FORM 6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Pursuant to Rule 13a - 16 or 15d - 16 of
The Securities and Exchange Act of 1934

For the Month of ~~September~~October, 2003

HANSON PLC

(Translation of registrant's name into English)

1 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7JH, England

(Address of principal executive office)

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

Form 20-F X Form 40-F

[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.]

Yes No X

~~EXHIBIT~~13 ~~INDEX~~October 2003

~~Exhibit~~Proposed ~~No.~~Capital ~~1 Director~~Reorganisation ~~Shareholding~~of ~~dated~~Hanson ~~23 September 2003 Exhibit No. 2 Directorate Change dated 26 September 2003 Exhibit No. 1~~PLC

~~September~~Sanction ~~23,~~of ~~2003~~Scheme of Arrangement

~~Dear~~At ~~Sirs~~a hearing today, the High Court of Justice in England and Wales (the "High Court") sanctioned the proposed scheme of arrangement under section 425 of the Companies Act 1985 (the "Scheme") to introduce a new listed holding company, Hanson Building Materials PLC (which will be renamed "Hanson PLC" on the Scheme becoming effective).

~~HANSON~~Under the terms of the Scheme, all existing Hanson PLC ordinary shares will be cancelled and shareholders will receive one Hanson ~~DIRECTORS'~~Building ~~SHARE~~Materials ~~INTERESTS~~PLC -ordinary ~~SECTION~~share ~~329~~for ~~COMPANIES~~each ~~ACT~~existing ~~1985~~Hanson PLC ordinary share held at the Scheme record time (which is expected to be 4.30 pm on 14 October 2003).

The ~~three~~Scheme ~~year~~is ~~performance~~expected ~~period~~to ~~for~~become effective on 14 October 2003 and the ~~conditional~~Hanson ~~awards~~Building ofMaterials PLC ordinary shares ~~made~~are onexpected to ~~September~~be ~~22,~~admitted ~~2000~~to ~~under~~ the ~~Hanson~~Official ~~Long~~List ~~Term~~and ~~Incentive~~to ~~Plan~~trading (on the ~~"LTIP"),~~London ~~ended~~Stock Exchange's market for listed securities at 8.00 am on 15 October 2003. The listing of existing Hanson PLC ordinary shares is expected to be cancelled by 8.00 am on ~~September~~15 ~~21,~~October 2003.

The ~~conditional~~High ~~awards~~Court ofis ~~shares~~expected ~~made~~to onapprove ~~September~~the ~~22,~~reduction ~~2000~~of ~~vested~~capital onof ~~a sliding scale depending on~~ Hanson's ~~total~~Building ~~shareholder~~Materials ~~return~~PLC ~~("TSR")~~at ~~over~~ a ~~three~~hearing ~~year performance~~on ~~period,~~20 ~~compared~~October to2003. The reduction ~~the members~~ of acapital ~~comparator~~is ~~group~~expected ~~of international~~to ~~building~~become ~~materials~~effective ~~companies. Hanson's~~on ~~TSR~~21 ~~for~~October ~~this~~2003 ~~performance period~~whereupon ~~ranked~~the ~~below~~nominal ~~50%~~value of ~~the~~a ~~members~~Hanson ofBuilding ~~the comparator group and, therefore,~~Materials inPLC ~~accordance~~ordinary ~~with~~share ~~the~~will ~~performance~~be ~~criteria~~reduced ~~none~~from ofGBP3.00 ~~the shares subject~~ to ~~the awards vested on September 22, 2003~~GBP0.10.

AsFor ~~a result~~ the ~~interests~~purposes inof ~~conditional~~this ~~awards~~announcement ofall ~~79,821,~~references ~~57,890~~to ~~and 59,712~~ Hanson ~~ordinary~~Building ~~shares~~Materials ~~held~~PLC ~~respectively~~should bybe Aconstrued Jas ~~Murray,~~references Jto Cthe ~~Nicholls and G~~new ~~Dransfield,~~Hanson ~~directors~~PLC offrom ~~the~~14 ~~Company~~October 2003, ~~under~~the ~~this~~expected ~~award~~effective ~~lapsed~~date onof ~~September~~the ~~22, 2003, not having vested~~Scheme.

~~Yours faithfully~~Inquiries:

~~Paul Tunnacliffe Company Secretary~~ Hanson PLC

~~Exhibit~~Justin ~~No. 2~~Read

Tel: +44 (0)20 7245 1245

September 26, 2003

Hanson PLC announces appointment of a new Non-executive Director

Hanson PLC, the international building materials company, announces that Sam Laidlaw has been appointed a Non-executive Director with effect from October 1, 2003.

Mr Laidlaw (47) is Executive Vice President for Chevron Texaco Corporation and is a member of its executive committee.

Previous roles include that of Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise Oil plc (2001-2002) and President and Chief Operating Officer of Amerada Hess Corp (1995-2001).

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

Notes:

Hanson is the largest producer of aggregates and concrete pipe & products in the world and is the third largest producer of ready-mixed concrete. Its other principal products are bricks and concrete roof tiles and its operations are in North America, the UK, Continental Europe, Australia and Asia Pacific.

Hanson operates an e-mail distribution service for press releases and other corporate information. Registration for this service, which includes e-mail alerts two days prior to results announcements and publication of company reports, is via its website (www.hansonplc.com).

High-resolution Hanson images are available to download from the media centre on Hanson's website and from www.newscast.co.uk.

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: October 113, 2003

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