Residents in the New Forest have rated information update emails from New Forest District Council (NFDC) 9 out of 10 for the fourth year in a row.

Cllr Jill Cleary has now been Leader of New Forest District Council (NFDC) for one year. With responsibility for the overall strategy of the council and the Cabinet, Cllr Cleary has reflected on her first year and what the priority projects are for the New Forest.

New Forest District Council (NFDC) will discuss at their Cabinet meeting (6 December 2023) supporting Freedom Leisure by contributing towards the additional cost of energy at the district’s five leisure centres arising from unforeseen global influences over the last couple of years.

There are some changes to recycling and rubbish collections over Christmas and New Year.

New Forest District Council (NFDC) is advising their residents of extra precautions they should take, and how to check the latest on council services.

As agreed as part of the authority’s wider waste strategy*, from April 2024, New Forest District Council (NFDC) will collect garden waste fortnightly using 240 litre wheeled bins.

New Forest District Council is offering housing tenants the chance to get a free energy efficiency assessment of their homes.

New Forest District Council (NFDC) will be sharing a climate-themed message from their stand at this year’s New Forest and Hampshire County Show.

New Forest District Council (NFDC) is launching a new community energy programme in a bid to reduce carbon emissions and raise climate change awareness in the district.

At the Cabinet meeting on 5 July 2023, New Forest District Council agreed the detailed plans for a new garden waste collection service using wheeled bins.