The Tower, BARROWS LANE, SWAY, LYMINGTON, SO41 6DE Data via plota.co.uk

26/00135FULL - Full Application Approved
Telecoms masts

Proposal

Upgrade of an existing telecommunications base station installation comprising removal of 6no. existing antennas; replacement within 6no. new antennas; internal upgrades to existing equipment cabinet; ancillary development thereto Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Apr 2026
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Consultation
17 Apr 2026
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Validated
24 Apr 2026
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Approved
5 Jun 2026

Approved on 5 Jun 2026 · Last checked 11 Jul 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 10

Special protection areaAerodrome safeguarding zoneSway008
Grade II* listed: Peterson's Tower
List entry 1296880 · 8 m from the pin · 2 more listed buildings within 150 m (2 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Water SPA/Ramsar, Solent Maritime SAC, Portsmouth Harbour SPA/Ramsar
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
New Forest National Park
The park authority decides applications here. Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.
Sway Tower conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
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2 Article 4 directions
Article 4 Direction Np New Forest Campsite · Article 4 Direction Np New Forest Recreational Campsite. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Special protection areaCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
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Aerodrome safeguarding zoneCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
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Sway008Council record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council
New Forest (Park)
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
SO41 6DE
Received
17 Apr 2026
Validated
24 Apr 2026
Parish
Sway Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
12 Jun 2026
Decision
Grant Subject to Conditions
Decision date
5 Jun 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 42 days from validation, 7 days faster than New Forest (Park)'s median of 49 for full applications. Approved, as 90% of full applications here are.

84%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
90%go to committee

Plota live figures for full applications decided by New Forest (Park) in the last twelve months, from validation. New Forest (Park) decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14691082
Comments by
22 May 2026
Site or press notice
17 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
22 May 2026
New Forest (Park)
Planning Authority Score
3.3/10
Poor
#226 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

New Forest (Park) is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #254 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
New Forest (Park) decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #136 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #160 of 296
45%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #254 of 296
44%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #180 of 296
75%
Minor dwellings approved
28 decided (1-9 homes)
50%
Major dwellings approved
4 decided (10+ homes)
83%
Change of use approved
18 decided
487
Total decisions
55 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings