Sowley Farmhouse, SOWLEY LANE, EAST END, LYMINGTON, SO41 5SQ Data via plota.co.uk

26/00471NMA - Non Material Amendment Approved
Admin / proceduralCommercial premises

Proposal

Application for a Non-Material Amendment to planning permission for change of use of existing cottage to Estate Office; change of use of existing agricultural buildings to dwelling (use class C3), infill of West agricultural building and change of use to garage and biomass boiler house; single storey extension to existing agricultural buildings; porch to existing cottage; alterations of doors and windows of buildings; swimming pool; hard and soft landscaping, associated works; temporary construction access Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
30 Apr 2026
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Validated
13 May 2026
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Approved
22 May 2026

Approved on 22 May 2026 · Last checked 11 Jul 2026

Documents

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Associated applications 4

Site constraints 12

Aerodrome safeguarding zoneFlood zone 2Legal Agreement 25/00764/FULL
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.
New Forest 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.
3 Article 4 directions
Article 4 Direction Np New Forest Campsite · Article 4 Direction Np New Forest Recreational Campsite · Hovercraft in the Solent. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Special protection area 39 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.
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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. 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.
SSSI 39 m away: North Solent 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Aerodrome safeguarding zoneCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Flood zone 2Council record
The council's own flood layer for this site.
Council site ↗
Legal Agreement 25/00764/FULLCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Priority habitat 42 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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

Council
New Forest (Park)
Application type
Non Material Amendment
Postcode
SO41 5SQ
Received
30 Apr 2026
Validated
13 May 2026
Parish
Beaulieu Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
28 May 2026
Decision
Raise No Objection
Decision date
22 May 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
tor&co

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14900534

Historical activity at this location

1 previous application on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Change of use of existing cottage to Estate Office; change of use of existing agricultura…
25/00764FULL
New Forest (Park)
Planning Authority Score
3.3/10
Poor
#226 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

New Forest (Park) is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #254 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
New Forest (Park) decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #136 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #160 of 296
45%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #254 of 296
44%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #180 of 296
75%
Minor dwellings approved
28 decided (1-9 homes)
50%
Major dwellings approved
4 decided (10+ homes)
83%
Change of use approved
18 decided
487
Total decisions
55 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings