Links for Local Businesses In and Around Lymington

If you run a business in or around Lymington and need to know what each of the local authorities is in charge of what, see below.

Hampshire County Council (www.hants.gov.uk) :

Pavements, kerbs, potholes – see Roads and road maintenance

Trees – see Report tree or hedge problems or Tree management

Signage – see Signage services

Lighting – see Street lighting

Hoarding and temporary structures – see Hoarding or temporary structure consent

Licences and permits for scaffolding, banners, digging up the road, skip hire – see Licences and permits

Reporting a problem – roads, paving, flooding, lighting, signs etc. – see Report a problem

New Forest District Council (www.newforest.gov.uk/planning) :

All aspects of planning.

New Forest District Council (www.newforest.gov.uk/business) :

(Business support and economic development; financial support; local area and premises; business rates; licences and regulations; tenders and contracts.)

Trade waste collection page with online form and phone Rates/business page – bill paying, rate relief, moving premises, etc

Business growth:

NFDC helping local businesses to grow along with New Forest Partnership (www.nfbp.org.uk) and Enterprise first (www.enterprisefirst.co.uk) (Hampshire and New Forest) – Offering Micro and small businesses – free advice session, information on funding.

Lymington and Pennington Town Council (www.lymingtonandpennington-tc.gov.uk) :

Residential and amenities, history, local market, community events.