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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.
2,394 approved · 244 refused · 113 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
62 BARNSFIELD CRESCENT, TOTTON SO40 8BW
Received 15 Sept 2025HYTHE POWER STATION, CHARLESTON ROAD, HARDLEY, HYTHE, FAWLEY SO45 3NX
Received 12 Sept 202534 WESTERN ROAD, LYMINGTON SO41 9HL
Received 15 Sept 202551 SPRINGFIELD AVENUE, HOLBURY, FAWLEY SO45 2LN
Received 15 Sept 202522A CHRISTCHURCH ROAD, RINGWOOD BH24 1DN
Received 15 Sept 202522A CHRISTCHURCH ROAD, RINGWOOD BH24 1DN
Received 15 Sept 20254 MARINE POINT, 72 BARTON COURT AVENUE, BARTON-ON-SEA, NEW MILTON BH25 7HQ
Received 15 Sept 20255 BRITANNIA PLACE, STATION STREET, LYMINGTON SO41 3BA (NB: SUBJECT TO UNILATERAL UNDERTAKING)
Received 16 Sept 2025MARCHWOOD GREEN FARM, MAIN ROAD, MARCHWOOD SO40 4UA
Received 18 Sept 2025MARCHWOOD GREEN FARM, MAIN ROAD, MARCHWOOD SO40 4UA
Received 18 Sept 2025THE CHALET, SUNRISE, HARE LANE, ASHLEY, NEW MILTON BH25 5AF
Received 18 Sept 2025WILLOW LODGE, BROADMEAD, SWAY, HORDLE SO41 6DH
Received 18 Sept 2025ONIBURY, 7 NEW ROAD, RINGWOOD BH24 3AU
Received 18 Sept 2025SLEEPY HOLLOW, 8 THE ORCHARD, BRANSGORE BH23 8JG
Received 19 Sept 20255 ARNOLDS CLOSE, BARTON-ON-SEA, NEW MILTON BH25 7JW
Received 22 Sept 2025BARN OPPOSITE LANSDOWN HOUSE, MIDGHAM ROAD, FORDINGBRIDGE, SP6 3BX (NB: SUBJECT TO UNILATERAL UNDERTAKING)
Received 22 Sept 202511 WINDRUSH WAY, HYTHE SO45 6JF
Received 22 Sept 2025GERRANS, CASTLE CLOSE, MILFORD-ON-SEA SO41 0QB
Received 25 Sept 2025LYMINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE, 18 NEW STREET, LYMINGTON SO41 9BQ
Received 22 Sept 202571 LONG LANE, HOLBURY, FAWLEY SO45 2LG
Received 22 Sept 2025COURT MEWS, 28A NEW STREET, LYMINGTON SO41 9BQ
Received 22 Sept 2025FIELD HOUSE, NOADS WAY, DIBDEN PURLIEU, HYTHE SO45 4PD
Received 23 Sept 2025BEACH HUT 77, HORDLE CLIFF, MILFORD-ON-SEA
Received 24 Sept 20253 HIGHFIELD ROAD, RINGWOOD BH24 1RF
Received 24 Sept 2025Records 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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