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.
80 meetings · Page 1 of 16
Licensing Panel - Tuesday, 2nd December, 2025 10.00 am
Executive Portfolio for Leisure and Community - Thursday, 20th November, 2025 1.30 pm
Decisions from Meetings
106 decisions · Page 18 of 22
Community Funding Application - Portchester Community Choir
From: Executive Portfolio for Leisure and Community - Thursday, 21st November, 2024 2.30 pm - November 21, 2024
This report presents an application for funding under the Council’s Community Funding Programme. An application to the Community Fund has been received from Portchester Community Choir for £2,047.21 for the purchase of technology and storage equipment for their Singalong Outreach project. Portchester Community Choir started in 2017 and now has over 70 members. More recently they have received requests from local groups asking if they could take singing to people who cannot attend their performances for groups of 20-30 people. Care homes and groups like Dementia Care Hub have already benefited through their trial sessions and they would like to continue and expand these extremely beneficial outreach performances. This technology and storage equipment would enable Portchester Community Choir to be self-sufficient as currently they use members’ personal equipment which is not fit for purpose. Portchester Community Choir are looking for £2,047.21 from the Community Fund for the purchase of a laptop, portable speaker, printer (to print their song sheets), microphone and headphones plus storage for these items and the song sheets. As of October 2024, Portchester Community Choir held £1,654.20 in their accounts. In the accounting year January 2023 – December 2023 there was an income of £10,401.51 and expenditure of £9,754.63. Both Ward Councillors, Councillor Bainbridge and Councillor D Wiltshire supports Portchester Community Choir’s funding application.
Recommendations Approved
Melvin Jones House
From: Executive - Monday, 4th November, 2024 6.00 pm - November 04, 2024
To obtain approval to include Melvin Jones House and St Marys Road Flats as a new and additional appendix (Appendix A to the report) to the Fareham Housing Regeneration Strategy. To approve in principle the redevelopment of the Melvin Jones House and St Marys Road Flats site, having regard to the options and estimated costs cited in Appendix B to the report. The Regeneration Strategy was adopted at the March 2021 Executive meeting and details the factors that will be considered when identifying and progressing housing regeneration opportunities. Appendix C (Appendix A to the report) is the third of the individual site-specific appendices produced for Executive approval. Melvin Jones House and St Marys Road Flats is a Fareham Borough Council owned sheltered housing scheme constructed in 1972. Due to its age, many of the major structural elements of the building are nearing the end of their life, resulting in increased and more lengthily maintenance. Internally, the accommodation consists of small, poorly designed units which fall short of modern standards of living. Regeneration options have been explored, and the recommendation is to replace the existing buildings and garages with new, energy efficient, affordable homes.
Recommendations Approved
Communications and Engagement Strategy
From: Executive - Monday, 4th November, 2024 6.00 pm - November 04, 2024
To seek approval to consult on the Draft Communications and Engagement Strategy, which sets out proposals for how the Council will communicate and engage with our diverse audiences. The creation and implementation of a new Communications and Engagement Strategy is a key project to be delivered under Priority Six of the Corporate Strategy 2023 – 2029 which aims to ensure we are ‘a responsive, inclusive and innovative Council’. The Communications and Engagement landscape has changed during recent years, with many more people consuming news and engaging online. However, a core group of people prefer to engage using more traditional methods. To ensure we continue to meet the needs of our diverse audiences a draft Communications and Engagement Strategy has been developed. This is based around a series of proposed aims, supporting priorities and projects with which to guide better communications and engagement with both external and internal customers of the Council. Approval is sought to consult on the draft strategy.
Recommendations Approved
Food Waste Collection Service
From: Executive - Monday, 4th November, 2024 6.00 pm - November 04, 2024
To consider the introduction of a food waste collection service across the Borough in March 2026. It is anticipated that the introduction of weekly food waste collections will be mandatory for English Waste Collection Authorities from 31 March 2026. Preparations are already underway to meet this requirement in Fareham. A moderate financial and delivery risk has been identified if supply chain issues delay the availability of new food waste vehicles and kerbside caddies. Given that capital grant funding has already been received, and secure storage is available, it is recommended that the five food waste vehicles and 47,500 kerbside cassies required are purchased as soon as possible, in advance of the finalised Environment Act Regulations and Statutory Guidance being in place.
Recommendations Approved
Housing Revenue Account Monitoring 2024/25
From: Executive - Monday, 4th November, 2024 6.00 pm - November 04, 2024
The report provides comparative information on the Council’s Housing Revenue Account income and expenditure for the period for the first half of the financial year. Members are invited to consider the financial performance and any corrective action that may be deemed appropriate. The report provides summary information on the overall spending position against the Housing Revenue Account budgets in the current year. Revenue spending plans are currently showing a net overspend for the first half of the financial year. This is expected to continue for the rest of the year and the proposed payment into the prepayment of debt reserve is unlikely to be possible. Actions are being taken to try and address the trend with the HRA which is an issue across the country, not just in Fareham. However, the effect of these will take some time to show in the figures. It therefore remains appropriate to continue to monitor financial performance closely over the remainder of the financial year to ensure that any pressures do not adversely affect the services provided to residents and customers, and the Council’s obligations to tenants.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 80
Average per Month: 3.5
Decisions Recorded: 106