Gurkha Square & the Harlington

In July 2016 the Conservative cabinet including Steve Forster directed Fleet Town Council to look at Gurkha Square as the only location for any new Harlington development!!
"In terms of any option that involves the provision of a new Harlington facility on Council owned land the only District Council asset under consideration is Gurkha Square - Cabinet paper of  7th July 2016"

Therefore Fleet Town Council (FTC) have invested a lot of time and effort in looking at this option. However, this has turned out to be a controversial choice amongst many residents of Fleet and it is generally agreed that if it is to build on Gurkha Square FTC should first demonstrate that it has majority support of Fleet residents for this project.

This is why at the full council meeting of 28th June 2018 the Community Campaign helped draft and support the following motion;
“That due to the scale of Fleet Town Council’s proposals for a new Harlington on Gurkha Square it is the position of Hart District Council that in order to proceed to build on land or other capital assets in the use of the Council for the purpose of the project, the support of the population of the Fleet Town Council area must be evidenced by a public vote or similarly comprehensive expression of public support.”

It is not the place of one tier of local government to dictate to another how they go about their affairs. In particular to use the word 'vote' suggests a parish poll, it is the right of the residents of Fleet to request one if they so wish but it is not the role of Hart District Council to force one. That is why the option of an equivalent form of mandate is being made.
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Your 10 Hart District Councillors, and County Councillor John Bennison. Left to right: Peter, Tony, Sara, James, Ange, Alan, Gill, Chris, Wendy, Simon & John.