Planning

There are concerns farmland will be lost to housing as New Forest District Council hunts for sites of future development.

Fresh plans have been submitted for the redevelopment of Ringwood’s former Corn Exchange.

An application to convert a former 11-bedroom Lyndhurst hotel into seven flats has been submitted by Smart Group Property.

A town council has been forced to review its neighbourhood plan after a controversial 443-home development which went against it was approved.

Divisive plans to replace a Totton bungalow with flats for the over 50s have prompted a raft of objections.

An appeal to construct a riding school on a site in Minstead currently used as a paddock has been allowed.

Disgruntled homeowners are set to report the district council over a planning outcome that left them feeling like they live “in a prison”.

BCP Council planning applications and decisions for Christchurch for the week ending Friday 27th December.

Junction improvements and a £1m contribution to a primary school are two of the enhancement projects set out as part of plans for 170 new homes.

New Forest District Council planning applications and decisions for the week ending Friday 27th December.

A sports pavilion on a school site could be revamped so a football club can meet a surge in demand.

New Forest National Park Authority planning applications and decisions for the week ending Friday 27th December.

A New Forest football club has netted planning permission for an improved clubhouse from the national park authority.

New Forest District Council is concerned over government plans to hike housing targets as part of changes to national planning policies.

BCP Council planning applications and decisions for Christchurch for the week ending Friday 20th December.

A former medical centre could be turned back into a dwelling if a redevelopment proposal gets the go ahead.

A £15.6 million anaerobic digestion plant which will convert food waste into renewable is to be opened near Christchurch.

New Forest National Park Authority planning applications and decisions for the week ending Friday 20th December.

New Forest District Council planning applications and decisions for the week ending Friday 20th December.

Plans to turn a former high street bank into an educational site have been given the green light despite an objection by the town’s council.