Browns Farm Baughurst Road Pound Green Baughurst Hampshire RG26 5SS Data via plota.co.uk

26/01729/RET - Retention of Development (Section 73A) Approved

Proposal

Construction of pool and paved surround (retrospective) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
19 Aug 2026
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Approved
14 Oct 2026

Approved on 14 Oct 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 14 Oct 2026

Site constraints 5

Grade II listed: Browns Farmhouse
List entry 1092559 · 2 m away · 1 more listed building within 150 m (1 Grade II)
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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Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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.
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
National landscape 166 m away: North Wessex Downs; Radon affected area, class 3.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument 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

Application type
Retention of Development (Section 73A)
Postcode
RG26 5SS
Received
19 Aug 2026
Validated
19 Aug 2026
Ward
Tadley North, Kingsclere & Baughurst
Parish
BAUGHURST CP
Case officer
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Target decision
14 Oct 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
14 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Lasseter Downie

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 54 days. Approved, as 97% of extensions here are.

72%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
439decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Basingstoke in the last twelve months, from validation. Basingstoke decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 14 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15167931
Planning Portal ref
PP-15167931
Comments by
18 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
14 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
Basingstoke
Planning Authority Score
5.1/10
Average
#143 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Basingstoke ranks #189 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Basingstoke decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #75 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #49 of 296
59%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #189 of 296
46%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #198 of 296
75%
Minor dwellings approved
150 decided (1-9 homes)
63%
Major dwellings approved
19 decided (10+ homes)
81%
Change of use approved
32 decided
1,076
Total decisions
90 refused in the year to March 2026