New detached dwelling at High Land, Lanham Lane, Winchester

“The proposal is for the construction of one new, two storey, residential dwelling within the curtilage of the existing dwelling, High Land. High Land will be retained. The new dwelling will be positioned to the west of the existing house, closer to Lanham Lane. A new detached car port is also proposed, and this will be positioned to the north of the site nearer to the entrance and will be accessed using the existing driveway.”

“The new dwelling will connect to the existing foul drainage arrangement although, as part of the development, this system will be upgraded from a septic tank to a more efficient package treatment plant.”

“The properties on Lanham Lane are set along its eastern side. Development is varied in style, form and layout. Towards the middle of the lane, where the application site is positioned, these properties are predominantly substantial detached dwellings in good size plots. Development is somewhat denser towards the ends of the lane, with an example of infill development to the south, on land formerly part of Crabtrees.”

“The site itself is surrounded by vegetation of some form, with some small to medium sized trees along the boundary with Lanham Lane. Access to the site is from its north west corner, with views into the site broken up by the vegetation. It should be noted that some vegetation appears to have been removed from the site prior to submission of the application.”

“The development is recommended for permission as it is considered that it would not have a harmful impact on the character and appearance of the surrounding area and does not result in harmful impacts on neighbouring residential amenity that would justify refusal of the application. The applicant has been able to satisfactorily demonstrate that the proposal is in accordance with the development plan as a whole and all other material planning considerations.”

“The application is reported to Committee due to the number of Objections received contrary to the Officer’s recommendation.”

“Service Lead – Sustainability and Natural Environment (Trees) • No objection subject to the addition of recommended conditions to secure the tree protection as set out in the accompanying arboricultural report.”

“Natural England - • No objections subject to the appropriate mitigation being secured by condition.”

“City of Winchester Trust • Neutral. 'No comments’.”

“Objecting Representations received from different addresses citing the following material planning reasons: • Impact on character of the area including overdevelopment of the site • Overlooking of neighbouring properties • Biodiversity and ecology concerns • Traffic and road safety • Sustainability…”

“The application was introduced. The committee was advised that this application was previously approved by the committee on 20 January 2026, subject to a legal agreement which was subsequently signed on 1 May 2026. However, in the intervening period (March 2026), a new local plan was adopted. As a result, the policies listed on the original conditions no longer applied and had been superseded by the newly adopted local plan.”

“The committee proceeded to ask questions and debate the application.”

“That the committee agreed to permit the application with the changes to the conditions as set out in the report.”