New Forest National Park Plan
Consultation Draft
Meetings of Working Groups, Parish & Town Councils, and Ward Councillors
The draft National Park Plan sets out the long-term vision and objectives for the National Park, together with the policies and actions for the next five years and beyond. It combines two important statutory documents in a single integrated plan. These are the National Park Management Plan and the Local Development Framework Core Strategy including Development Control policies. It is hoped that this will make the overall approach proposed for the National Park clearer for interested organisations and individuals.
The formal consultation on the draft National Park Plan and draft Recreation Management Strategy closed on Friday 14 November 2008.
The next stages are:
- March-May 2009: Working Groups to focus specifically on the issues that generated the most interest and concern during the consultation. The purpose of the groups is to discuss in detail the key points raised and to suggest alternative approaches or ways in which the relevant policies could be amended or improved. Attendance at the Working Groups is by invitation only and the meetings are not open to the press or general public. People invited to the working groups are representative of the range of views expressed on the issues during the consultation process. These groups will look at:
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- Further meetings will also be held in parishes or villages to consider the way forward.
- October 2009: The revised draft National Park Plan goes to the full National Park Authority for approval; action and implementation plans will be developed in parallel.
- After the Authority meeting: if the Park Plan is approved, the Local Development Framework ‘Core Strategy’, which is the planning policies integrated into the Plan, will be subject to a further six-week statutory public consultation and, some months later, independent public examination.
- Autumn-Winter 2009: the revised draft Recreation Management Strategy goes to the full National Park Authority for approval; action and implementation plans will be developed.
- Nearly 2,000 copies of the draft Park Plan and Recreation Management Strategy were sent out during the consultation period and there were 31,500 hits on the draft Park Plan web pages and 11,500 on the draft Recreation Management Strategy web pages.
Draft National Park Plan
If you want to view or download the Draft National Park Plan and accompanying documents please click here
Alternatively you can request a paper copy of the Plan and response form by emailing nationalparkplan@newforestnpa.gov.uk.
Copies are available on CD, in large print format, in Braille or in an alternative language on request.
Supporting material
Supporting evidence base documents have informed the consultation draft, and can be viewed here
The stages in the process of preparing and eventually adopting the National Park Plan are set out in the following 
diagram (15 KB). Please note that the timescales are indicative.
The statutory consultees and other organisations sent copies of the draft Plan at the outset of the consultation period are listed here (499 KB)
For details of the New Forest, New Chapter workshops which helped inform the draft plan please follow the link.
Archive information
Park Plan/RMS questions and answers (49 KB)
Next stage pie charts (113 KB)
Next stage letter (207 KB)
Statement from the Chairman (11 KB)
Explanatory Note Draft Planning Policies on Recreational Horse Keeping (364 KB)
Archive news releases
Park Plans consultation closes
Consultation extended for National Park Plans
Authority consults on its 20-year vision for the National Park
For further general information about the National Park Plan or the consultation please telephone Nick Evans on 01590 646679 or Sarah Applegate on 01590 646673
The public consultation period ended on 14 November 2008
More detailed policies and actions for recreation can be found in the Recreation Management Strategy for the National Park also currently available as a consultation draft.
