Rockford Cottage, HIGHWOOD LANE, Highwood, RINGWOOD, BH24 3LZ Data via plota.co.uk

26/00934FULL - Major - Non EIA Allocation
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Outbuilding for use incidental to the dwelling Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 10 Dec 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 29 Oct 2026, from New Forest (Park)'s recent extensions.

Documents

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Site constraints 12

Aerodrome safeguarding zoneUnexploded ordnance riskNational Trust Common
Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Avon SAC
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.
Western Escarpment 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.
Council document ↗
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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Special area of conservation 30 m away: The New Forest
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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 5. 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.
SSSI 30 m away: The New Forest SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Aerodrome safeguarding zoneCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Unexploded ordnance riskCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
National Trust CommonCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
Priority habitat 24 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

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Important details

Council
New Forest (Park)
Application type
Major - Non EIA
Postcode
BH24 3LZ
Received
10 Sept 2026
Validated
10 Sept 2026
Parish
Ellingham Harbridge and Ibsley Parish Council
Target decision
10 Dec 2026
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 4 of the 56-day target. New Forest (Park) usually decides extensions by day 49.

Day 452 days to the 56-day target
82%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
83%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

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Historical activity at this location

2 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2022 Approved
Replacement conservatory; re-roofing of dwelling and annexe; porch; external alterations…
22/00219
2021 Approved
Prune 2 x English Oak trees Prune 2 x Beech trees Fell 2 x Silver Birch trees Fell 3 tree…
CONS/21/0637
New Forest (Park)
Planning Authority Score
3.3/10
Poor
#226 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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