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Fareham: 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.
Fareham 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.
Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- 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 annual notification: Collecting revenue
- 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 Fareham for 2026–27: £197.14 of a £2,270.55 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | −£585,000 |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £2.9 million |
| Cultural and related services | £2.0 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £5.4 million |
| Planning and development services | £3.3 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £5.2 million |
| Other services | none budgeted |
| Total service expenditure | £18.2 million |
Fareham in numbers
- Total population
- 115,428 people
- Median age
- 47 years
- Gross disposable household income per head
- £27,171
- Gross median weekly pay
- £728
- Children in relative poverty after housing costs
- 15.6%
- Claimant Count
- 1.9%
- Average house price
- £333,599
- Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
- 7.9 affordability ratio
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 3.7 tCO2e per capita
- Gigabit capable broadband
- 97.7%
- Public electric vehicle chargers
- 61.5 per 100,000 population
- Active businesses
- 4,670 number of enterprises
Who runs the council
32 seats in 2026. Run by: Conservatives, with a majority.
Councillors by party: Conservative and Unionist 22, Liberal Democrats 7, Reform UK 1, Labour Party 1, Independent / Other 1.
Next scheduled council election: 4 May 2028.
All 32 councillors, by ward
- Robert Ellis (Conservative and Unionist) — Avenue
- Tina Ellis (Conservative and Unionist) — Avenue
- Fred Birkett (Conservative and Unionist) — Fareham Park
- Kerry Stubbs (Reform UK) — Fareham Park
- Kirsten Wiltshire (Liberal Democrats) — Fareham Town
- Lisa Whittle (Conservative and Unionist) — Fareham Town
- Gemma Furnivall (Labour Party) — Fort Fareham
- Stephen Ingram (Conservative and Unionist) — Fort Fareham
- Kay Mandry (Conservative and Unionist) — Hill Head
- Steve Dugan (Conservative and Unionist) — Hill Head
- Frair Burgess (Conservative and Unionist) — Hook-with-Warsash
- Michael Ford (Conservative and Unionist) — Hook-with-Warsash
- Malcolm Daniells (Conservative and Unionist) — Locks Heath
- Susan Bayford (Conservative and Unionist) — Locks Heath
- Ian Bastable (Conservative and Unionist) — Park Gate
- Simon Martin (Conservative and Unionist) — Park Gate
- Chrissie Bainbridge (Liberal Democrats) — Portchester Castle
- David Wiltshire (Liberal Democrats) — Portchester Castle
- Paul Nother (Liberal Democrats) — Portchester Wicor
- Robert Turner (Liberal Democrats) — Portchester Wicor
- Joanne Burton (Conservative and Unionist) — Sarisbury & Whiteley
- Ruth Hall (Conservative and Unionist) — Sarisbury & Whiteley
- Jacquie Needham (Conservative and Unionist) — Stubbington
- Pal Hayre (Conservative and Unionist) — Stubbington
- Connie Hockley (Conservative and Unionist) — Titchfield
- Lisa Birkett (Conservative and Unionist) — Titchfield
- Andrew Murphy (Conservative and Unionist) — Titchfield Common
- Jack Englefield (Independent / Other) — Titchfield Common
- Louise Clubley (Conservative and Unionist) — Uplands & Funtley
- Pamela Bryant (Conservative and Unionist) — Uplands & Funtley
- Alison West (Liberal Democrats) — Wallington & Downend
- David Hamilton (Liberal Democrats) — Wallington & Downend