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• New Forest hedge planting event brings community together to benefit local wildlife and nature

  7 MARCH 2025 New Forest hedge planting event brings community together to benefit local wildlife and nature

    Joint news release from the New Forest Agricultural Show Society, Hampshire Forest Partnership and the New Forest National Park Authority. Thanks to the support of the local community, hundreds...

• Planning Committee meeting 18 March 2025

  7 MARCH 2025 Planning Committee meeting 18 March 2025

  The March 2025 Planning Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday 18 March at 9.30am. Click here to tune in to the live streamed meeting View the March agenda and papers...

• Record numbers of key ground nesting bird found in the New Forest

  26 FEBRUARY 2025 Record numbers of key ground nesting bird found in the New Forest

  Joint press release Conservationists have recorded the highest ever numbers of woodlark, a protected species of ground nesting bird, in the New Forest. A survey by Forestry England and Hampshire...

• Join the New Forest Awakening Festival 2025: A month-long celebration of nature and climate action

  19 FEBRUARY 2025 Join the New Forest Awakening Festival 2025: A month-long celebration of nature and climate action

  Dozens of organisations in and around the New Forest are inviting people to join in with the New Forest Awakening Festival which runs throughout March 2025. Run by the New...

• Over 450 prospective volunteers attended the biggest New Forest National Park Volunteer Fair yet

  14 FEBRUARY 2025 Over 450 prospective volunteers attended the biggest New Forest National Park Volunteer Fair yet

  Last month’s Fair (26 January) had over 50 stalls of organisations from across the New Forest and surrounding areas and marked the start of the 20th anniversary of the National...

• Consultative Panel – Chair vacancy

  6 FEBRUARY 2025 Consultative Panel – Chair vacancy

  Would you like to play a leading role in conserving and enhancing the natural beauty and special qualities of one of our most treasured landscapes? The New Forest Consultative Panel...

• Planning Committee meeting 18 February 2025

  6 FEBRUARY 2025 Planning Committee meeting 18 February 2025

  The February 2025 Planning Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday 18 February at 9.30am. Click here to tune in to the live streamed meeting View the February agenda and papers...

• Rare species recorded in New Forest restoration project

  3 FEBRUARY 2025 Rare species recorded in New Forest restoration project

  Nearly 40 rare species have been recorded in the New Forest during a project to restore areas for nature. The species were identified during surveys undertaken by Wild New Forest...

• Young people’s views on climate and nature emergencies to be portrayed in theatre show based on New Forest folklore 

  3 FEBRUARY 2025 Young people’s views on climate and nature emergencies to be portrayed in theatre show based on New Forest folklore 

  A brand-new youth-led theatre performance centred on themes of climate and nature will debut at Southampton’s MAST Mayflower Studios this summer, brought to the stage by community arts organisation, Theatre...

• Planning for the future of the New Forest National Park: Have your say on the Local Plan Review

  3 FEBRUARY 2025 Planning for the future of the New Forest National Park: Have your say on the Local Plan Review

  The New Forest National Park Authority is inviting people to share their views on development within the New Forest National Park. An initial six-week public consultation on the review of...