Avington Wellsite Land Off Matterley Farm Petersfield Road Ovington Down Hampshire Data via plota.co.uk

SDNP/26/01583/CND - Removal or Variation of a Condition Refused

Proposal

Change to conditions 1 and 14 for allowed by appeal . Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 Apr 2026
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Refused
19 Jun 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 19 Jun 2026 · SDNPA Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Associated applications 2

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    Conditions 1, 14 variation sought

    • VariationChange to conditions 1 and 14 allowed by appeal.RefusedThis applicationSDNP/26/01583/CND

Site constraints 8

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.
South Downs National Park
The park authority decides applications here. Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
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.
Public bridleway about 25 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Matterly Farmhouse, Grade II, about 58 m from the postcode pin
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Nature improvement area: South Downs Way Ahead.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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.

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Important details

Application type
Removal or Variation of a Condition
Postcode
SO24 0HU
Received
22 Apr 2026
Validated
22 Apr 2026
Ward
Alresford & Itchen Valley Ward
Parish
Itchen Valley Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
22 Jul 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
19 Jun 2026
Decision level
SDNPA Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Union4 Planning

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14860936
Planning Portal ref
PP-14860936
Statutory expiry
22 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No