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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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for New Forest District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,250 approved · 231 refused · 108 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Mar 2023 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
31 BRANSGORE GARDENS, BRANSGORE BH23 8JD
Received 21 Mar 202537 STANLEY ROAD, LYMINGTON SO41 3SL
Received 21 Mar 2025193-195 HAMPTON LANE, BLACKFIELD, FAWLEY SO45 1XA
Received 21 Mar 2025SITE OF 41 AND 43, MANOR ROAD, RINGWOOD BH24 1RB
Received 21 Mar 202527 HIGH STREET, FORDINGBRIDGE SP6 1AT (NB: PROPOSED LEGAL AGREEMENT)
Received 21 Mar 2025114 BARTON DRIVE, BARTON-ON-SEA, NEW MILTON BH25 7JL
Received 24 Mar 202512 DIBDEN LODGE CLOSE, HYTHE SO45 6AY
Received 24 Mar 2025777 MOTORCYCLE CAFE, REAR OF, 3 GOSPORT STREET, LYMINGTON SO41 9BG
Received 24 Mar 202539 NORTHLANDS ROAD, TOTTON SO40 3HA
Received 25 Mar 2025109 STATION ROAD, FORDINGBRIDGE SP6 1BU
Received 26 Mar 2025BREAMORE DOWN FARM, WHITSBURY, BREAMORE SP6 3QY (NB: SUBJECT TO LEGAL AGREEMENT)
Received 25 Mar 2025HILL RISE, HARE LANE, HORDLE SO41 0GE
Received 25 Mar 2025LITTLE NUTLEY, RINGWOOD ROAD, SOPLEY BH23 7BB
Received 25 Mar 2025NAVAN, WHINFIELD ROAD, DIBDEN PURLIEU, HYTHE SO45 4QA
Received 26 Mar 2025TAMARISK, 14 ST FRANCIS ROAD, LANGLEY, FAWLEY SO45 1XU
Received 26 Mar 202518 HEATHWOOD AVENUE, BARTON-ON-SEA, NEW MILTON BH25 7LW
Received 26 Mar 20257 PENTLAND CLOSE, DIBDEN PURLIEU, HYTHE SO45 5SP
Received 26 Mar 202524 SEAWARD AVENUE, BARTON-ON-SEA, NEW MILTON BH25 7HW
Received 26 Mar 202519 COWLEY ROAD, PENNINGTON, LYMINGTON SO41 9JR
Received 26 Mar 2025LEA GREEN COTTAGE, CHRISTCHURCH ROAD, DOWNTON, HORDLE SO41 0LA
Received 26 Mar 202517 MERRIVALE CLOSE, HYTHE SO45 5XA
Received 26 Mar 202542-52 GOSPORT STREET, LYMINGTON SO41 9BE (NB: SUBJECT UNILATERAL UNDERTAKING)
Received 26 Mar 202515 BEACH AVENUE, BARTON-ON-SEA, NEW MILTON BH25 7EH
Received 26 Mar 20259 POUND ROAD, PENNINGTON, LYMINGTON SO41 8EL
Received 26 Mar 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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