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PROJECTS

The projects which arose from the Town Project are briefly described below. Current status information, where available, is shown to the right.

Economy
New Milton Children's Day Nursery / After School Club To establish all day nursery in New Milton to enable working parents to have access to full time professional nursery based childcare, and to create employment and training opportunities in the childcare sector and enable parents to return to work or study. Plans for redeveloping the Old Boys Club refused. The Children's Nursery/After School Club joined forces with Arnewood School and opened in June 2005. This is supplying a small amount of the provision needed
Weekly Street Market & Occasional Farmers' Markets To establish a weekly street market in South Station Road, run by market operators, and overseen by New Milton Town Council. In addition, to work with Hampshire Farmers' Markets to establish a programme of Farmers' Markets in New Milton, starting with two scheduled for 2004. Street Market now confirmed as permanent by the Town Council. Income generated £18,000 p.a. 

A successful Farmers' Market was held in April. 
Annual Events Programme To compile an annual events programme that would communicate details of all events happening in the local area throughout the year. This would be attractively presented and would be distributed widely to holiday sites and information centres Hampshire-wide. The aim is to co-ordinate activities in New Milton to help raise its visitor profile, as well as giving locals better information about local events and activities.

An events listing for the current year appears on the Community Pages of this site.

Several new ideas for events under discussion internally at the moment.

Exhibition, entitled "High Days & Holidays", to be shown at the railway station in specially made display cases on the platform. Will be visible to all on both platforms and from train. Part of a wider exhibition of archive material from Beaulieu Motor Museum which is touring the country. Will last for one year. (Funded by Beaulieu Education Trust)
Marketing & Business Support Project

To re-brand New Milton to attract a wider range and diversity of businesses, both retail and industrial, to widen the economic base and create more local job opportunities. There are two elements to the project:

  • To provide accessible information and effective marketing tools to sell New Milton as a destination to the wider business community, e.g. a web-based information site about local business opportunities

  • To provide support for fledgling businesses, e.g. young enterprise. Practical support might include grants, rate reductions and a mentoring scheme.

 See other relevant entries.
Training Opportunity Scheme

To establish a local training brokerage scheme to offer employment, training, new skills and qualifications to:

  • School leavers

  • Unemployed

  • People wanting re-training.

The scheme would offer 'on the job' training through practical work experience, concentrating on local trades and skills needed.

 Project Proposal put forward to New Milton Town Council and accepted by them for feasibility study in Ballard Water Meadows. For 14 - 19 year olds in education, a programme for the winter in woodland management. Training and practical application of working in nature conservancy - manual maintenance and improvement of at least part of the Water Meadow, a SINC. Construction of a boardwalk around the edge of the meadow.

Environment
Town Centre Streetscape Plan & Feasibility Study To employ design consultants to come up with landscape design plans to set out possible streetscape options for Station Road, New Milton. Northern part of Station Road complete.

Finance for works has now been authorised by HCC. To date they are all slightly ahead of schedule. At present Mallard Court is included but this is subject to the final tender. The market may move to Station Road north for the duration.
New Milton Town Design Statement To produce a Town Design Statement that sets out guidance on design details, densities etc, to influence new development proposed in New Milton parish, and to get it adopted as Supplementary Planning Guidance. Currently with NFDC awaiting technical input from planning officers.
Barton Sea Front Environmental Improvement Scheme To implement plans for improvements to Naish Farm and Barton on Sea. These improvement plans include:
  • Improved access to beach
  • Environmental improvements to cliff top
  • Develop interpretation panels (fossils, military history), information points and amenity facilities (improved toilets etc)
  • Extending the Solent Way - long distance trail from Milford on Sea along the sea front to link through to Dorset

  • Improve the beach area for amenity users and increase stability of the cliffs.

 Information boards put up on Barton Common. Our survey at the Town Show revealed that 100% of respondents felt that the sea was one of the most important advantages that the Parish possesses.
Ballard Water Meadows To enhance and protect Ballard Water Meadows by:
  • Drawing up a Management Plan for the site, incorporating: habitat improvements, access improvements, amenity facilities (seating, dog bins etc) and on-site interpretation.
  • Getting the area designated in the Local Plan either as a Local Nature Reserve or as a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation.
 Town Council now has possession of the land. Friends of Ballard Lake Group set up. 

Transport & Accessibility
Congestion & Traffic Flow To conduct a detailed review of all aspects of the town's accessibility, i.e. pedestrian, traffic (public and private), and parking (on and off street), and to develop an integrated traffic flow and accessibility plan. Most of the projects are being incorporated into the Streetscape project which includes a review of 1994 Town Centre Traffic Study. 
Transport Information To provide a source of readily accessible transport information - this would include agreement on what information should be provided, its format and a process that ensures the information is well maintained and up to date. Local integrated timetable now published and delivered to every household. High public demand for them at local collection points, e.g. town hall, train station.
Transport Integration To instigate a Transport Forum to identify and represent all service providers and users, with a view to improving integration and making New Milton more 'visitor friendly', benefiting both the town and the local economy generally. TDO working with Friends of New Milton Station to improve this important gateway to the town. HCC, NMTC, NMTP, SW Trains and Network Rail are working together to improve the physical appearance of the station and run a travel survey.

Travel survey distributed and returns are being received at the Town Hall.

New cycle rack being used well - a second one may be put in if demand indicates. SW Trains monitoring the situation.

FONMS planting flowers.
Car Parking To develop an integrated and effective parking management scheme that takes account of all users.
Pedestrians To identify specific actions and an overall plan that will improve pedestrian access in and around New Milton.

Social & Community
Centres for the Community To provide an open Community Centre and co-ordinate existing facilities, and the services they provide, to ensure they are meeting the needs of all sectors of the community, and to improve the awareness by the general public of the facilities available for community use in New Milton. Contacts made and assistance given to providers of key community buildings in New Milton, e.g. grants for St Mary Magdalene Church Hall.
Inclusive Communities To undertake intensive community capacity building work on key housing estates in New Milton, which have been identified as being areas of 'social deprivation'. The Partnership has been working with New Forest Primary Care Trust (NFPCT) to identify areas of deprivation in New Milton. Project Worker appointed to work with communities in these areas to identify projects to improve life in these communities.
REC'creation To rejuvenate the Recreation Ground by providing an outdoor space that meets the needs of all sectors of the community and which will enable it to become the 'social heart' of New Milton. The Graffiti wall has been completed.
Telly Talk To provide video conferencing facilities for key services such as employment and benefit advice, enabling members of the community and the general public to interface with staff from partner organisations without the need to travel to Totton, Lyndhurst or Lymington.  System now installed at Town Hall,  links are live.
Milton Movies To provide a regular cinema/film venue in New Milton, which is accessible to all. Milton Movies under control of the Memorial Centre. 
NOTICE New Milton
  • To improve information flow about community activities and events throughout the parish
  • To increase understanding of key features of the area
  • To increase awareness of local environment
  • To improve signage for key services in New Milton
 Information board for Barton Common installed.

Young People
Chill Magazine To work with young people in New Milton to produce a 'teen magazine', which will be produced three times a year, and which will be written by young people for young people. Two issues have been produced to a high standard. Young people have developed key skills and been actively fundraising for the project. 
Young People's Swap Shop To identify and establish a local facility to enable young people to purchase, sell or swap designer clothing and goods. The project would encourage 'youth enterprise' and fill an identified gap in the local retail market.
Target Sport To enable/widen access to sporting facilities, clubs and facilities within and close to New Milton (with particular focus on young people), by developing a system allowing reduced price/low-cost access to them. Ideas could include: sports vouchers, open days, taster sessions, etc.
The Caff To establish a 'drop in' cafe facility, staffed by appropriate adults and based centrally in town. It would offer low-cost refreshments and access to information and advice, and would be open in the evenings. Young people could also utilise the cafe as a communication point with New Milton Town Council. The local group, ASBOC, are working on this project. The team was one of our Young Citizen of the Year Award winners.
Personal Safety The aim of this Project is to make young people feel safer living in New Milton. It proposes to offer targeted sessions on personal safety to young people in New Milton, concentrating on issues such as bullying, developing self-confidence and self-esteem. Young people will learn new skills and learn how to manage themselves in order to avoid situations that could lead to harm to themselves, or to others.
Family Centre / Youth Annexe / Detached Youth Team This is a voluntary/community project run by, and for, families in the New Milton area. It will provide supportive learning space for adults and children, and a range of social, creative and personal opportunities and projects. In addition, the Centre will have a Youth Annexe, which will be the base for a detached youth work team. The detached youth worker has started.
Places to Play
  • To conduct a play audit of New Milton, looking at existing sites where children play and identifying areas/places where there are few opportunities for play
  • To draw up a long-term programme to improve opportunities and facilities for children of all ages to play throughout the parish

  • To implement the programme in a phased improvement scheme to create an improved range of play spaces in the parish.

 The first project to be undertaken under this initiative is the Ashley children’s play area. The new area has been installed and is open for use.

The NMTP worked with Ashley Children's Millennium group to secure Landfill grant of £25,000
D.I.S.C.O. To provide a programme of evening entertainment during the school holidays for 9 - 11 year olds in New Milton. Discos would be organised by willing pupils at Arnewood School and would be held at the Memorial Hall. Tickets would be priced at reasonable rates, such that the revenue generated would fund the events (including the future purchase of equipment), with any surplus going towards funding other youth projects in the town, e.g. Chill magazine.
New Milton Play & Youth Forum Youth forum established to bring together people working with young people in the town and encourage a co-ordinated approach to working with young people. Meetings are being held regularly and are very useful.