New Forest District Council

A new bid has been submitted for plans to redevelop the old Lymington police station into retirement flats.

A bid to demolish a house in Dibden Purlieu and replace it with 25 homes has been refused after sparking nearly 200 objections.

Bransgore Primary School has been given the green light to build three new classrooms to urgently tackle overcrowding.

Council planners have rejected a bid for a new house in Milford which sparked more than 300 objections from residents.

NFDC's housing chief said she didn't have a crystal ball when asked how it would respond to government plans to drop compulsory housebuilding targets.

The inclusion of Dibden Bay in the Solent Freeport has put an environmentally sensitive site in “peril”, the latest meeting of NFDC was warned.

New Forest District Council has become the first in Hampshire to launch an employment scheme to help former homeless residents.

Owners of second homes in the New Forest could be charged double the council tax to help free up more housing for local people.

A new Aldi supermarket has been given the green light by New Forest District Council on a site in Totton.

Highway safety concerns prompted councillors to put off a decision over 164 new homes in New Milton

Plans to build 97 new homes on fields in Hordle have been approved by New Forest District Council.

A developer seeking to demolish a large house at Barton and build seven homes said the scheme would help attract a younger population to the area.

As the NFDC hands out funding for a raft of warm spaces for those worried about putting heating on at home, we round up the sites near you.

An application has been submitted to build a block of 12 flats for the over-50s in Totton.

Calls to ban fireworks and sky lanterns in the New Forest via new antisocial behaviour laws have been rejected by the district council.

A new care home could replace Pennington’s WI hall after a bid was made to demolish the community building.

Two local churches are at odds over plans to develop land next to a community meadow in Milford.

Solent Freeport is now running after the final green light was given to what supporters hailed as a “once-in-a-generation” opportunity.

TWO major schemes paving the way for 260 houses to be built on sites in Hordle and New Milton look set to get the go-ahead from NFDC.

A controversial scheme for 156 homes on fields near Hordle Primary School has been withdrawn by the developer.