Consultations

What are consultations?

In a consultation, we ask for your views to help us understand what you think about something. 

The results help us to understand how you view our services, policies and strategies, and where we could make improvements. They also help us to understand your priorities and concerns. 

We feed the results back for consideration in the Council's decision-making process. They will be weighed against resource constraints, legislation and competing views.

Our consultations

We list consultations that are open, and consultations that have ended in the last 12 months.

Please contact us if you would like paper copies of any consultations or help with using the online consultation portal.

Open consultations

We're currently running a Residents' Survey. This is open from Tuesday 1 September until 11:59pm on Monday 12 October. 

Past consultations within the last year

• 20 July - 16 August - we consulted on our proposal to extend our current dog fouling policy
• May - June 2026 - we ran a Local Plan Scoping Consultation to gather views on what our new Local Plan should cover and how best to engage with you going forward
• August - January 2026 - we held a call for sites consultation to help shape the new Hart Local Plan.

Other local consultations

We don’t run these consultations. They are run by other organisations but could affect residents and businesses within Hart.

There are currently no open consultations. 

Past consultations within the last year

• The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government ran a consultation on local government reorganisation proposals for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight from 19 November 2025 to 11 January 2026.