Planning application
18-20 HIGH STREET, FORDINGBRIDGE SP6 1AX
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Solar panels to roof (Prior approval application)
As published by the council, reference 26/10693
Application record
- Reference
- 26/10693
- Type
- Prior Approval install/replace Solar PV
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 22 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 28 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Fordingbridge, Godshill & Hyde
- Parish
- Fordingbridge
- Postcode
- SP6 1AX
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Jul 2026
Received by New Forest National Park
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28 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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2 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 22 September 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
New Forest National Park took a median of 49 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Butler Renewables Ltd Agent, registered in Southampton
Active · incorporated 2024 · Southampton
1 application on PlanIndex
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with New Forest National Park for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year New Forest National Park decided prior approval applications in a median of 27 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
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2 HIGH STREET, FORDINGBRIDGE SP6 1AX
86% historically approved · decision due ~24 Apr
x2no. wall mounted air conditioning units; remedial damp-proofing works and general; replacement of rear bay window; access hatch to external canopy; general repair and redecoration of shopfront and installation of flood defence barrier to front entrance (Application for Listed Building Consent)
Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings Windows or glazing 23 docs -
54 HIGH STREET, FORDINGBRIDGE SP6 1AX
Application for approval under Regulation 77 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 in respect for Prior Approval Consent (21/11164) for use as first-floor flat
Granted 7 docs -
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54 HIGH STREET, FORDINGBRIDGE SP6 1AX
Application for approval under Regulation 77 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 in respect for Prior Approval Consent (21/11164) for use as first-floor flat
Granted 7 docs
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