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Old Dames School, HATCHET GREEN, HALE, FORDINGBRIDGE, SP6 2NB

25/00566LDCPLawful Development Certificate ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 25 July 2025

Council decision: Lawful

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed conversion of outbuilding to ancillary accommodation

Received
19 May 2025
Council
New Forest (Park)
  1. Received19 May
  2. Validated19 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Jul
  5. Decided25 Jul

Decided in 67 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is an outline application for an outbuilding at Old Dames School, HATCHET GREEN, HALE, FORDINGBRIDGE, SP6 2NB. New Forest (Park) has handled 215 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 5 weeks longer than New Forest (Park)'s typical decision time. The site is in the Western Escarpment conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,267 applications in total for the SP6 postcode area.

95% of outline applications at New Forest (Park) were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 5 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SP6 2NB
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hale Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 May 2025
Target decision date
14 July 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14021264
UPRN
10007447109
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Western Escarpment
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Old Dame SchoolOn this site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Direction Np New Forest Campsite+2 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Avon SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National park: New Forest
  • SSSI: The New Forest SSSIPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (18)

flood storage areas, 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 Landscapes, 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.

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© 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.

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Source: New Forest (Park)

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