Neighbourhood planning

The new Fawley draft Neighbourhood Plan is subject to a six-week public consultation (Regulation 16) between Friday 3 April 2026 and 5pm, Sunday 17 May 2026. During the period of consultation, stakeholders and members of the public will be able to comment on the emerging neighbourhood plan and other submitted documents. Please click on the tab below and select ‘Make a representation on the Draft Fawley Neighbourhood Plan’ once consultation opens to submit your comments.

This is a new Neighbourhood Plan for Fawley and will introduce a new set of planning policies that will inform the development of Fawley in the future. Further details on the Fawley Neighbourhood Plan are available here: Fawley Neighbourhood Plan – New Forest District Council.

A copy of the submitted Neighbourhood Plan is available for inspection during normal opening hours: New Forest National Park Authority, Lymington Town Hall, Avenue Road, Lymington, SO41 9ZG.

The draft Lymington and Pennington Neighbourhood Plan was subject to local referendum on 29 January 2026.  At this referendum a total of 92.5% of those who voted supported the plan, with a turn-out of 17.1%. Following this positive public endorsement, we formally adopted (or ‘made’) the Lymington and Pennington Neighbourhood Plan at the full Authority meeting on 26 March 2026 for the part of the parish within the National Park.

The statutory ‘Decision Statement’ and adopted Neighbourhood Plan are available here: Lymington and Pennington Neighbourhood Plan – New Forest District Council. The adopted Lymington and Pennington Neighbourhood Plan forms part of the statutory ‘development plan’ for the part of the New Forest National Park in Lymington and Pennington parish.

The revised draft New Milton Neighbourhood Plan was subject to an eight-week public consultation between Friday 28 November 2025 and Friday 23 January 2026. During the period of consultation, stakeholders and members of the public were able to comment on the emerging neighbourhood plan and other submitted documents.

This is an update to the ‘made’ New Milton Neighbourhood Plan and further details on both the existing Neighbourhood Plan and the emerging review of the Plan are available at New Milton Neighbourhood Plan – New Forest District Council.

The draft Wellow Neighbourhood Plan was subject to local referendum on 11 July 2024.  At this referendum a total of 91% of those who voted supported the plan, with a turn-out of 23%. Following this positive public endorsement, we formally adopted (or ‘made’) the Wellow Neighbourhood Plan at the full Authority meeting on 25 July 2024 for the part of the parish within the National Park. The statutory ‘Decision Statement’ and adopted Neighbourhood Plan are available via the ‘Wellow Neighbourhood Plan’ tab below. The adopted Wellow Neighbourhood Plan forms part of the statutory ‘development plan’ for the part of the New Forest National Park in Wellow parish.

If you have any questions regarding the Plan or the referendum please contact the Test Valley Neighbourhood Planning team on 01264 368000 or neighbourhoodplanning@testvalley.gov.uk  or view the information available at: Wellow Neighbourhood Development Plan | Test Valley Borough Council

The draft Ringwood Neighbourhood Plan was subject to local referendum on 4 July 2024. At this referendum a total of 83% of those who voted supported the plan, with a turn-out of 59%. Following this positive public endorsement, we formally adopted (or ‘made’) the Ringwood Neighbourhood Plan at the full Authority meeting on 25 July 2024 for the part of the parish within the National Park. The statutory ‘Decision Statement’ and adopted Neighbourhood Plan are available via the ‘Ringwood Neighbourhood Plan’ tab below. The adopted Ringwood Neighbourhood Plan forms part of the statutory ‘development plan’ for the part of the New Forest National Park in Ringwood parish.

The draft New Milton Neighbourhood Plan was subject to local referendum on 6 May 2021. At this local referendum a total of 88% of those who voted supported the Neighbourhood Plan, with a turn-out of 35%. Following this positive public endorsement, we formally adopted (or ‘made’) the New Milton Neighbourhood Plan at the full Authority meeting on 1 July 2021 for the part of the parish within the National Park. The statutory ‘Decision Statement’ and adopted Neighbourhood Plan are available via the ‘New Milton Neighbourhood Plan’ tab below.

The adopted New Milton Neighbourhood Plan forms part of the statutory ‘development plan’ for the part of the New Forest National Park in New Milton parish.

The final draft version of the Hythe & Dibden Neighbourhood Plan, incorporating the Examiner’s required modifications, was the subject of a local referendum on 29 October 2019. At the local referendum 84.8% of those who voted supported the Neighbourhood Plan, with a turn-out of 15%. Following this positive endorsement at referendum, we formally adopted (or ‘made’) the Hythe & Dibden Neighbourhood Plan at the full Authority meeting on 18 December 2019 for the part of the parish within the National Park. The ‘Decision Statement’ and adopted Neighbourhood Plan are available via the ‘Hythe and Dibden Neighbourhood Plan’ tab below.    The adopted Hythe & Dibden Neighbourhood Plan forms part of the statutory ‘development plan’ for the part of the New Forest National Park in Hythe & Dibden parish.