Planning
Planning permission
Your local District or Borough council handles residential planning applications and building regulations approval.
The district's Local Development Framework provides guidelines for the types of development allowed in each area. Special conditions may apply if you are in a conservation area or the New Forest National Park.
- Make a planning application (Planning Portal)
- Apply for building regulations approval
- Search the register of planning decisions
- Conservation areas
- Local Development Frameworks
- New Forest National Park - planning guidance
County planning
Hampshire County Council handles planning applications for minerals extraction, waste disposal (incinerators, landfill etc.) and its own developments (e.g. new schools).
- Minerals and waste - planning applications and policy
- County Council developments - the Council's own planning applications
- Land charges
Strategic plans
Future development in Hampshire is governed by a number of strategies laid out at county and regional level.
Hampshire's environment
Hampshire County Council works to record and protect the county's historic and natural environment.
- Historic environment
- Landscape planning and heritage
- Nature and Diversity
- Hampshire's countryside
- Hampshire's coast
- Facts and figures - our economy and population
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Looking for information about rubbish and recycling? See our Waste & Recycling page.
Your environment - nuisances in your neighbourhood
Most environmental health problems are dealt with by your local district or borough council. The links below will help you find the right contact.