Councillor Connie Hockley
Email: chockley@fareham.gov.uk
Council: Fareham
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
85 meetings · Page 1 of 17
Executive Portfolio for Leisure and Community - Monday, 2nd February, 2026 5.30 pm
Executive - Monday, 2nd February, 2026 6.00 pm
Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Committee - Tuesday, 27th January, 2026 6.00 pm
Executive Portfolio for Leisure and Community - Wednesday, 21st January, 2026 1.45 pm
Decisions from Meetings
116 decisions · Page 14 of 24
Local Authority Housing Fund Grant Funding
From: Executive - Tuesday, 11th March, 2025 6.00 pm, NEW - March 11, 2025
The report seeks Executive approval to purchase four homes, including three homes for temporary accommodation and one home for Afghan families using funding allocated through the Government’s Local Authority Housing Funding (LAHF). The purpose of LAHF is to support councils to obtain quality temporary accommodation for homeless families, and safe and suitable housing for Afghan citizens who are fleeing persecution. Fareham has been deemed an area with a need for this type of housing, therefore the government has awarded match funding to the council to enable it to acquire additional affordable homes for this purpose. The Director of Housing will utilise an existing delegation to sign a Memorandum of Understanding, detailing the funding arrangements with the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Further details are included in the confidential appendix attached to the report. The Executive is asked to delegate the authority to approve property purchases to the Director of Housing, following consultation with the Executive Member for Housing.
Recommendations Approved
Citizen of Honour Nominations 2025
From: Executive - Tuesday, 11th March, 2025 6.00 pm, NEW - March 11, 2025
The report presents nominations for consideration under the Council’s annual Citizen and Young Citizen of Honour Awards 2025. The Citizen of Honour Award was introduced in November 1996. Five years later, the scheme was extended to recognise the efforts of younger residents under the age of 18 through the Young Citizen of Honour Award. Over the last 28 years, the award has honoured 115 residents of the Borough, with nominations being received from all areas of Fareham. This year, the Council has received 6 nominations overall. There are 5 nominations for the Citizen of Honour Award (18 and over) and 1 nomination for the Young Citizen of Honour Award (under 18).
Recommendations Approved
Community Fund Application - Repair Cafe Portchester
From: Executive Portfolio for Leisure and Community - Wednesday, 5th March, 2025 2.45 pm - March 05, 2025
This report presents an application for funding under the Council’s Community Funding Programme. An application to the Community Fund for start-up funding has been received from Repair Café Portchester for £1,363.27 towards basic repair tools and PPE, a PAT testing machine, a sewing machine, administration tools and consumables. Repair Cafes are free meeting places, where visitors can bring their broken items from home for volunteers specialising in repairs to fix, giving a new lease of life and reducing waste. Repair Café Portchester aims to launch on 29th March, with monthly sessions thereafter at Portchester Community Centre on the last Sunday of every month, from 10:30am-1:30pm. There has been an overwhelmingly positive response from the residents of Portchester and there is already an established team of 10 volunteers with diverse repair skills, including a PAT (Portable Appliance Testing) trained volunteer. They have also gained support from experienced Repair Cafes in Portsmouth and Gosport. It is anticipated that the Repair Café will be able to support residents with fixing items such as small household appliances, clothing items and bikes, in turn reducing the amount of waste going to landfill due to their repair activities. For long term sustainability of the organisation itself, the Repair Café will be community-funded through donations from visitors who use the service and introduce a ‘pay it forward’ scheme to ensure accessibility for all. They also hope to introduce a small café element, offering refreshments and additional volunteer opportunities. The estimated start-up cost of this project is £2,339.79. Repair Café Portchester are looking for £1,363.27 from the Community Fund with the remainder being funded through fundraising donations. Both Ward Councillors, Councillor P Nother and P Whittle support the Repair Café’s application. As per their Register of Interests, it should be noted that both are members of the Portchester Community Centre which is the location where the Repair Café will run from.
Recommendations Approved
Fareham Shopping Centre Asset Management Initiatives
From: SPECIAL, Executive - Thursday, 13th February, 2025 5.00 pm - February 13, 2025
As detailed in the confidential report
Recommendations Approved
Finance Strategy, Capital Programme, Revenue Budget & Council Tax 2025/26
From: SPECIAL, Executive - Thursday, 13th February, 2025 5.00 pm - February 13, 2025
The report seeks final confirmation of the recommendations to be made to Council on 14 February 2025, in respect of the revenue budget, capital programme and council tax for 2025/26. On 13 January 2025, the Executive reviewed the Council’s overall finance strategy and considered proposals relating to the revenue budgets and the council tax for 2025/26. This report updates the Council’s budgets to reflect the decisions taken and other known changes since 13 January 2025, including the provisional local government finance settlement. The net revenue budget for 2025/26 will be £15,050,100. With core funding estimated to be £5,819,957 no payment from the collection fund and other income sources and use of reserves totalling £693,500, this leaves the total amount due from the Council taxpayers to be £8,536,643. This level of council tax for 2025/26 equates to £191.42 per Band D property. This represents an increase of £5.56 per year from the council tax set for 2024/25 and is within the 2.99% referendum threshold set by the Government.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 85
Average per Month: 3.4
Decisions Recorded: 116