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45 Hightown Road, Ringwood BH24 1NQ

23/10082Lawful Development Certificate proposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 4 May 2023

Council decision: Was LawfulDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Installation of solar panels to roof (Lawful Development Certificate that permission is not required for proposal)

Received
27 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ringwood South
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.28 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 May

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at 45 HIGHTOWN ROAD, RINGWOOD BH24 1NQ. New Forest (District) has handled 836 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 6 weeks longer than New Forest (District)'s typical decision time. The site is in the Ringwood conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Ringwood South. We hold 1,967 applications in total for the BH24 postcode area.

80% of outline applications at New Forest District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BH24 1NQ
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ringwood

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2023
Consultation expiry
28 April 2023
Consultation end
28 April 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11883792
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Ringwood
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Avon SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: New Forest (District)

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