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FIRE AT BRATLEY/BACKLEY/A31 AUGUST 2026
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New Forest Ponies – a breed apart
Suzanne Kemp has lived in the New Forest for the last thirty years, is a practising first generation Commoner, and has judged ponies in Finland and Sweden as well as the UK, she al...

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Campsites on the Crown Lands : Our Statement to the New Forest National Park Authority

Habitat & Landscape CommitteeRecreation Committee
July 14th, 2022

We highlight our concerns with Forestry England’s tender for their campsites on the protected habitat of the New Forest to the July 2022 meeting of the New Forest National Pa...

Recreation Management: What We Should Keep and Add

Habitat & Landscape CommitteeRecreation Committee
August 11th, 2018

The 2018 RMS Survey Proposals drop important Actions from the Current Recreation Management Strategy 2010-2030. We discuss what we’d want kept, and propose other useful key p...

Recreation Management: Evaluated Actions

Habitat & Landscape CommitteeRecreation Committee
August 11th, 2018

Detailed Response To the Draft Actions The 2018 survey proposals consider 25 “Actions” spread over 7 “Objectives”. For the most part these are bland stateme...

Recreation Management: In A Nutshell

Habitat & Landscape CommitteeRecreation Committee
August 5th, 2018

Whilst we’re still formulating our detailed response to the Future Forest draft actions survey 2018, we’re sharing these preliminary thoughts. These observations will ...

Recreation Management: Summary of Our 2017 Response

Habitat & Landscape CommitteeRecreation Committee
June 25th, 2018

A summary comparison of our 2017 response to the draft “Actions” proposed by NFNPA in the 2018 survey. For last year’s Future Forest survey, we sidestepped the survey ...

NFNPA Public Questions: Recreation Management Strategy

Habitat & Landscape CommitteeRecreation Committee
June 15th, 2018

We continue to welcome the opportunity presented by the review of the RMS, but are underwhelmed by the process and proposals. I wouldn’t belabour the deficiencies of last year’s on...

England Coast Path: What can I do about it?

Habitat & Landscape CommitteeRecreation Committee
May 7th, 2018

We suggest some representations you might wish to make. And discuss how the format of the consultation is restrictive. In the run up to the end of the consultation on the Highclif...

England Coast Path: MisGuidance

Habitat & Landscape CommitteeRecreation Committee
May 7th, 2018

Natural England’s Playbook for Coastal Access has problems. The least of which is its ignorance of National Parks. The Coastal Access Scheme 2010 / 2013 This guidance docume...

England Coast Path: What you need to know

CommoningHabitat & Landscape CommitteeRecreation Committee
May 6th, 2018

The consultation on the Highcliffe to Calshot stretch of the England Coast Path closes on Wednesday 9th May. We’ve been discussing the possible negative impacts of the propo...

Presentment: Recreation Events at Night

Habitat & Landscape CommitteeRecreation Committee
November 15th, 2017

Last month the Commoners Defence Association noted problems with the planned 2nd December, Hampshire Maverick Silva Dark Series trail running event. It is in early evening, but in...

Saving the Future of the Forest: a Verderers Court Presentment

Habitat & Landscape CommitteeRecreation Committee
September 20th, 2017

Here we welcome a guest post from one of our Members, Ian Thew of Burley, who gave this Presentment in this month’s Verderers Court. Official Verderer, members of the Verdere...

Recreation Management Strategy Survey / England Coast Path NFNPA July 2017

Habitat & Landscape CommitteeRecreation Committee
July 13th, 2017

This Statement was made to the New Forest National Park Authority at their meeting on 13th July 2017. Whilst we welcome the review of the RMS, the emphasis and approach of the surv...

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