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What Future for the New Forest?

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  • February 9th, 2017
2017 will be a year of celebration for the New Forest Association marking our 150th anniversary, but is also a time for reflection on the present day state of the New Forest, its f...
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Schools Project Competition – £1,000 PRIZE

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  • February 8th, 2017
It is today’s young people who will need to solve many problems if the New Forest is to survive and prosper for the benefit and enjoyment of their own and later generations. But to...
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Latest Improvements to NFA Map

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  • February 3rd, 2017
The multi layered NFA map of the New Forest has been improved and now includes the 400 metre zone around the Special Protection Areas, Forest access points and heat maps around tho...
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NFA guides Friends of Brockenhurst’s comments on PegasusLife’s appeal for 24 dwellings at Watersplash Hotel, Brockenhurst

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  • January 31st, 2017
Friends of Brockenhurst’s comment, which was developed in association with NFA can be seen in full at here. The site in within the defined village and comments centred on clo...
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NFA Objects to PegasusLife’s application for 84 dwellings at Lyndhurst Park Hotel

  • January 31st, 2017
NFA’s objection can be seen in full here.  Comments covered extent of previously developed land (pdl) on site, proximity to New Forest Special Protection Area, lack of afford...
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NFA objects to One Dwelling from Two obtained by Unauthorised Means at Portmore

  • January 31st, 2017

NFA comments can be seen here. Comments concentrate on principle of no gain from unauthorised-use dwellings and the type of dwelling proposed.

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“Look, Don’t Pick” – The Arguments

Over the months since the Forestry Commission announced their “Look, Don’t Pick” Policy for Fungi on The New Forest SSSI on the Crown Lands under their stewardshi...
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The Wild Trout Trust and New Forest River Restorations

For some perspective on some of the issues raised by river restorations we contacted the Wild Trout Trust, themselves deliverers or partners in many river restoration projects addr...
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Chalara Ash Dieback Reaches The New Forest

At tonight’s Consultative Panel, the Deputy Surveyor announced the first laboratory confirmed case of ash dieback within the New Forest National Park.  This was discovered in...
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Saving the New Forest – Book Launch

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  • November 26th, 2016
A new book describing the history of the New Forest Association written by local historian Peter Roberts was launched at the New Forest Centre recently. ‘Saving the New Forest: New...
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