Silkstead Bottom Silkstead Lane Hursley Hampshire Data via plota.co.uk

26/01902/APN - Agricultural Prior Notification Current

Proposal

construction of a general-purpose farm building Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

14 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 12 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 13 Oct 2026 and 2 Nov 2026, from Winchester's recent agricultural works.

Documents 7

Site constraints 7

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 4

Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. 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 2

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 2; 1 listed building within 150 m; National infrastructure project 1924 m away: Hampshire Water Transfer and Water Recycling Project; Priority habitat 22 m away: Deciduous woodland.

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

Council: Winchester
Application type: Agricultural Prior Notification
Received: 14 Sept 2026
Validated: 14 Sept 2026
Ward: BADGER FARM AND OLIVERS BATTERY WARD
Parish: Hursley
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 12 Oct 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Southern Planning Practice Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 25 of the 56-day target. Winchester usually decides agricultural works by day 37.

prediction

Day 2531 days to the 56-day target

69%decided within 8 weeks

85%approved

26decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15220520
Planning Portal ref: PP-15220520
Statutory expiry: 12 Oct 2026
Env. assessment: No

Winchester

Planning Authority Score

4.5/10

Below average

#177 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Winchester is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #213 out of 296. 50% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (97%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils

for householder decisions

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Winchester decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

93%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #72 of 296

97%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #47 of 296

55%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #213 of 296

50%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #230 of 296

70%

Minor dwellings approved

63 decided (1-9 homes)

92%

Major dwellings approved

12 decided (10+ homes)

88%

Change of use approved

32 decided

918

Total decisions

60 refused in the year to March 2026