SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

~~REPORT~~SECURITIES OFAND ~~FOREIGN~~EXCHANGE ~~PRIVATE ISSUER~~COMMISSION ~~PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16~~ ~~OF THE~~Washington, ~~SECURITIES EXCHANGE~~D.C. ~~ACT~~20549 ~~OF 1934~~

~~August~~Pursuant ~~18,~~to ~~2003~~Rule 13a - 16 or 15d - 16 of The Securities and Exchange Act of 1934

~~Hanson PLC (Translation~~For ofthe ~~Registrant’s~~Month ~~Name into~~of ~~English)~~September, 2003

1HANSON ~~Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X~~PLC ~~7JH, England (Address of Principal Executive Office)~~

(Translation of registrant's name into English)

~~Indicate~~1 byGrosvenor ~~check~~Place, ~~mark~~London, ~~whether~~SW1X ~~the registrant~~7JH, ~~files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or~~England ~~Form 40-F.~~

(Address of principal executive office)

~~Form~~[Indicate ~~20-F~~ by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 4020-F or Form 40F.]

~~Indicate~~Form ~~by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3~~20-~~2(b) under the~~F ~~Securities~~X Form ~~Exchange Act of 1934.~~40-F

~~Yes No~~ [Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.]

~~Some~~Yes No of the information included in the exhibits to this Form 6-K is, or may be deemed to be, “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from future results and developments expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. For a more detailed description of these risks and factors, please see Hanson’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 11, 2003. Hanson does not undertake any obligation to update or revise publicly such forward-looking statements.X

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No. 1		Proposed Capital Reorganisation
Exhibit No. 2		Recommended proposals for the introduction of a new holding company by means of a Scheme of Arrangement under Section 425 of the Companies Act 1985 and Notices of Scheme Court Meeting and Extraordinary General Meeting.
Exhibit No. 3		Introduction to the official list of up to 750,000,000 ordinary shares of £3.00 each.

Exhibit No. 1 Holding(s) in Company dated 15 August 2003
Exhibit No. 2 Capital Reorganisation dated 18 August 2003

~~SIGNATURE~~Exhibit No. 1

~~Pursuant~~Hanson ~~to the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.~~PLC

	Hanson PLC
Dated: August 18, 2003	By:	/s/ Graham Dransfield
	Name:	Graham Dransfield
	Title:	Legal Director

August 15, 2003

Holding in Company

Hanson PLC has received notification that following purchases of ordinary shares on August 13, 2003 Morley Fund Management Limited (a subsidiary of Aviva PLC) and Aviva PLC were interested in 22,253,884 and 22,461,386 ordinary shares in Hanson PLC, respectively, representing 3.02% and 3.05%, respectively, of the issued share capital of the Company.

Yours faithfully

Paul Tunnacliffe
Company Secretary

Exhibit No. 2

August 18, 2003

Hanson PLC

Proposed Capital Reorganisation

Hanson PLC announces that it is today posting a circular to its shareholders in connection with the proposals it announced on July 31, 2003. The proposals involve the creation of a new holding company, Hanson Building Materials PLC, which will then effect a reduction of its share capital to create distributable reserves.

The approval of these proposals will be sought by way of shareholder approval at an Extraordinary General Meeting and a Court Meeting (both of which will be held on 19 September 2003) and also the sanction of the High Court. It is expected that the proposals will be fully implemented by the end of October.

Application has been made to the UK Listing Authority for the listing of, and to the London Stock Exchange for the admission of, up to 750,000,000 ordinary shares of Hanson Building Materials PLC (subsequently to be re-named Hanson PLC).

Copies of the circular and listing particulars relating to Hanson Building Materials PLC have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will be available shortly for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility situated at:

The Financial Services Authority,
25 The North Colonnade,
Canary Wharf,
London E14 5HS
(Tel: +44 (0)20 7676 1000)

and also on the Hanson website (www.hansonplc.com).

Inquiries:

Hanson PLC
Justin Read Tel: +44 (0)20 7245 1245

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorised.

HANSON PLC

By: /s/ Graham Dransfield

Graham Dransfield
Legal Director

Date: September 1, 2003

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