Hamble Parish Council is to raise no objections to four planning applications from the Royal Yachting Association over its new home in the yachting mecca.

The RYA is set to leave its land-locked Eastleigh base and head for purpose-built accommodation at Ensign Park, Hamble.

Four applications in connection with the association's new national headquarters have been lodged with Eastleigh council.

They cover the provision of a smoking shelter, internally illuminated fascia signs, a steel sculpture on a sandstone base and a flag mast.

Parish councillors decided to leave all the decisions to planning officers at Eastleigh.