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Mcdonalds Drive Thru Restaurant, 97 Commercial Road, Totton SO40 3AF

25/10157Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 13 May 2025

Council decision: Granted Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Installation of two rapid electric vehicle charging stations and ancillary equipment within the car park

Received
17 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Totton Central
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated18 Feb
  3. Consult.25 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 May

Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at MCDONALDS DRIVE THRU RESTAURANT, 97 COMMERCIAL ROAD, TOTTON SO40 3AF. New Forest (District) has handled 4,616 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 weeks longer than New Forest (District)'s typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Totton Central. We hold 2,131 applications in total for the SO40 postcode area.

94% of full 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
SO40 3AF
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Totton and Eling

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 February 2025
Consultation expiry
25 March 2025
Consultation start
20 February 2025
Consultation end
25 March 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13779460
Documents
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Direction 97/1+1 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Brownfield land register: 93-95 Commercial Road, TottonRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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