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Press Release

11 July 2025

Consultation launched: Let’s Keep Fareham Together?

Fareham Borough Council is encouraging all residents to have their say on suggested boundary changes that could result in the Borough of Fareham being split up.

All councils in England have been asked by the Government to reorganise. This means that Hampshire County Council and all the District and Borough councils, including Fareham Borough Council, will be replaced over the next few years.

There will be a single Strategic Mayoral Authority covering the whole of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, as well as a number of Unitary Authorities. Fareham Borough Council is working with Gosport, Havant and Portsmouth councils on a case for a single Unitary Authority to cover all our boundaries.

In addition to the services that are currently managed by Fareham, this new Unitary Authority would also have responsibility for services such as Schools and Education, Local Roads and Transport and Social Care, which are currently delivered by Hampshire County Council.

As part of this work, it’s been suggested by some that the wards of Locks Heath, Park Gate and Sarisbury could be split from Fareham to join a different Unitary Authority alongside Southampton and Eastleigh.

Fareham Borough Council has launched a public consultation to gather feedback on this suggestion from those that live in the Borough. The consultation will be live until 8 August and residents can have their say here:

https://lets-talk.fareham.gov.uk/consultation/LetsKeepFarehamTogether

You can also have your say in the Let’s Talk Fareham tent this Saturday and Sunday at Bath Lane Recreation Ground as part of The Big Weekend.

Leader of Fareham Borough Council, Cllr Simon Martin said:

“Fareham Borough Council does not agree with the suggestion that Fareham should be split up under any circumstances. We want to be able to present a case to keep Fareham together in its entirety, within a single Unitary Authority and we need residents’ help to do it. I strongly encourage anyone who lives or works in Fareham, but particularly those in Locks Heath, Park Gate and Sarisbury, to complete the questionnaire and have their say on these suggestions.”

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