Chestnut Paddocks 221 Titchfield Road Titchfield Fareham PO14 3EW Data via plota.co.uk

P/26/0249/FP Refused

Proposal

Retrospective Change Of Use Of Land To A Mixed Use For Equestrian And A Residential Caravan Site For A Single Traveller Family Comprising The Stationing Of Two Static Caravans; Landscaping And Laying Of Road Planings (Reclaimed Asphalt) On Top Of Hoggin Subsurface To Create 5.0M Wide Hardsurfaced Access Track From Titchfield Road Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
2 Mar 2026
✓
Validated
4 Mar 2026
✓
Committee
12 Aug 2026
✗
Refused
14 Aug 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 14 Aug 2026 · Last checked 10 Sept 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Fareham Planning Committee on 12 Aug 2026.

Refused

Against officer advice: officers had recommended approval.

  • Officers advised approval because the modest development would not harm the countryside, neighbours, ecology, trees, flood risk or footpath users, subject to mitigation.
  • Residents raised concerns about countryside protection, landscape, amenity, highways, wildlife, drainage, future enlargement and the need for the site.
  • The committee voted six to three to refuse because the development would significantly affect the integrity of the Meon Strategic Gap.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, public views, committee debate, vote and reasons for refusal.

Source: Plota analysis of Fareham's committee minutes of 12 Aug 2026.

Site constraints 5

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Water SPA/Ramsar, Solent Maritime SAC, Portsmouth Harbour SPA/Ramsar
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Special protection area 157 m away: Solent & Southampton Water
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI 157 m away: Titchfield Haven SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 25 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £65,000 in August 2018. Other property, freehold.

21 August 2018£65,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Fareham
Postcode
PO14 3EW
Received
2 Mar 2026
Validated
4 Mar 2026
Ward
Titchfield
Case officer
Show
Target decision
14 Aug 2026
Decision
REFUSE
Decision date
14 Aug 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Southern Planning Practice

How this decision compares

Decided in 163 days from validation, 115 days slower than Fareham's median of 48 for new homes. Refused, as 16% of new homes here are.

64%decided within 8 weeks
84%approved
26decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Fareham in the last twelve months, from validation. Fareham decision record →

Fareham
Planning Authority Score
9.5/10
Excellent
#1 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Fareham is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #18 out of 296. Only 22% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 99% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Fareham decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
98%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #1 of 296
99%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #3 of 296
89%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #18 of 296
22%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #23 of 296
86%
Minor dwellings approved
50 decided (1-9 homes)
82%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
91%
Change of use approved
23 decided
583
Total decisions
14 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.