Announcements

NEW FOREST NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY
Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004
Town and Country Planning (Local Development)
(England) Regulations 2004
as amended by Regulations 2008 & 2009
Notice of Public Participation (regulation 17)
New Forest National Park Design Guide Supplementary
Planning Document (draft for consultation)
Draft design guidelines for new development within the National Park have been prepared by the New Forest National Park Authority. This guidance aims to achieve high standards of design in new development throughout the National Park while retaining and enhancing the distinctive character of the natural and built environment. It is intended to help support the pre-application process by providing guidance to assist applicants, agents and others to respond to rural characteristics and local distinctiveness when designing their proposals. Following the public consultation, the intention is that the guide will be formally adopted as a Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) by the National Park Authority and will form part of the Local Development Framework (LDF) for the National Park. The LDF forms the basis for decisions on land-use planning.
The public consultation on the draft SPD runs from Friday 9th September 2011 to Friday 21st October 2011.
Representations using the response form provided should either be: • Sent in writing to the Policy Team, New Forest National Park Authority, South Efford House, Milford Road, Lymington, Hampshire SO40 OJD ; or
• Emailed to policy@newforestnpa.gov.uk.
Only those representations that are made in writing and arrive at the address specified above (in either hard copy or electronically) within the consultation period ending at 17.00 on Friday 21st October 2011 will have the right to have their representations considered. All comments will be made publically available. Any representation on the draft SPD should specify the matters to which they relate and the grounds on which they are made. They may be accompanied by a request to be notified at a specified address of adoption of the document as a SPD.
Copies of the consultation draft SPD, the response form, together with a consultation statement and other supporting documents can be viewed and downloaded from the Authority’s website www.newforestnpa.gov.uk and are available for public inspection at the National Park Authority offices, South Efford House, Milford Road, Everton, Lymington, Hampshire SO41 0JD between the hours of 08.45 and 17.00 on Mondays to Fridays. Further information on the SPD and response forms can be obtained from the Policy Team at the National Park Authority on 01590 646600.
Steve Avery, Director of Park Services
New Forest National Park Authority