Page 64 • The HERALD • 18th September 2025 v SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SPECIALISTS v ASK A PROFESSIONAL Why Do I Need to Write a Will? by Heritage Will Writing Writing a Will is not compulsory. Neither is visiting the dentist or having your car serviced. But in the long run, it pays dividends. If you haven’t already written one, now is a good time to start considering your planning needs and requirements. A Will gives you control over what happens to your money and possessions a er you die. It certainly makes life easier for whomever sorts out your a airs. It’s a way of leaving instructions that must be carried out a er your death. Not writing a Will can create problems for your loved ones that are le behind. e rules of intestacy then apply. Only spouses, civil partners and blood relatives can inherit. If none of these exist, your estate goes to the Crown. at means a partner who was not married or in a civil partnership gets nothing, and that’s probably not what you intended. Contact Heritage Will Writing to take control and make life easier for you and your family a er your death. Call Heritage Will Writing on: 02380 879 243 or email: info@heritagewillwriting.co.uk. Hoburne Development Contributes Over £330,000 To Protect New Forest’s Wildlife Habitats Hoburne Development has contributed £339,779 to New Forest District Council’s Recreational Mitigation Strategy as part of their commitment to protecting the area’s nature conservation sites while delivering much-needed local homes. e contribution, made as part of the Lyndhurst Park project in Lyndhurst, will fund vital measures to mitigate the recreational impacts that new residential development can have on the New Forest’s nature conservation sites. Paul Campbell, Director of Development, said: “We recognise that building new homes in the New Forest comes with the responsibility to protect the local environment. Which is why contributions like this are so important to the residents, visitors and wildlife.” e contribution will support a range of measures to provide the required mitigation under New Forest District Council’s adopted Recreational Mitigation Strategy. ese measures help ensure that any new housing developments do not adversely a ect the integrity of the area’s precious wildlife habitats. Adopted on 5th May 2021, the strategy provides guidance on how developers can comply with environmental protection whilst still delivering the homes local communities need. David Illsley, Interim Head of Planning & Place at the New Forest National Park Authority, commented, “The redevelopment of the brownfield former Lyndhurst Park Hotel site is one of the largest residential schemes permitted within the New Forest National Park. The site forms an important gateway into the village of Lyndhurst and is also part of the designated Lyndhurst Conservation Area. Given the proximity of the development site to the nationally and internationally designated habitats of the New Forest, we have worked with Hoburne Development to secure an appropriate financial contribution to the New Forest National Park Authority’s ‘Habitat Mitigation Scheme’. This sets out a package of mitigation measures that will ensure the residential development at the site will not impact on the New Forest’s protected habitats through increased recreational pressures. The contribution to the mitigation package enables much needed housing to be delivered Continued on page 65
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