Beaulieu is a picturesque New Forest village with around 750 residents, set on the side of the Beaulieu River. It has just over 500 dwellings in a rural setting of over 9,900 acres, which includes almost 3,000 acres of arable land and 2,350 acres of permanent grass and 2,700 acres of woods and plantations.
Welcome to the Parish of Beaulieu
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Notice of Parish Council meeting
I hereby give notice that a Meeting of Beaulieu Parish Council will be held on Thursday 17 April 2025 at 6.30pm in Beaulieu Village Hall. Click here for agenda.
Nicky Deering
12 April 2025
Clerk to Beaulieu Parish Council
Proposed Mayoral Combined County Authority
The Government is undertaking a consultation to seek views on a proposal to form a Mayoral Combined County Authority for the local government areas in Hampshire County Council, Portsmouth City Council, Isle of Wight Council, and Southampton City Council (referred to as Hampshire and the Solent in this. This consultation will last until 13 April 2025 23:59.The easiest way for you to respond and engage in the consultation is by completing the online form, a link for which is included in the explanatory document issued by the Government. Please click here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/hampshire-and-the-solent-devolution/hampshire-and-the-solent-devolution-consultation
The New Forest Catchment Partnership
The New Forest Catchment Partnership is coordinated by the New Forest National Park Authority
and Freshwater Habitats Trust who are working alongside other organisations and communities to
protect and improve the special freshwater and coastal habitats of the New Forest. This newsletter
showcases our work and aims to raise awareness of the importance and unique nature of these environments.
Parish Council meets HCC Highways to discuss road and traffic issues
Members of the the Beaulieu Parish Council together with other parishioners and reresentatives from the village met with Andy Harding, Assistant Highway Manager South on 11 October 2024. The meeting discussed the state of the roads in the parish and also the traffic risks on Beaulieu High St and on Palace Lane. Click below for a note of the meeting. Amongst other matters discussed it was noted that, with the help of NFDC, further work is planned to monitor the speed of traffic entering and leaving the village from Hilltop. The results of this work will be published once completed.
Governance
The parish council's Standing Orders and Policies set out the how it operates. Its financial dealings are managed under its Financial Regulations and its approved annual budget, which also sets the annual Precept for the year. NFDC pays our Precept in two instalments during the year and then includes this in its Council Tax charge. The 2024/25 Precept was £19,036, which has been increased by 2.3% to £19,469 for 2025/26. The detail behind this charge is set out in the approved 2025/26 budget.
The parish council's activities last year were reported in its 2024 Annual Review.
