Draft Recreation Management Strategy for the New Forest National Park
The draft Recreation Management Strategy sets out the strategic direction for the management of outdoor recreation in the New Forest National Park over the coming 20 years. It seeks to guide and influence recreation and spatial planning policy and implementation across the whole of the National Park and adjoining areas. The translation of policies into practical activity will be outlined in an action plan which will be developed with key partners over the coming months.
The formal consultation on the draft National Park Plan and draft Recreation Management Strategy closed on Friday 14 November.
The next stages are:
- Spring-Summer 2009: further meetings including a Working Group to review and propose revisions to the document including those policies relating to dog-free car parks, traffic management and zoning. A full range of views will be represented at the working group.
- Autumn-Winter 2009: the revised draft Recreation Management Strategy will go 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.
RMS Working Group workshop report 2nd June 2009
The Recreation Management Strategy Working Group met on 2 June 2009 to discuss the issues that have arisen from the consultation process. The workshop outcomes can be found in this report:
Working group summary report (211 KB)
Recreation Management Strategy document
If you want to view or download the National Park Recreation Management Strategy and supporting documents please click here
Archive information
Dog walking - New Forest National Park Authority statement
Park Plan/RMS questions and answers (49 KB)
Statement from the Chairman (11 KB)
Next stage letter - RMS (24 KB)
The consultation period ended on 14 November 2008
For further general information about the draft Recreation Management Strategy please telephone Saira Evans on 01590 646682 or Rachael Bowen on 01590 646675
The Strategy has been drawn up in parallel with, and supports, the first National Park Plan for the New Forest which is also currently available as a consultation draft.
