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Havant: 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.
Havant 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
- 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 Havant for 2026–27: £246.87 of a £2,320.28 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 converter), 3 closed (2 result of amalgamation/merger, 1 academy converter)
- Riders Infant School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: result of amalgamation/merger, 31 August 2026
- Riders Junior School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: result of amalgamation/merger, 31 August 2026
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Waterlooville (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 June 2026
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Waterlooville (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 July 2026
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | −£1.6 million |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £7.7 million |
| Cultural and related services | −£351,000 |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £11.1 million |
| Planning and development services | £3.7 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £4.0 million |
| Other services | none budgeted |
| Total service expenditure | £24.6 million |
Havant in numbers
- Total population
- 126,985 people
- Median age
- 45 years
- Gross disposable household income per head
- £25,599
- Gross median weekly pay
- £606
- Children in relative poverty after housing costs
- 28.3%
- Claimant Count
- 3.6%
- Average house price
- £315,820
- Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
- 8.7 affordability ratio
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 2.9 tCO2e per capita
- Gigabit capable broadband
- 94.8%
- Public electric vehicle chargers
- 72.4 per 100,000 population
- Active businesses
- 4,755 number of enterprises
Who runs the council
36 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of Labour, Liberal Democrats and Greens.
Councillors by party: Reform UK 10, Labour Party 7, Green Party (E&W) 6, Liberal Democrats 5, Conservative and Unionist 5, Independent / Other 3.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 36 councillors, by ward
- Jason Beal (Reform UK) — Bedhampton
- Michael Lind (Liberal Democrats) — Bedhampton
- Philippa Gray (Liberal Democrats) — Bedhampton
- David Keast (Conservative and Unionist) — Cowplain
- Kev Parsons (Reform UK) — Cowplain
- Neil Bowdell (Conservative and Unionist) — Cowplain
- Charles Robert (Green Party (E&W)) — Emsworth
- Grainne Rason (Green Party (E&W)) — Emsworth
- Reuben Mychaleckyj (Green Party (E&W)) — Emsworth
- Ann Briggs (Conservative and Unionist) — Hart Plain
- Elaine Shimbart (Independent / Other) — Hart Plain
- Jason Gillen (Reform UK) — Hart Plain
- Daniel Berwick (Labour Party) — Havant St Faith's
- Gillian Harris (Labour Party) — Havant St Faith's
- Philip Munday (Labour Party) — Havant St Faith's
- Mark Coates (Green Party (E&W)) — Hayling East
- Michael Rennie (Reform UK) — Hayling East
- Netty Shepherd (Green Party (E&W)) — Hayling East
- Jonathan Hulls (Green Party (E&W)) — Hayling West
- Paul Gray (Independent / Other) — Hayling West
- Wilf Forrow (Liberal Democrats) — Hayling West
- Jason Horton (Labour Party) — Leigh Park Central & West Leigh
- Munazza Faiz (Labour Party) — Leigh Park Central & West Leigh
- Sharon Collings (Reform UK) — Leigh Park Central & West Leigh
- Amy Redsull (Labour Party) — Leigh Park Hermitage
- Richard Brown (Labour Party) — Leigh Park Hermitage
- Vicky Rhodes (Reform UK) — Leigh Park Hermitage
- Antonia Harrison (Liberal Democrats) — Purbrook
- Caren Diamond (Reform UK) — Purbrook
- Paul Tansom (Liberal Democrats) — Purbrook
- Elizabeth Lloyd (Independent / Other) — Stakes
- Sarah Milne (Reform UK) — Stakes
- Terry Norton (Reform UK) — Stakes
- Gwen Robinson (Reform UK) — Waterloo
- Peter Wade (Conservative and Unionist) — Waterloo
- Ryan Brent (Conservative and Unionist) — Waterloo