Hinton Ampner House Church Road Hinton Ampner Hampshire SO24 0LA Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Refurbishment of existing cafe, creating a doorway opening. Installing a cold store within the cottage. Refurbishment of the seating area. Installation of a freestanding outdoor glazed structure. Installation of improved ventilation, AC and condensing units. Installation of 58 PV panels upon biomass shed outbuilding. (Amended plans and description 19.02.26) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Dec 2025
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Validated
2 Jan 2026
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Approved
9 Mar 2026

Approved on 9 Mar 2026 · LA Delegated Decision · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Site constraints 7

Grade II listed: Hinton Ampner House
List entry 1095121 · 5 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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Historic England ↗
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). 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 Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; National infrastructure project 1875 m away: Southampton to London Pipeline Project.
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 Planning Inspectorate, 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
Postcode
SO24 0LA
Received
23 Dec 2025
Validated
2 Jan 2026
Ward
Upper Meon Valley Ward
Parish
Bramdean & Hinton Ampner Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
9 Mar 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
9 Mar 2026
Decision level
LA Delegated Decision
Agent
TACP Architects Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 66 days from validation, 5 days slower than South Downs's median of 61 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 85% of commercial and major works here are.

47%decided within 8 weeks
85%approved
62decided in the last year

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

Public comments

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2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 24 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14495809
Planning Portal ref
PP-14495809
Statutory expiry
27 Feb 2026
Env. assessment
No