Rockford Cottage, Highwood Lane, Highwood, Ringwood BH24 3LZ Data via plota.co.uk

26/00934FULL - Major - Non EIA Pending Decision

Proposal

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

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Application progress

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Received

21 Aug 2026

✓

Consultation

10 Sept 2026

✓

Validated

14 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 10 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 2 Nov 2026, from New Forest (Park)'s recent extensions.

The consultation period closed on 15 Oct 2026.

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), 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.

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Unexploded ordnance riskCouncil record

Recorded by the council for this site.

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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

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £1,800,000 in September 2021. Detached house, freehold.

17 September 2021£1,800,000

29 July 1997£385,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area304 m² (3,272 sq ft)

Energy ratingE (48 out of 100), could reach C

PropertyDetached house, 9 habitable rooms

BuiltBefore 1900

HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil

WallsCavity wall, as built, insulated (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in February 2016, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: New Forest (Park)
Application type: Major - Non EIA
Postcode: BH24 3LZ
Received: 21 Aug 2026
Validated: 14 Sept 2026
Parish: Ellingham Harbridge and Ibsley Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 10 Dec 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 45 of the 56-day target. New Forest (Park) usually decides extensions by day 49.

prediction

Day 4511 days to the 56-day target

77%decided within 8 weeks

91%approved

77%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

Alt. reference: By Email
Comments by: 15 Oct 2026
Site or press notice: 10 Sept 2026

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 18 May 2022

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 23 Dec 2021

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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.