Land At Fairbourne Farm Kiln Lane Braishfield Hampshire Data via plota.co.uk

26/01835/FULLS - FULL APPLICATION - SOUTH Current

Proposal

Change of Use of agricultural land to Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace including supporting infrastructure and parking Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 Aug 2026
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Validated
2 Sept 2026
✓
Consultation
24 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 2 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 28 Oct 2026 and 18 Nov 2026, from Test Valley's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 8 Oct 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 6

Grade II listed: Fairbourne's Farm House
List entry 1093678 · 2 m away · 3 more listed buildings within 150 m (3 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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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 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 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Registered park or garden 121 m away: Sir Harold Hillier Gardens and Arboretum; 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
FULL APPLICATION - SOUTH
Received
21 Aug 2026
Validated
2 Sept 2026
Ward
AMPFIELD & BRAISHFIELD
Parish
MICHELMERSH AND TIMSBURY
Target decision
2 Dec 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Neame Sutton Limited

Decision outlook

Day 37 of the 56-day target. Test Valley usually decides changes of use by day 56.

Day 3719 days to the 56-day target
52%decided within 8 weeks
67%approved
45decided in the last year

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

Public comments

46comments received
33 objecting13 neutral

72% object · below the UK average of 74%

26 neighbours consulted · Last counted 2 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15160728
Planning Portal ref
PP-15160728
Neighbours
3 Sept 2026
Consultation
24 Sept 2026
Comments by
8 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
11 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
2 Dec 2026
Env. assessment
No
Test Valley
Planning Authority Score
7.8/10
Good
#32 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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