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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for New Forest District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,124 approved · 214 refused · 98 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Mar 2023 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
23 NORMAN ROAD, BLACKFIELD, FAWLEY, SO45 1YF
Received 11 Sept 2024NEW FOREST WATER PARK, RINGWOOD ROAD, FORDINGBRIDGE, SP6 2EY
Received 11 Sept 20246 LINWOOD CLOSE, HYTHE SO45 3LD
Received 12 Sept 202457 & 59 ASHLEY ROAD, NEW MILTON BH25 6AZ
Received 12 Sept 2024BARN AT THE OLD STORES, SCATS LANE, SANDLEHEATH, SP6 1PL (NB: SUBJECT TO UNILATERAL UNDERTAKING)
Received 12 Sept 202447 LIN BROOK DRIVE, RINGWOOD, BH24 3LJ
Received 16 Sept 2024BALLARD WOOD, 38 KENNARD ROAD, NEW MILTON, BH25 5JX
Received 16 Sept 2024THE COTTAGE BY THE GREEN, FOX POND LANE, PENNINGTON, LYMINGTON SO41 8FW
Received 16 Sept 2024DOWNLANDS COTTAGE, MARTIN ROAD, MARTIN SP6 3LA
Received 16 Sept 2024DOWNLANDS COTTAGE, MARTIN ROAD, MARTIN SP6 3LA
Received 16 Sept 2024BEACH HUT 406, HORDLE CLIFF, MILFORD-ON-SEA
Received 16 Sept 20241 FROBISHER CLOSE, POULNER, RINGWOOD, BH24 1UH
Received 13 Sept 2024BUMBLEBERRY FIELD, MARTIN ROAD, MARTIN, SP6 3LR
Received 17 Sept 202429-31 STATION ROAD, NEW MILTON, BH25 6HR (NB: PROPOSED LEGAL AGREEMENT)
Received 17 Sept 20246 DURLAND CLOSE, NEW MILTON, BH25 6NJ
Received 18 Sept 202459 MANOR ROAD, NEW MILTON, BH25 5EL
Received 18 Sept 2024UNIT 2, DELL BUILDINGS, MILFORD ROAD, EVERTON, LYMINGTON SO41 0ED
Received 19 Sept 2024FOREST FARM, BARNES LANE, MILFORD-ON-SEA SO41 0RR
Received 19 Sept 2024SOUTHWINDS, NORTH RIPLEY ROAD, RIPLEY, SOPLEY, BH23 8ES
Received 20 Sept 2024COURT LODGE NURSING HOME, COURT CLOSE, LYMINGTON, SO41 8NQ
Received 20 Sept 2024LAND ADJACENT TO THE WHEELWRIGHTS POST, SALISBURY ROAD, BURGATE, FORDINGBRIDGE, SP6 1LX (NB: PROPOSED LEGAL AGREEMENT)
Received 20 Sept 202452 GORDON ROAD, PENNINGTON, LYMINGTON SO41 8HP
Received 23 Sept 2024LYMINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE, 18 NEW STREET, LYMINGTON, SO41 9BQ
Received 23 Sept 202493-95 COMMERCIAL ROAD, TOTTON, SO40 3AF
Received 23 Sept 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for New Forest District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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