New Forest National Park Authority planning applications
Data as of 5 November 2026
New Forest National Park Authority decided more than 1,300 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 7% of those it approved or refused, about the same as the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 34 days to decide one.
Look up one application
Search by reference or address on New Forest National Park Authority’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).
Figures for New Forest National Park Authority
| Applications decided | more than 1,300 |
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| Share refusedof those approved or refused | 7%middle UK council 9% |
| Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date | 34 daysmiddle UK council 55 days |
| Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings | Not enough typed decisions |
| Appeals decidedin the last three years | 76 |
| Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits | 42%about one in two |
| Officer reports and decision notices searchable | back to 2017 |
| Local Plan policies held | 55 |
What inspectors decide appeals on
In their own words, from recent appeal decisions on New Forest National Park Authority’s planning applications.
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“The main issues are: • the effect of the proposed development upon the character and appearance of the area, including the New Forest National Park (the NP); • the effect of the proposed development upon protected trees; • the effect…”
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“The main issues are: • whether or not the appeal property is suitable for a tourism related business use given its location; • the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area, with particular…”
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“The main issues are: • Whether the proposal would be suitably located, having regard to the requirements of planning policies seeking to manage the location of residential development; • The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of…”
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“The main issues are: • the effect of the proposed house on the character and appearance of the surrounding area; and • the effect of the proposed development on Special Protection Areas, Special Areas of Conservation or Ramsar sites.”
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“The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the surrounding landscape.”
How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.