At the Verderers’ Court on 18 January, the Official Verderer announced that the HLS Board will not appeal against the decision of the NFNPA planning committee to refuse planning permission for the “restoration” of Latchmore Brook.  Please click here to … Continue reading →

A recently-published postgraduate thesis by Dr Alex Lovegrove entitled “Management and Monitoring in Protected Areas:  A case study in the New Forest National Park” presents the results of research undertaken over the past four years .  This research has evaluated the … Continue reading →

On 12 January the National Audit Office confirmed to Professor John Shepherd that their enquiries into the New Forest Higher Level Stewardship Scheme are continuing.  The letter from NAO is here and more information about the enquiry is here (24 Nov) … Continue reading →