Blackwater Farm Salisbury Road Sherfield English Romsey Hampshire SO51 6FL Data via plota.co.uk

26/00171/CLES - LAWFULNESS OF EXISTING DEV - SOUTH Approved
New homes

Proposal

Application for lawful development certificate for construction of dwelling without planning permission and use of associated land and outbuildings for ancillary residential use Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Jan 2026
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Consultation
29 Jan 2026
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Approved
25 Mar 2026

Approved on 25 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 23 Aug 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DELEGATED Officer Report · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF ISSUE CERTIFICATE Decision Notice · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF SHERFIELD ENGLISH PARISH COUNCIL Consultation Responses · 19 Feb 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

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) 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.
Public footpath 20 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
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 3; Priority habitat 6 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, 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.

Building

Floor area101 m² (1,087 sq ft)
Energy ratingF (35 out of 100), could reach E
PropertyDetached house, 3 habitable rooms
Built1930 to 1949
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsCavity wall, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in June 2009, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Test Valley
Application type
LAWFULNESS OF EXISTING DEV - SOUTH
Postcode
SO51 6FL
Received
28 Jan 2026
Validated
28 Jan 2026
Ward
BLACKWATER
Parish
SHERFIELD ENGLISH
Case officer
Show
Target decision
25 Mar 2026
Decision
ISSUE CERTIFICATE
Decision date
25 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Southern Planning Practice Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 8 days faster than Test Valley's median of 64 for new homes. Approved, as 55% of new homes here are.

48%decided within 8 weeks
55%approved
12%go to committee

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

Public comments

1comment received
1 neutral

7 neighbours consulted · Last counted 23 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14653083
Planning Portal ref
PP-14653083
Neighbours
29 Jan 2026
Consultation
29 Jan 2026
Comments by
23 Feb 2026
Site or press notice
2 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
25 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025
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2025
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.