't overlook Hartford House 2
Don't invade Hartford House privacy 2
Don't obstruct views from Hartford House 2
Keep rubbish bins away from Hartford House 1
Windows face away from Hartford House 1
Bad access
No open access to Pembroke Park 4
No direct access to museum 3
Don't open private roads for access 1
No new entrances to the development 1
No access from Blount Road 1
Affordable
No social housing 9
No immigrants being subsidised 1
No starter houses 1
Poor design
Not ugly 2
No glass buildings 1
No concrete buildings 1
Not a square block 1
No pebble dash 1
Not modern 1
Families
No family units 4
No working adults 1
Flats
No flats 2
No blocks of 1 or 2 bed flats 1
Damage greenery
Don't replace trees and grass with concrete 3
Other
Not private developer - don't sell site 2
Don't use for retail 1
Medium rise
No medium rise 2
Previous plan
Not the previous plan 2

Is there anything else that you would like us to take into account when we are putting together plans for this site?

Grouped responses

Parking 14
Use another site 7
Save building 5
PCC complaints 3
Inform residents 2
Green 1
Transport 1
Demolish building 1

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Detailed responses

Category Response Number
Parking
Provide enough parking 8
Don't impact HH parking 2
Overlook its own car park 1
Car park small 1
Car park away from HH 1
Include garage 1
Use another site
Use hundreds of empty PCC properties 5
Use empty properties 1
Use Cascades car park instead 1
Save records office
Save records office 4
Is building listed? 1
PCC complaints
Annoyed about HH tree issue 3
Inform residents
Keep local residents informed 1
Another meeting when plans ready 1
Green space
Turn site into garden 1
Transport
Promote cycling 1
Demolish records office
Demolish records office 1