New Forest District Council

The bill for an average band D home in the New Forest is set to go over £2,000 for the first time.

A scheme to turn former offices in Totton into 13 supported living flats has been approved by New Forest District Council.

Charities and organisations in the New Forest are to benefit from grants totalling more than £270,000 from the district council.

A builder is challenging New Forest District Council’s refusal of permission to replace a four-bedroom home in Pennington with five new houses.

Angry residents jeered as New Forest District Council’s planning committee approved unpopular plans for 164 new homes in New Milton.

Public cemeteries in Lymington and Sway are forecast to run out of space for new burials next year.

A national shortage of HGV drivers has prompted NFDC to keep paying its team more for a further year to "safeguard" services.

New Forest District Council wants to buy the former Lymington police station for affordable housing after two abortive bids to build retirement flats.

An application for a dozen over-50s flats on the plot of one bungalow in Calmore has been refused by New Forest District Council.

Plans have been revealed for a giant solar farm on fields between Sopley and Bransgore, the size of about 52 football pitches.

A developer has made a third attempt to demolish a former shop with two flats above in Totton to build a new block of apartments.

Plans to build five houses on the site of Pennington's 100-year-old WI hall have been lodged with New Forest District Council.

Councillors will be advised to approve plans for 164 new homes in New Milton when they meet next week after previously deferring the matter.

A landmark hotel at the gateway to Brockenhurst is seeking permission to keep a tented dining area created during the pandemic.

Plans to bring in laws to fine people feeding livestock or lighting barbecues in the Forest will empower the public to speak up, NPA chair suggests.

A developer has withdrawn a controversial bid to redevelop the old Lymington police station site into 32 retirement flats.

Contentious plans for gravel extraction at Hordle have been opposed by New Forest District Council.

The New Forest will experience hotter, drier summers and warmer but wetter winters, according to an annual report on climate change.

The founder of a group demanding "appropriate housing for Hordle" has contacted Michael Gove after a “disappointing” meeting with Sir Desmond Swayne.

More than 400 new homes are set to be built near Fordingbridge after councillors gave permission for the first stage of a major housing scheme.