Land Adjoining Broadacres Newbury Road Headley Thatcham Hampshire RG19 8JY Data via plota.co.uk

26/00147/PIP - Permission in Principle Approved

Proposal

Application for Permission in Principle for residential development comprising a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 4 dwellings Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 Jan 2026
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Validated
10 Feb 2026
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Committee
20 May 2026
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Approved
22 May 2026

Approved on 22 May 2026 · Committee · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Basingstoke Development Control Committee on 20 May 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because four homes would provide housing benefits outweighing the identified policy harm.
  • Residents and the parish council raised concerns about countryside development, character, traffic, agriculture, ecology, amenities and infrastructure.
  • The committee approved permission in principle and added an informative about housing mix for the later technical details stage.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site context, officers’ assessment, objections, committee discussion and final decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Basingstoke's committee minutes of 20 May 2026.

Documents 20

Consultation & comments 12

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Comment · 1 Apr 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Comment · 1 Apr 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Comment · 1 Apr 2026 View ↗
PDF ENVIROMENTAL HEALTH Consultee Comment · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Consultee Comment · 20 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF RESPONSE TO LETTERS OF REPRESENTATION Supporting Documents · 17 Mar 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Comment · 6 Mar 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Comment · 5 Mar 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Comment · 4 Mar 2026 View ↗
PDF HAMPSHIRE HIGHWAYS Consultee Comment · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Comment · 2 Mar 2026 View ↗
PDF PARISH COUNCIL Consultee Comment · 17 Feb 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 3

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
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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
Permission in Principle
Postcode
RG19 8JY
Received
27 Jan 2026
Validated
10 Feb 2026
Ward
Tadley North, Kingsclere & Baughurst
Parish
ASHFORD HILL WITH HEADLEY CP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
17 Mar 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
22 May 2026
Decision level
Committee
Applicant
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Agent
Mark Leedale Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 101 days from validation, 29 days slower than Basingstoke's median of 72 for new homes. Approved, as 71% of new homes here are.

42%decided within 8 weeks
71%approved
6%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Committee
20 May 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