New Forest District Council

Vulnerable households struggling with council tax bills are set to receive further support from New Forest District Council over the coming year.

Refusal to allow a garage to be built on a historic plot in the centre of Lymington has been challenged at appeal.

Funding totalling £540,000 has been awarded to New Forest District Council to support rural businesses and communities.

The deterioration of listed buildings in Lymington is having a "negative effect on the high street and impacting businesses nearby".

A housing association which owns a block of 20 flats in Barton has applied to NFDC for retrospective permission over the site.

Lymington’s former police station has been sold to a major retirement flats developer – dashing hopes of its use for affordable housing.

Objectors to plans for a controversial housing development near Oakhaven Hospice cheered as Lymington Town Council voted unanimously against it.

A former commoner campaigning for average speed cameras has spoken of her disappointment at the lack of progress.

Residents across the New Forest and Christchurch will pay more in council tax after the major authorities upped their precepts.

Milford parish councillors have accused NFDC of bullying them in a row over efforts to force a developer to fix what they say is unsafe public space.

NFDC has been criticised for trying to send a homeless woman back to Southampton despite her claiming to have fled an abusive ex-partner in the city.

Council house tenants in the New Forest are facing a proposed rent rise of 7% from April.

The annual subscription for a garden waste sack from New Forest District Council will rise from April.

A special meeting has been called by Lymington and Pennington Town Council to discuss its response to plans for a major housing development.

An application to demolish a Ringwood bungalow and build four detached houses has been refused for the second time.

Clearing footpaths and adding seats are among plans to enhance a “long-neglected” area of New Milton woodland.

Two years after plans were defeated to axe run-down toilets at Barton beach, a brand new set of conveniences has been unanimously approved by NFDC.

New Forest District Council is set to pay the organisation which runs its five leisure centres a further £270,000 to address an income deficit.

New Forest and Christchurch residents keen to celebrate King Charles III’s coronation with a street party are invited to apply for free road closures.

A controversial bid to transform the former Lymington police station into 32 retirement flats is set to be relaunched.