Bay Tree Stables Dundridge Lane Bishops Waltham Hampshire SO32 1GD Data via plota.co.uk

SDNP/26/02841/FUL - Full Application Decision Pending

Proposal

Proposed Replacement Stables - 2no. Stables and a Feed/Tack Store Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
21 Jul 2026
Decision
Expected by 15 Sept 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 14 Sept 2026; it is now day 55.

Site constraints 5

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.
South Downs 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.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Local nature reserve 275 m away: Dundridge Meadows
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.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. 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
Postcode
SO32 1GD
Received
21 Jul 2026
Validated
21 Jul 2026
Ward
Bishops Waltham Ward ED
Parish
Bishops Waltham Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
15 Sept 2026
Decision level
LA Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Wellstead Design

Decision outlook

Day 55, past South Downs's usual 24 days for agricultural works. 94% are decided within thirteen weeks, so most likely by 20 Oct 2026.

Day 551 days to the 56-day target
85%decided within 8 weeks
73%approved
45decided in the last year

Plota live figures for agricultural works decided by South Downs in the last twelve months, from validation. South Downs decision record →

Public comments

1comment received
1 neutral

Last counted 13 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15022445
Statutory expiry
15 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No