Minutes August 2025

Present:

174. Apologies for Absence

174.1 Apologies for absence was received from Barry Dunning and Gordon Bailey

175. Declarations of Interest

175.1 There were no declarations of absence on this occasion.

176. Chair’s Announcements

176.1 There were no announcements on this occasion.

177. Minutes

177.1 The minutes of the meeting held on 24 July 2025 were approved as a true record.

Resolved, that the minutes of the meeting held on 24 July 2025 be approved as a true record.

Voting: Non-voting against

New Forest National Park Authority Meeting Minutes of meeting on 28 August 2025

178. Date of next meeting

178.1 Thursday 16 October 2025 at 10.00am – Council Chamber, Lymington Town Hall, Lymington.

Part II items which may be taken in the absence of the press and public on the grounds that exempted information may be disclosed

Resolved that the public be excluded from the meeting during the following item of business, as it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during this item, there would be disclosure to them of exempt information within Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 5, Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, and further that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, namely the need to avoid disclosing sensitive information relating to the Authority’s financial and business affairs.

Voting: Unanimous

179 Capital Investment Appraisal 2025/26 (August) (AM 720/25)

179.1 This item was considered in Part 2 of the meeting and therefore was minuted as such.