Oaktree Paddock Flowers Lane Plaitford Romsey Hampshire SO51 6HH Data via plota.co.uk

26/00883/FULLS - FULL APPLICATION - SOUTH Approved

Proposal

Demolition of stable building and erection of day room Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
29 Apr 2026
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Consultation
29 Apr 2026
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Approved
12 Jun 2026

Approved on 12 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Site constraints 5

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Sweetbriar Cottage, Grade II, about 1 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II
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.
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Historic England ↗
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 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Priority habitat about 18 m away: Traditional orchard.
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 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
FULL APPLICATION - SOUTH
Postcode
SO51 6HH
Received
29 Apr 2026
Validated
29 Apr 2026
Ward
BLACKWATER
Parish
MELCHET PARK AND PLAITFORD
Case officer
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Target decision
24 Jun 2026
Decision
PERMISSION subject to conditions & notes
Decision date
12 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Stephen Jupp MRTPI

How this decision compares

Decided in 44 days from validation, 11 days faster than Test Valley's median of 55 for demolitions. Approved, as 89% of demolitions here are.

64%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
90decided in the last year

Plota live figures for demolitions decided by Test Valley in the last twelve months, from validation. Test Valley decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14882394
Planning Portal ref
PP-14882394
Neighbours
29 Apr 2026
Consultation
29 Apr 2026
Comments by
21 May 2026
Site or press notice
29 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
24 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No
Test Valley
Planning Authority Score
7.8/10
Good
#32 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Test Valley is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #71 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Test Valley decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
93%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #68 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #62 of 296
76%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #71 of 296
31%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #61 of 296
70%
Minor dwellings approved
96 decided (1-9 homes)
80%
Major dwellings approved
5 decided (10+ homes)
88%
Change of use approved
50 decided
996
Total decisions
72 refused in the year to March 2026