King Charles III England Coast Path: Highcliffe to Calshot
Find out about the progress of improving coastal access – including maps, process and timing – in Hampshire.
Map of the stretch
Natural England has begun to investigate how to improve coastal access along a 57 km stretch of the Hampshire coast between Highcliffe and Calshot.
Officers from the relevant access authorities are providing Natural England with expert local advice and helping to make sure there is full consultation with local interests during the development of the route.
Stage of progress
Stage 4: Determine
On Wednesday 14 March 2018, Natural England submitted a report to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs setting out the proposals for improved access to the coast between Highcliffe and Calshot.
The period for making representations and objections about the report closed at midnight on 9 May 2018. The report is still available to view.
Objections are forwarded for consideration by an independent planning inspector appointed by the Secretary of State. The inspector will make recommendations to the Secretary of State in respect of each one.
Natural England may not make any further changes to the report as a result of the representations and objections, but will make comments about them for consideration by the Secretary of State and, in the case of objections, the appointed person (an inspector from the Planning Inspectorate).
The Secretary of State will consider all the representations and objections before making a decision about Natural England’s report.
Next steps
Stage 5: Open
Once the Secretary of State has approved the report, Natural England will start work with Hampshire County Council and the New Forest National Park Authority on preparing the route for public use.
The first step will be to contact owners and occupiers of the affected land to discuss the design and location of any new infrastructure which is required such as signs and gates.
When preparations are complete, new access rights will be brought into force along the route and adjoining spreading room.
Find out more about the King Charles III England Coast Path
See information about all stretches in preparation around England’s coast.
The coastal access scheme gives details of the process being followed to improve access to the coast.
Contact the coastal access team
Contact Natural England with any comments, suggestions or queries you have about improving coastal access.
Coastal access team (South)
Natural England
Mail Hub
County Hall
Spetchley Road
Worcester
WR5 2NP
Email southcoastalaccess@naturalengland.org.uk
Telephone 0300 060 3900
See the map below for information about progress on improving coastal access in other parts of the south of England.
Updates to this page
Published 23 October 2015Last updated 31 May 2019 + show all updates
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Removed the sentence giving a date for when access is expected to be ready.
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Page updated to show stretch is now at stage 4.
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Updated page to show that work on the stretch has reached stage 2 and 3.
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First published.