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Forest Park School Secondary Site, Commercial Road, Totton SO40 3AF

26/10327Application by Hampshire County CouncilApproved

Approved on 29 May 2026

Council decision: Granted by County7 conditions

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

Proposal

Car park and access improvements

Received
2 April 2026
Ward
Totton Central
  1. Received2 Apr
  2. Validated2 Apr
  3. Consult.30 Apr
  4. Target30 Apr
  5. Decided29 May

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at FOREST PARK SCHOOL SECONDARY SITE, COMMERCIAL ROAD, TOTTON SO40 3AF. New Forest (District) has handled 60 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

91% of all 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
Application by Hampshire County Council
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Totton and Eling

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 April 2026
Consultation expiry
30 April 2026
Consultation start
7 April 2026
Consultation end
30 April 2026
Target decision date
30 April 2026

Additional information

Documents
5

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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