1.1 Totton and Eling Town Council (TETC) is preparing the first Totton and Eling Neighbourhood Plan (TENP) to cover the period from 2025 - 2042. TETC is defined as a ‘qualifying body’ for this purpose in line with the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (as amended).

1.2 The Totton and Eling Neighbourhood Area was designated by New Forest District Council and New Forest National Park Authority in November 2014 as the area to which the policies of the TENP will apply. A map showing the Neighbourhood Area is shown below. The area coincides with the Town Boundary. The southern tip of the parish to the west of the A326 falls within the New Forest National Park Authority area, with the remainder under the planning area of New Forest District Council.

1.3 Totton and Eling has a population of just over 29,000 residents (as at Census 2021 updated 2024).

1.4 The TENP will cover the period from 2025 to 2042. This version contains draft policies for determining planning applications for the use and development of land within Totton and Eling during that period. In doing so it operates alongside other policies of the NFDC and NFNPA development plans that relate to Totton and Eling.

1.5 The TENP will be published for statutory consultation under Regulation 14 of the Regulations. Comments on the proposals and content of the Plan and its other published documents will be welcomed from everyone living and working in Totton and Eling, as well as local organisations and landowners. Consultation contact details and the closing date will be inserted before publication.

1.6 Anyone submitting comments to TETC must provide an email or postal address and contact name. TETC will keep this information confidential. However, it must forward information to NFDC and NFNPA in due course for the sole purpose of notifying all those that have submitted comments that it has received a final version of the plan for the Regulation 16 consultation and examination.