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Hackney Carriages

The licensing of Hackney Carriage vehicles and drivers in the Fareham Borough is carried out by the Department of Regulatory Services, Environmental Health Division. For further information please contact the Licensing Officer on tel: 01329 236100, or e-mail regulatory@fareham.gov.uk.

 

Hairdressers - Licensing

 

This information is being developed and will be available shortly.  Enquiries should be directed to Environmental Health either by emailing licensing@fareham.gov.uk or by telephone 01329 236100.

 

Hampshire Highways and Fareham Borough Council

Fareham's roads and footpaths are maintained by Hampshire Highways and the Highways Agency. The Hampshire Highways and Fareham Borough Council page should help direct you to the relevant department with any queries you may have.

 

Hampshire Primary Care Trust

Hampshire PCT exists to improve health and healthcare for the 1.3 million people living in the county.  To find out more please follow the link to our website www.hampshirepct.nhs.uk (this is an external hyperlink).

 

Handyperson Scheme

Fareham Council operates a Handyperson Service in conjunction with "in touch", the local Home Improvement Agency.  The service is available to people aged over 60 and those with a disability.

 

Have Your Say

Fareham Borough Council undertakes regular consultation with its residents which includes an Annual Residents’ Survey. To have your say on any current issues, please contact consultation@fareham.gov.uk. Alternatively, you can report a problem or comment online to provide us with feedback on specific issues.

 

Health Development

Health promotion is about preventing ill health and maximising well-being.  We work with other organisations, including the NHS, to promote good health and provide information and advice on a variety of topics such as healthy eating, as well as looking at our own policies and procedures.

 

Health & Safety

For information on health and safety please contact the Environmental Health Division of the Department of Regulatory Services on tel: 01329 236100, or e-mail regulatory@fareham.gov.uk.

 

Hedges

To report any hedges or other vegetation which overhangs the highway, please contact Hampshire Highways South on tel: 01329 236100 or e-mail hampshirehighways.south@hants.gov.uk. 

If you suffer from the effects of a tall (evergreen) hedge adjacent to your property, the Council will advise you how you can resolve the problem.  Visit the web pages on complaints about high hedges to find out more.  To complain about overgrown vegetation on nearby land, visit the planning enforcement web pages or contact the Planning Enforcement Officer.

 

Help

Help with any of the online services provided by Fareham Borough Council and information regarding the navigation of the website is available.  For further information please call 01329 236100 or e-mail webmaster@fareham.gov.uk

 

Henry Cort Millennium Project

Information on the Henry Cort Millennium scheme is available, or alternatively please contact the Fareham Town Manager on tel: 01329 236100 or e-mail towncentre@fareham.gov.uk.

 

High Hedges

If you suffer from the effects of a tall (evergreen) hedge adjacent to your property, the Council will advise you how you can resolve the problem.  Visit the web pages on complaints about high hedges to find out more. 

If you would like further information, please contact the Planning Enforcement Team within the Planning Development Control Division of the Department of Regulatory Services - tel 01329 236100 or e-mail planningenforcement@fareham.gov.uk.

To report any hedge or other vegetation which overhangs the highway, please contact Hampshire Highways at Hampshire County Council (this is an external hyperlink).  For tall evergreen hedges affecting you, visit the High Hedges pages.

 

Highway responsibilities and contacts

Highway responsibilities for Hampshire and relevant highways contacts are set out on Hantsweb (this is an external hyperlink).

 

Highways

General highways queries should be made to Hampshire Highways at Hampshire County Council (this is an external hyperlink).

 

Highways - Abnormal Loads

The County Council is the Highway Authority with overall responsibility for abnormal loads, further information about abnormal loads is available on Hantsweb (this is an external hyperlink).

 

Highways - Accident Statistics

The County Council publishes road accident statistics (this is an external hyperlink) and Best Value Performance Indicator. Information related to government targets.

 

Highways - Local Transport Plan

The County Council is the Highway Authority with overall responsibility for transport planning. You can access the Hampshire Local Transport Plan (HLTP) (this is an external hyperlink) on Hantsweb for information on the 5 year plan for the County.

 

Highways - Rights of Way

The County Council is the Highway Authority with overall responsibility for rights of way, further information about rights of way is available on Hantsweb (this is an external hyperlink).

 

Highways - Safer Routes to Schools

The Safer Routes to Schools website (this is an external hyperlink) is for pupils, teachers, governors and parents interested in finding out about School Travel Plans and the Safer Routes to Schools Programme.

 

Highways - Transport Policies

The County Council is the Highway Authority with overall responsibility for transport policy and policies for highway users, further information about transport policy is available on Hantsweb (this is an external hyperlink). 

 

Highways - Winter Information

The County Council is the Highway Authority with overall responsibility for winter maintenance, further details on winter maintenance of highways is available on Hantsweb (this is an external hyperlink).

 

Hill Head

The village of Hill Head  is situated to the south of Stubbington and is an attractive residential area with a nice shingle beach forming Fareham's boundary with the sea.

 

Hire of Open Spaces

If you are planning to hold an event in the Fareham borough, you will need to seek permission from the Department of Customer Services, Leisure & Community if you want to hold it on council land.  You may also require an event licence for the sale of alcohol or live entertainment.  Speciality events or those which more than 500 people may attend may need Safety Advisory Group input from the Council.  For further information please contact us on 01329 236100.

 

Historic/Listed Buildings

A leaflet has been prepared which contains much useful information about listed buildings and is available from Planning Reception or by post.  For more information on Fareham's historic environment please contact Fareham Borough Council's Conservation Manager in the Department of Planning & Transportation on tel: 01329 236100, or e-mail: conservation@fareham.gov.uk.  There is also a range of frequently asked questions on listed buildings which have been compiled and which may answer your queries.

 

Holiday Play Schemes

Fareham Borough Council co-ordinates a variety of playscheme activities across the borough throughout the main school holidays (this is an external hyperlink) of the year.

 

Holly Hill Woodland Park

Holly Hill Woodland Park is an outstanding historic parkland located in Sarisbury and stretches down to the river Hamble.  For further information please contact the Countryside Rangers in the Department of Customer Services, Leisure & Community Division on tel: 01329 236100 or e-mail parks@fareham.gov.uk.

 

Homecheck

Homecheck is a service available for anyone living in the Borough of Fareham who is over 60 years of age or has children under 5. Homecheck offers a home safety and security check for a charge of £10.00. Small works such as replacing damaged plugs, providing smoke alarms and fitting small security items are provided free of charge.

 

Home Energy Conservation

Information on Home Energy Efficiency and the methods, grant schemes and programmes designed to help residents cut energy costs and save money while helping to reduce climate pollution/damage is available.

 

Home Improvement Agency

For information on the Home Improvement Agency please contact "in touch" on 023 80 462444 or visit www.intouchsupport.co.uk (this is an external hyperlink).

 

Homelessness

The assessment of applications for people who are homeles or threatened with homelessness, (who may then be owed assistance from Fareham Borough Council in accordance with housing legislation) is carried out.  Details of the authority's Homelessness Strategy are available.  For further information on homelessness, please contact the Homelessness Prevention Officers in the Department of Customer Services, Strategic Housing Division on tel: 01329 236100 or e-mail customerservices@fareham.gov.uk.

 

Home Safety

The Government's Department of Trade and Industry has set up a Home Safety Network (this is an external hyperlink) providing information on general home safety.  For further information please contact the Health Development Officer in the Community Unit on tel: 01329 236100 or e-mail customerservices@fareham.gov.uk.

 

Horticultural Advice

This is available to all residents from the council's qualified Horticultural Development Officer during normal office hours. For further information please contact them in the Directorate of Customer Services, Leisure & Community Division on tel: 01329 236100 or e-mail parks@fareham.gov.uk.

 

House Alarms

Environmental Health Officers often receive complaints of noise associated with the persistent ringing of audible intruder alarms installed at domestic premises.  Should you have any queries regarding noise from intruder alarms, please do not hesitate to contact the Environmental Health Division on tel: 01329 236100 or e-mail regulatory@fareham.gov.uk.

 

House Extensions

House extensions can improve living conditions by making more space available and enable occupiers to adapt accommodation as family circumstances change. Well designed extensions may also add to property value.  For further information contact the Department of  Regulatory Services, Department of Regulatory Services, Planning Development Control Division on tel: 01329 236100 or e-mail devcontrol@fareham.gov.uk.

 

Household Waste Recycling Centres

The nearest ones are Barnes Wallis Road, Segensworth, Fareham. Port Solent or Grange Road, Gosport. Hampshire County Council Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC) opening times are; 1st April to 30th September, 8.00am - 7.00pm.  1st October to 31st March, 8.00am - 4.00pm.  They close on 25th and 26th December.

 

Householder Development

The government have put together a planning guide for householders (this is an external hyperlink).

 

Houses in Multiple Occupation

Landlords have a responsibility to ensure that any House In Multiple Occupation (HMO), for example, shared house or flat, bedsit etc., is in good repair, and that adequate amenities and means of escape in case of fire are provided.  In addition, the Housing Act 2004 introduced a manadatory scheme to licence larger, higher risk HMOs.  See also Housing - Private Tenants/Landlords.

Should you wish to discuss your specific living conditions in more detail, please contact Environmental Health at Fareham Borough Council on tel: 01329 236100, or e-mail us at regulatory@fareham.gov.uk.

 

Housing - Advice

Free advice is given on all types of tenure. A list of accommodation offered by local and private landlords can also be provided. Drop-in sessions are available, Monday - Thursday 9.30am - 4.00pm and Friday 9.30am - 3.30pm. For further information on housing advice please contact the Homelessness Prevention Officers in the Department of Customer Services, Strategic Housing Division on tel: 01329 236100 or e-mail customerservices@fareham.gov.uk.

A range of frequently asked questions on housing issues have been compiled which may answer your queries.  Information for landlords on renting out properties is available here.

 

Housing - Affordable Housing Provision

For information on Affordable Housing please contact the Department of Customer Services, Strategic Housing Division on tel: 01329 236100,or e-mail customerservices@fareham.gov.uk

 

Housing - Allocations/Let Select

For information on Fareham Borough Council's Choice based lettings scheme LetSelect contact the Allocations Officer in the Department of Customer Services, Strategic Housing Division on tel: 01329 236100, or e-mail customerservices@fareham.gov.uk.  A range of frequently asked questions on housing issues have been compiled which may answer your queries.

 

Housing - Assistance with Garden Maintenance

The council currently operates a scheme where elderly and/or disabled Council Tenants can receive assistance with their garden in the form of grass cutting and hedge trimming, subject to the meeting the qualifying criteria. If you would like to apply please complete the garden maintenance assistance application form or for further information please contact the Tenancy Services Team on 01329 236100 or e-mail housing@fareham.gov.uk.

 

Housing - Assistance with Internal Decorations

The council currently operates a scheme where elderly and/or disabled Council Tenants can receive assistance with decorating a room in their home, subject to them meeting the qualifying criteria. If you would like to apply please complete the internal decorations assistance application form (85Kb)Pdf icon image . If you require any further information please contact the Tenancy Services Team on 01329 236100 or e-mail housing@fareham.gov.uk.

 

Housing - Benefits

Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit are government schemes to help you pay your rent or Council Tax if you are on a low income.

The Benefits section deals with the administration of Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit. Please contact the Benefits Team on tel: 01329 236100 or e-mail benefits@fareham.gov.uk.

The Benefits Section has a Benefit Fraud Team. To speak to an investigating officer, please ring 01329 236100. Alternatively, e-mail us at investigations@fareham.gov.uk or use our online form to refer suspected fraud.

 

Housing - Buying your Council Property

If you wish to consider buying your council property under the Right To Buy scheme , please contact the Council Housing Department on tel: 01329 236100 for more information or e-mail housing@fareham.gov.uk.

 

Housing - Disabled Adaptations for Council Tenants

If you are a council tenant and would like to apply for housing adaptations to meet your specific needs, please contact the Building Services Section within the Housing Department on tel: 01329 236100 for further information or e-mail housing@fareham.gov.uk.

 

Housing - Estates Officers

These officers deal with day to day queries from Fareham Borough Council tenants relating to housing tenancy issues, rents, rent arrears and the general environment in which they live. For more information please contact the Area Estates Officers in the Council Housing Department on tel: 01329 236100, or e-mail housing@fareham.gov.uk.

 

Housing - Maintenance

This relates to Fareham Borough Council tenants reporting internal/external maintenance problems with their properties, information on maintenance work already reported and awaiting completion. For more details please contact the Repairs Admin Officer in the Council Housing Department on tel: 01329 236100, or e-mail housing@fareham.gov.uk or fill in an online housing repair request form.

A range of frequently asked questions on housing issues have been compiled which may answer your queries.

 

Housing - Mutual Exchange

Would you like to move through the Mutual Exchange Scheme? If so, please contact the Council Housing Department on tel: 01329 236100 or e-mail housing@fareham.gov.uk or fill in a mutual exchange online form.

 

Housing Position Statement

The Housing Position Statement is an annual report detailing the council's view on the managed release of housing sites over the next year.  It is set against a background of national and strategic guidance and takes account of the latest housing land supply information.  The position statement is a site by site assessment of the allocated and identified housing sites that did not have planning permission by the 31st March of that year.  The guidance is then used to inform the council's development control decision making on housing releases.

Other Related Documents/Services/Strategies: Urban Housing Capacity Study, Local Plan for Fareham.

 

Housing - Private Tenants/Landlords

If you have any concerns regarding your private tenanted accommodation, please do not hesitate to contact the Department of Regulatory Services, Environmental Health Division on 01329 236100 or e-mail regulatory@fareham.gov.uk. .  We also inspect and licence mobile home sites in the borough, Houses in Multiple Occupation and advise home owners with regard to private drainage problems.

 

Housing - Rents

Details of how to pay your rent or for issues relating to rent arrears, please contact the Council Housing Department within Fareham Borough Council, on tel: 01329 236100 , or e-mail housing@fareham.gov.uk.

 

Housing - Request for Joint Tenancy

If you would like to add a second person to your council tenancy, please complete the joint tenancy request application form (67 Kb) PDF logo or contact the Council Housing Department on tel: 01329 236100 or e-mail housing@fareham.gov.uk for more information.

 

Housing - Sheltered Accommodation

The council has over 650 units of Sheltered Accommodation located within the borough for more information please contact the Sheltered Housing Support Officer on 01329 236100 or e mail housing@fareham.gov.uk.

 

Housing Strategy & Policy

For information on housing strategy please contact the Housing Strategy Manager in the Department of Customer Services, Strategic Housing Division on tel: 01329 236100, or e-mail customerservices@fareham.gov.uk

 

Housing - Tenant and Leaseholder Participation

Fareham Borough Council has set up two Tenant Forums with the Borough for more information please contact your Area Officer 01329 236100 or e-mail housing@fareham.gov.uk.

 

Housing - Waiting List/Let Select

For information relating to the Housing Waiting List or LetSelect, Fareham Borough Council’s choice based letting scheme or any enquiry about an existing application please contact the Housing Waiting List Officer in the Department of Customer Services, Strategic Housing Division on 01329 236100 or email customerservices@fareham.gov.uk.

 

Hypnotism - Licensing

 

This information is being developed and will be available shortly.  Enquiries should be directed to Environmental Health either by emailing licensing@fareham.gov.uk or by telephone 01329 236100 or email customerservices@fareham.gov.uk.

 

 

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a Travel Plan?
A travel plan is typically a package of practical measures to encourage staff to choose alternatives to the car. Employers are encouraged to develop travel plans, aimed at reducing car use for travel to work and for travel for business.



Apart from the intended benefits for the environment a travel plan offers benefits to the organisation, its employees and the local community. It may help to relieve an on-site parking or congestion problem, or it may help to improve public transport services where there was previously a deficiency. In turn it may relieve stress on employees by improving their health by walking or cycling, or through the opportunity to reduce the amount they travel, perhaps by working at home.



A plan should be site specific and include a range of measures which will make a positive impact at that site, e.g. setting up a car sharing scheme, providing cycling facilities, negotiating improved bus services, offering attractive flexible-working practices. The concept is to make the alternatives more feasible and more attractive to employees.



A travel plan will have clear objectives and a set of targets, which can be measured and monitored in order that the organisation can measure how effective the plan is.



An effective travel plan is one which is supported by senior management who recognise the added value of bringing together key parts of the organisation internally (for example, building managers, fleet managers, personnel managers, business managers). In addition, working with the local authority and local transport operators is important if effective changes are to be made. Finally, teaming up with neighbouring organisations will give value to many of the measures introduced in your plan.



A travel plan need not cost your organisation lots of money and it may help to save money while helping to improve the environment. Travel plans will help to address wider problems of social exclusion and crime and safety, at the same time as reducing the costs to society caused by delays and congestion and poor health.

Is it compulsory to have a travel plan?
It is not usually compulsory to have a travel plan these are usually voluntary but having a travel plan will bring many additional benefits.

Businesses that are developing new sites, changing or expanding a current site may need to produce a Travel Plan in order to comply with planning guidelines PPG13 or section 106.

How can a travel plan help me as an employer?
Reduce demand for on-site parking
Improve recruitment and retention
Improve efficiency - less time wasted on late arrivals / deliveries
Reduce business mileage
Reduce fleet management costs
Reduce sickness rates - walkers and cyclists will be healthier
Help you to gain environmental accreditation ISO14001 or EMAS
Improve environmental image

What can I do as a employer?
As an employer you have a role to play by introducing and encouraging measures to your staff.

Some suggestions are:

Providing information about local public transport to staff and visitors
Offer cheap or interest free loans for public transport season tickets
Loans for cycle purchase
Encouraging car share for commuting and business journeys
Designate the ''best'' car park spaces for regular car sharers
Provide secure, covered cycle parking and, if possible, lockers and showers/changing facilities
Manage business mileage to reduce time and distance driven
Offer incentive to use rail rather than a car for appropriate business journeys
Provide up-to-date information on non-car travel in a manner and at location(s) convenient to your staff
Offer Teleworking / Homeworking
Provide pool cars
Upgrade your fleet to alternative fuel vehicles when next up for renewal
Offer onsite facilities - creche, leisure, snack bar, dry cleaning service

Why should I consider a Travel Plan?
Transport problems in the UK have an effect on everyone:

Increasing numbers of vehicles on our roads add to congestion and pollution
Congestion causes delays to traffic - causing late deliveries and staff
Increasing emissions contribute to global warming
Reliance on the car and reduced levels of activity has lead to poor health and obesity
Communities have become noisier and busier
More traffic means greater risk of road casualties

Where do I start?
Before you start implementing any measures you need to:

Engage senior management support
Allocate staff time to work on the Travel Plan
Survey your staff, your site and your business
Involve your staff along the way
Identify objectives, targets and measures
Raise awareness
Only then will you be able to launch your Travel Plan. Once launched someone will need to be responsible for its ongoing promotion and a point of contact.

Where can I get help with my Travel Plan?
It may seem a daunting task to set up a Travel Plan but remember that you are not alone.

The local authority has a Travel Plan Officer who will be able to offer you advice and guidance. Contact the Design and Transportation manager on travelplan@fareham.gov.uk.

Free help is available from the Environment and Energy Helpline on 0800 585794 or www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/sustainable/travelplans (this is an external hyperlink).

This is site specific advice, a free government funded service, to help you develop an effective travel plan for your business, school or organisation. You can get up to five days free advice to help you overcome the problems you face in getting your travel plan up and running.

How much will it cost me to set up a Travel Plan?
It is difficult to say how much it will cost, but many of the measures that you implement will eventually help you make savings.

One widely used example is that of the cost of car parking spaces. The total cost of maintaining and or renting a car parking space could be anything between £30 and £3000. Car parking spaces that are no longer required due to an effective travel plan could then be put to a more profitable use.

More effective use of staff time, more effective fleet management, policies on business mileage could produce significant cost savings for your business.

Income from car parking charges could be used for related use - a Travel Plan Co-ordinators''s salary, a workbus, cycle parking.

Can I stop thinking about the Travel Plan once I have finished it?
No a travel plan is a living thing, your organisation will need to review it regularly in order to keep on making improvements and to ensure that you are meeting the targets that you have set yourself.

You may find that some of the measures you have taken may not have the expected results and you need to find alternatives. On the other hand your situation may change or your organisation may have noted areas for improvements.

You may be so successful that you may wish to set yourself higher targets. You will constantly need to market your Travel Plan in order to remind current staff and inform new employees.

What is the business case for a Travel Plan?
A Travel Plan may be seen to be simply an environmental tool but it is likely to have wider benefits.

There may be cost savings from new working practices (flexible hours, 9 day fortnights, teleworking, homeworking), or business travel guidelines. An effective travel plan will help to meet existing requirements for example environmental management, quality assurance. A Travel Plan could be a co-ordinating business tool - looking for savings across the company rather than separate cost centres.

My organisation is too small to have a Travel Plan - is this a problem?
No organisation is too small to make simple changes eg. the provision of cycle parking, changing facilities, and most basic off all the availability of public transport information.

On a larger scale joining with others, your neighbours or the local business park, will help you to deal with your site problems.

How can a Travel Plan help me as an individual?
Travelling to and from work other than as a driver can reduce stress
Walking (from the bus stop, train station, home) or cycling to work can improve your levels of fitness, health and reduce the risk of heart disease.
Car sharing or buying season tickets can save you money
Using the train or bus gives you extra thinking / meeting time, and can be less stressful than driving
Travelling in with others could help you to meet your work colleagues

Where do I get information about public transport?
There is a great amount of information available via the internet, telephone lines and local bus and cycle route maps.

Where do I get information about public transport?
There is a great amount of information available via the internet, telephone lines and local bus and cycle route maps.

Are travel plans anti-car
Travel Plans are not anti-car, they emphasise the travel choices that are available and offer practical measures on how to make them more attractive to everyone. There will be a number of instances when it is more practicable to use a car.

In areas where car ownership is low it is important that alternatives to the car are widely available, in order to assist the local economy, make employment opportunities available, and combat social exclusion for example.

What if I need my car for work?
In this instance you may consider the following:

Planning meetings and journey so that you do not need to use the car everyday
Converting to an alternative fuel vehicle
Combining your trips where possible so that you plan visits to sites or clients on one morning or day
When purchasing a new car consider buying a car with a smaller size engine
For shorter journeys replace the car with the bus, walk or cycle
Share with other people who are already travelling

What do the Planning Enforcement team do?
The team investigates allegations of breaches of planning control including:

unauthorised development, or uses;
unauthorised works to a listed building - both internal and external works;
unauthorised display of advertisements;
non-compliance with conditions of planning permissions; and,
untidy sites where these are considered detrimental to local amenity
unauthorised work to trees which are protected or are located in conservation areas
N.B Works to trees which are protected or are located in conservation areas without the consent of the local planning authority is an offence.

What is the extent of planning controls?
Planning controls relate to any development. The definition of ''development'' for the purposes of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 is considered to include "carrying out of building, engineering, mining or other operation in on or under land or the making of a material change of use of any building or other land".



(N.B all mining and waste planning issues are dealt with by the County Council).

Do you require planning permission for all development?
No, many minor developments are exempt from the need for planning permission by the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995. You should always contact the local planning authority to find out if you need planning permission before commencing any development

Is it an offence to undertake development without permission?
No, under the Act it is not considered to be an offence to fail to comply with planning controls, although you are advised to contact the local planning authority prior to carrying out works which might require approval. Should a local planning authority consider it expedient to issue an enforcement notice against a development which is unauthorised then non-compliance with this notice is an offence, for which the maximum fine is £20,000.

What happens if a condition on a planning permission is not complied with?
The local planning authority has the power to issue a breach of condition notice against which there is no right of appeal. It is an offence not to comply with such a notice. This offence maybe prosecuted in the magistrates court with a maximum fine of £1,000.

Is it an offence to undertake works to a listed building?
Yes, if these works are considered to affect the character and integrity of the building.

Is it an offence to display an advertisement without consent
Some advertisements are exempt from the need for express advertisement consent. Advertisements which do not require consent are those which enjoy deemed consent under the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Adverts) Regulations 1992. Booklets and advice can be obtained from the Local Planning Authority.

What information is required for an alleged breach to be investigated?
Address of land or building where breach alleged
Details of alleged breach
Complainant contact name and address and telephone number.
Any additional relevant information/other interested parties

How do I report an alleged breach?
by completing and submitting a Complaint Form which can be found on this page on the website. http://www.fareham.gov.uk/council/departments/devcontrol/complaint.asp. Please note that you will be required to provide your name, address and telephone number for any complaint to be investigated. Your details will be kept confidential. Complaints can also be made in writing to the address shown below.

Department of Development Control
Fareham Borough Council
Civic Offices
Civic Way
Fareham
PO16 7TT

What are the stages of an investigation?
Complaint registered and acknowledged - 4 days
First site visit made - 10 days
Complainant will be kept informed of progress with investigations.

What action may be taken where a breach of planning controls is found to be occurring?
Once a complaint has been investigated and a breach identified, depending on the severity of the breach a number of things may happen:

negotiate a satisfactory solution
seek a retrospective planning application
if no application is forthcoming or the breach is serious then an enforcement notice may be issued
In the case where significant harm is being caused by the breach it may be appropriate to issue a stop notice in conjunction with an enforcement notice or seek a legal injunction to stop the unauthorised activities.



It is important to note that the enforcement of Planning Control is a discretionary power and in some circumstances it may not be expedient to take action

Is there a right of appeal?
On an enforcement notice, listed building enforcement notice and an advert discontinuance notice, there is a right of appeal. The appeal is made to the Planning Inspectorate.

Is there a period after which development becomes immune from enforcement action?
Yes, The period within which planning enforcement action can be taken is limited to:

4 years for operational development and change of use to any building for use as a single dwelling house
10 years for all other changes of use and breaches of conditions
If you wish to confirm that development is immune from planning enforcement action, you are advised to make an application for a Certificate of Lawfulness.

Is there a period after which development becomes immune from enforcement action?
Yes, The period within which planning enforcement action can be taken is limited to:

4 years for operational development and change of use to any building for use as a single dwelling house
10 years for all other changes of use and breaches of conditions
If you wish to confirm that development is immune from planning enforcement action, you are advised to make an application for a Certificate of Lawfulness.

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