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Eastleigh: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
Eastleigh Borough Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, South East; within the county of HAM. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Hampshire County Council.
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- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by Eastleigh for 2026–27: £131.71 of a £2,342.21 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically
No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.
In the last twelve months: 1 opened (1 academy free school), 0 closed
- Luminous Oak Academy — open; reason recorded: academy free school, 1 September 2026
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | −£318,000 |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | −£2.7 million |
| Cultural and related services | −£306,000 |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £3.9 million |
| Planning and development services | £1.8 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £15.9 million |
| Other services | none budgeted |
| Total service expenditure | £18.2 million |
Eastleigh in numbers
- Total population
- 142,933 people
- Median age
- 41 years
- Gross disposable household income per head
- £25,968
- Gross median weekly pay
- £671
- Children in relative poverty after housing costs
- 18.5%
- Claimant Count
- 2.2%
- Average house price
- £310,283
- Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
- 8.1 affordability ratio
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 3.5 tCO2e per capita
- Gigabit capable broadband
- 90.3%
- Public electric vehicle chargers
- 116.8 per 100,000 population
- Active businesses
- 5,710 number of enterprises
Who runs the council
39 seats in 2026. Run by: Liberal Democrats, with a majority.
Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 35, Independent / Other 3, Conservative and Unionist 1.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 39 councillors, by ward
- Gin Tidridge (Independent / Other) — Bishopstoke
- Karen Caws (Independent / Other) — Bishopstoke
- Louise Parker-Jones (Independent / Other) — Bishopstoke
- Dave Kinloch (Liberal Democrats) — Botley
- Rupert Kyrle (Liberal Democrats) — Botley
- Jane O'Sullivan (Liberal Democrats) — Bursledon & Hound North
- Steve Holes (Liberal Democrats) — Bursledon & Hound North
- Tonia Craig (Liberal Democrats) — Bursledon & Hound North
- Alan Broadhurst (Liberal Democrats) — Chandler's Ford
- Dave Walker (Liberal Democrats) — Chandler's Ford
- David Pragnell (Liberal Democrats) — Chandler's Ford
- Mark Harding (Liberal Democrats) — Eastleigh Central
- Steve Beer (Liberal Democrats) — Eastleigh Central
- Wayne Irish (Liberal Democrats) — Eastleigh Central
- Cameron Spencer (Liberal Democrats) — Eastleigh North
- Rosemary Reynolds (Liberal Democrats) — Eastleigh North
- Tanya Park (Liberal Democrats) — Eastleigh North
- Alex Bourne (Liberal Democrats) — Eastleigh South
- Darshan Mann (Liberal Democrats) — Eastleigh South
- Paul Bicknell (Liberal Democrats) — Eastleigh South
- Michelle Marsh (Liberal Democrats) — Fair Oak & Horton Heath
- Nicholas Couldrey (Liberal Democrats) — Fair Oak & Horton Heath
- Steven Broomfield (Conservative and Unionist) — Fair Oak & Horton Heath
- Alison Holland (Liberal Democrats) — Hamble & Netley
- Malcolm Cross (Liberal Democrats) — Hamble & Netley
- Prad Bains (Liberal Democrats) — Hamble & Netley
- Derek Pretty (Liberal Democrats) — Hedge End North
- Ian Corben (Liberal Democrats) — Hedge End North
- Leigh Hadaway (Liberal Democrats) — Hedge End North
- Cynthia Garton (Liberal Democrats) — Hedge End South
- John Shepherd (Liberal Democrats) — Hedge End South
- Keith House (Liberal Democrats) — Hedge End South
- James Duguid (Liberal Democrats) — Hiltingbury
- Karl Attrill (Liberal Democrats) — Hiltingbury
- Maud Attrill (Liberal Democrats) — Hiltingbury
- David Berry (Liberal Democrats) — West End North
- Richard Gomer (Liberal Democrats) — West End North
- Barry Du-Crow (Liberal Democrats) — West End South
- Bruce Tennent (Liberal Democrats) — West End South