New Forest District Council

A DEVELOPER has lost its bid to escape an agreement to build a £1m pedestrian railway bridge linking Lymington Shores to the centre of town.

ROLLING out wheelie bins to New Forest residents will be deeply unpopular, district councillors have warned.

ALMOST 200 new homes could be build on land near Totton, with 69 allocated for affordable housing.

THE operator of Sandy Balls Holiday Village near Fordingbridge has withdrawn its appeal against a noise abatement notice over leaf-clearing work.

DIRE warnings that future residents could be subjected to a “watery grave” prompted district councillors to delay a decision on a 100-home scheme.

NEW Forest District Council is set to introduce wheelie bins as it overhauls its waste service - which is set to cost £1.5m a year more than now.

SAFETY fears prompted organisers to shift planned major Queen’s platinum jubilee celebrations from Barton clifftop to New Milton's Fawcett’s Field.

A POLITICAL row broke out after councillors were granted a combined £24,000 extra to hand out to communities during the Queen’s jubilee year.

AN APPEAL has been launched to find those responsible for flytipping a bathroom in the New Forest.

A NEW dedicated job will be created by New Forest District Council to oversee its efforts tackling climate change.

A 100-HOME development in Bransgore is expected to be approved by New Forest District Council.

ANNUAL rents for New Forest council tenants will go up by an average of nearly £220 from April.

A CHARITY combatting loneliness among men is celebrating after winning its bid for a new, larger base in New Milton.

AN international showjumper said she was “devastated” having to tear down a Forest arena built to boost her dreams of competing at the highest level.

FOUR candidates will fight it out in a byelection next week for the Hythe West and Langdown seat on New Forest District Council.

NEW Forest residents will pay more than £64 extra for the average band D council tax bill from April.

BUDGET cuts of £80m have been voted through by Hampshire County Council.

TREES were brought down, beach huts destroyed and power to many homes lost as Storms Eunice and Franklin battered the New Forest and Christchurch.

NEW Forest District Council is set to increase its share of the council tax bill by 2.7%, after the move was backed by the ruling cabinet.

A WATER company won a bid to replace its ageing Lymington storage tower after an E.coli scare saw 6,000 households almost told to boil their supplies.