Planning application
Land North of DERRITT LANE, BRANSGORE, SOPLEY BH23 8AX
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
Proposal
Request for a Scoping Opinion for a solar farm and associated infrastructure under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (Scoping Opinion)
As published by the council, reference 26/10083
Application record
- Reference
- 26/10083
- Type
- Scoping Opinion (EIA)
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Opinion Given
- Received
- 27 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 27 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 17 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Bransgore, Burley, Sopley & Ringwood Eas
- Parish
- Sopley
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- BH23 8AX
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Jan 2026
Received by New Forest
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17 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Opinion Given
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
19 documents on file for this application
- CONSULTEE HCC HIGHWAYS
- SCOPING OPINION RESPONSE
- CONSULTEE RESPONSE - LANDSCAPE
- CONSULTEE COMMENT - NATURE SPACE
- HCC SURFACE WATER
- CONSULTEE RESPONSE -NFNPA
- CONSULTEE RESPONSE -ECOLOGY
- CONSULTEE RESPONSE - CONSERVATION
- CONSULTEE RESPONSE - TREES
- CONSULTEE - ARCHAEOLOGIST COMMENT
- CONSULTEE - NPA ARCHAEOLOGIST COMMENT
- CONSULTEE - ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
- REPRESENTEE - PETRA THORNTON
- CONSULTEE - ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
- CAROLE JUX MELBURY COTTAGE
- STEPHEN HUDSON 35 ST GEORGES DRIVE
- CONSULTEE - NATURAL ENGLAND COMMENT
- REPRESENTEE - SARAH OLLEY, LITTLE MERRYFIELD
- SCOPING REQUEST
Trade members open them from here.
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