Housing

A GOVERNMENT planning inspector has upheld a decision to refuse permission for four homes behind an empty Milford pub.

A HIKE on the council tax premiums paid by empty home owners in the New Forest has been given backing.

A MAJOR scheme to redevelop the site of the derelict Lyndhurst Park Hotel has secured planning permission for 79 new homes.

IN an effort to drive down evictions and homelessness in the New Forest the NFDC has launched a service supporting landlords and tenants.

A DEVELOPER has won a planning appeal to tear down a home in an exclusive Barton road and build four houses.

CAMPAIGNERS have been boosted in their bid to block plans to demolish Lymington police station and build 32 retirement flats.

A NEW Milton councillor has welcomed an early proposal for around 178 new homes to be built off Gore Road.

THE green light could be shown next week by the New Forest National Park Authority for a major redevelopment of the derelict Lyndhurst Park Hotel.

A DEVELOPER has submitted a planning application to build 19 new affordable homes on farmland near Fawley

A DEVELOPER has promised that plans being drawn up for 170 homes on the edge of Milford will designate half as "affordable".

A NEW park in Milford looks set to be developed with a football pitch, gym equipment, track and sports pavilion, under recently revealed plans.

A DEVELOPER has challenged the refusal of plans to build two houses in the car park and part of the beer garden of a New Milton pub.

A FAMILY has slammed their housing association for failing to deal with a leak that has led to conditions so damp that mushrooms are growing.

A GRADE-II listed country mansion, which has 15 bedrooms, a cricket pitch, gym and tennis court, has hit the market for £10.5m

PLANS to build up to 150 new homes on former agricultural land in Marchwood have been submitted to NFDC.

AN office site in Totton could be converted into seven new homes if planning permission is granted by New Forest District Council.

THE go-ahead has been given to convert a derelict Grade II listed Milford pub as part of a five-home development.

TRAFFIC danger and a lack of affordable homes were cited by New Milton town councillors as they objected to plans for a large housing development.

A DERELICT house in Christchurch which boasts a blue plaque is to be converted to a family home despite appeals to keep it intact.

SWAY residents are being urged to attend a public meeting over plans for 46 new homes on former green belt land.