14 Sir Lancelot Close Chandler's Ford Eastleigh Hampshire SO53 4HJ Data via plota.co.uk

Current 26/01589/CLPS
Date received
23 Jul 2026
Date validated
30 Jul 2026
Postcode
SO53 4HJ

Description

Application for lawful development certificate for proposed installation of PV Solar Panels to North, South, East & West roof elevations, installation of air source heat pump air conditioning system with external heat exchange units Data via plota.co.uk

Last checked

Decision outlook

Plota predicts a decision around 9 Oct 2026, from Test Valley's recent changes of use.

Day 71, past the statutory target. 73% of changes of use in Test Valley are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 29 Oct 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 24 Aug 2026.

Day 7115 days past 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 →

Site constraints 7

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
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, surveyed
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: Natural England's post-1988 ALC field survey (Reading). 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.
Survey report ↗
Local nature reserve about 109 m away: Valley Park Woodlands
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.
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
Flood defence about 26 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); Inside the Chandler's Ford built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £192,000 in January 1999. Detached house, freehold.

29 January 1999£192,000New build

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Test Valley
Planning Authority Score
7.8/10
Good
#32 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.