Fleet News
The latest Fleet news: planning decisions, council and crime updates, business and community stories, each linked back to its official source.
Top story
Eversley Composting Plan: 10,000 Tonnes a Year at Copse Farm
Collard wants to compost 10,000 tonnes of green waste a year at Copse Farm, Eversley, with about 14 lorry movements a day. Comments close 22 October.
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Food hygiene
Hart Food Hygiene Ratings: All 12 Scored 5 in September
All 12 Hart food hygiene ratings published for September scored 5. Only two premises in the district are rated below 3, the fewest of seven neighbours.
Planning
Hart Local Plan: Housing Target and Sites Out 19 October
Hart's new Local Plan consultation opens 19 October with the housing requirement and the sites put forward. Drop-in at Hook's Elizabeth Hall on 12 November.
Farnborough
Alex Crean, 22, Trains Games Coders at Farnborough College
Alex Crean is 22 and teaches computing and game development at Farnborough College of Technology. He and two colleagues explain what pulled them into FE.
Parking
Ancells Farm Car Park: 4-Hour Limit and ANPR Cameras Start
Free parking at Ancells Farm, Fleet is capped at four hours from the end of September, with no overnight stays. How to avoid a charge and how to appeal one.
Yateley
Yateley Named Hampshire Village of the Year, Hook Runner-Up
Yateley shares Hampshire's Village of the Year 2026 with Liphook, and Hook is runner-up. Hart councils took six of the eleven awards between them.
Crime
Calthorpe Park E-Scooter Crash: Fleet Boy, 14, Arrested
A 14-year-old from Fleet was arrested on 25 September over the June e-scooter crash in Calthorpe Park that left a girl, four, with a serious head injury.
Schools
Church Crookham Junior School: 12 Autism Places Planned
Hampshire plans a 12-place autism base at Church Crookham Junior School from 2027/28. Anyone can comment until 23 October; the cost is set in January.
Hook
Hook 415 Homes: County Highways Lodges Holding Objection
Hampshire's highway engineers want reasons for refusal if Hart decides the 415-home Owens Farm scheme now. The register holds 1,040 objections.
Hook
Hook Reading Road Ban Rewritten to Let School Buses In
Hampshire wants to scrap the 1987 order barring traffic from 893m of Reading Road, so buses to Robert May's can stop there. Objections close 9 October.
Crime
Yateley Arsons: Two Boys Held After Garages Set Alight
Two boys aged 14 and 15 arrested after three fires in 50 minutes in Yateley: a palm tree, a fence and garages at Blackbushe Park. Two more sought.
House prices
Hart House Prices: £481,051 as the Slowdown Stops
Hart's average rose to £481,051 in July and its annual rate ticked up to 2.6%, the first rise in six months. A semi now costs the same as the average Hart home.
Crime
Long Sutton Hare Coursing: Four Arrested Near Odiham
Three men and a 15-year-old were arrested after a car was seen lamping a field off Hayley Lane, Long Sutton. Three dogs were taken and the car seized.
Yateley
Yateley raffle: Phoebe, 8, is £135 from her £800 target
Phoebe Conway, 8, has raised £665 of her £800 target for Lobular Breast Cancer UK. Raffle tickets are £1 and the early-bird draw closes on 19 September.
Council
Hart Council Merger Withdrawn: 2028 Abolition Now Off
Hart is no longer due to be abolished in April 2028. The government withdrew the North Hampshire Council decision on 7 September; May 2027 polls stay local.
Planning
Hares Farm, South Warnborough: High Court Keeps Injunction
The High Court maintained Hart's Hares Farm injunction on 7 September. The council will re-serve the order and says contempt proceedings are likely.
Families
Fleet's nearest Best Start family hub is in Havant
Hampshire's only open Best Start hub is Leigh Park Library in Havant. Alton's is due later this year. Alex Brewer MP says 5,000 under-fives have nowhere local.
Planning
Marsh Lane Eversley: 80 homes back after 2015 refusal
Obsidian Strategic wants up to 80 homes at Marsh Lane, Eversley, where Bovis was refused 121 in 2015. Hart's pre-application advice is due on 22 September.
Community
Here for Hart grants: 28 groups share £124,731
Hart has named the 28 groups sharing £124,731 in Here for Hart grants, from an Odiham youth club to an Eversley defibrillator. £320,000 closes 14 September.
Housing
Hart affordable homes: one housing association willing
Hart's own risk register says just one housing association will consider affordable homes on schemes under 20 units, and cash may be taken instead of houses.
House prices
Hart house prices fall to £479,978 as Winchester closes in
Hart's average is £479,978, still Hampshire's dearest, but its lead over Winchester has shrunk from £25,848 to £8,842 since January. Now £10,156 off the peak.
Jobs
Hart Job Fair: 30+ employers at The Harlington, 17 September
Free entry, 10am to 2pm on Thursday 17 September. The RAF, Royal Mail and Hampshire & Surrey Police are among more than 30 organisations confirmed so far.
Planning
Bramshill Quarry wants 5 more years: have your say by 4 Sep
Cemex and Collard have asked to work the Eversley quarry until 31 December 2031. The council's notice does not say so. Comments close 4 September.
Community
Hart grants: £50,000 for local groups, 4 weeks left to bid
Hart's £440,000 community fund closes to £50,000 bids on 14 September. The £5,000 stream has already shut, and grants are paid back only after you spend.
Education
A level results 2026: Fleet has no sixth form of its own
Lord Wandsworth got 70% A*-B and HSDC Alton a 95% pass rate. Fleet's own two secondary schools both stop at 16, so its sixth formers sit exams outside Hart.
Planning
Santander Fleet: closed bank branch set to become 4 flats
The Santander at 152 Fleet Road closed in June 2025. A noise report for its conversion into four homes went in on 10 August; comments run to 31 August.
Business
Karsan Catering: Fleet takeaway firm calls in creditors
Karsan Catering Ltd of 260 Oatsheaf Parade, Fleet Road is set to wind up voluntarily. Creditors meet on 17 August; claims are due by 4pm on 14 August.
News
Fleet planning: 2,160 homes at Murrell Green on the table
An outline bid for up to 2,160 homes at Murrell Green is with Hart now, in a district that has had no five-year housing land supply since May 2025.