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Land North of DERRITT LANE, BRANSGORE, SOPLEY BH23 8AX

26/10083Scoping Opinion (EIA)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 March 2026

Council decision: Opinion GivenDelegated (officer decision)

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

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)

Received
27 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bransgore, Burley, Sopley & Ringwood Eas
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Mar

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Land North of DERRITT LANE, BRANSGORE, SOPLEY BH23 8AX. New Forest (District) has handled 836 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than New Forest (District)'s typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Bransgore, Burley, Sopley & Ringwood Eas. We hold 3,215 applications in total for the BH23 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
BH23 8AX
Application type
Scoping Opinion (EIA)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Sopley

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2026
Consultation start
28 January 2026

Additional information

Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: New Forest
  • 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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