Issue details

To provide Members with information on a new position from Natural England in relation to recreational disturbance impacts from new occupiers of development in Fareham on protected sites on the New Forest, and the implications thereof, and to agree an interim mitigation solution.

This report outlines the issues surrounding the impacts of increased recreational pressure on the New Forest designated sites, the advice from Natural England as statutory advisors on protected sites, and the interim mitigation solution.  This report seeks Executive approval for the interim mitigation solution set out in the report, which will be a material consideration in the determination of planning applications.