Hythe and Dibden

A BIGGER block of retirement flats should be allowed in the centre of Hythe because a smaller version is “not deliverable”, a developer argued at a public inquiry which kicked off this week...

CALLS have been rejected for more parking in Hythe after New Forest District Council sold a public car park last year to make way for a discount supermarket...

HOTLY contested plans for housing on a semi-wooded plot of land have been given the go-ahead despite the site being described as a “gem” that needed protection...

A MOVE to increase operations at a sand and gravel extraction site could be scuppered after opposition from councillors who heard residents’ lives were already being made a misery...

MORE places have been created to meet rising demand at a special school, thanks to a £940,000 investment from Hampshire County Council...

RESIDENTS living near a sand and gravel quarry in Hythe have hit out at an application to allow extra machinery onsite to sort through materials...

COUNCILLORS gave the green light for a Lidl supermarket to sell alcohol until late in the evening when it opens in Hythe village centre next year – despite warnings it could fuel crime...

COUNCILLORS have queued up to oppose supermarket giant Lidl’s bid to sell “cheap alcohol” late at night at its new store under construction in Hythe...

A NEW FOREST vet described as a “perfectionist” committed suicide with animal anaesthetic because she feared she was not good enough at her job...

THE campaign to preserve the 137-year-old Hythe pier has passed a “key milestone” by having its charitable aims recognised by the taxman...

PUPILS were urged to walk to and from school in groups after a man reportedly tried to entice a girl into his van...

AN overnight arson attack destroyed a lorry and part of a company building at an industrial estate in Hythe...