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Birdworld, Farnham Road, Holt Pound, Farnham, GU10 4LD

20533/066Full PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 31 October 2024

Council decision: PERMISSIONDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Improvements to, and new facilities at Birdworld to include a new Entrance Building, Play Barn, Conservation and Breeding facility and an external Adventure Play Area. The re-development of Forest Lodge Garden Centre to include the demolition of the existing garden centre and the adjoining Garden Style structures to create a new garden centre (with covered and open sales areas, restaurant, plant, and warehouse). New service areas and car parking for both operations accessed from a new roundabout on the A325. The closure and removal of the existing Forest Lodge access. Enhanced landscaping throughout. (As amended by plans received 08.03.24, 17.04.24, 21.05.24, 27.06.24, 02.09.24 and 24.09.24)

Received
31 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
43
Ward
Binsted, Bentley & Selborne
  1. Received31 Jan
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.22 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Oct

Decided in 269 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Birdworld, Farnham Road, Holt Pound, Farnham, GU10 4LD. East Hampshire has handled 2,984 applications of this type. This one was decided in 274 days, 30 weeks longer than East Hampshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 72 applications across Binsted, Bentley & Selborne. We hold 3,090 applications in total for the GU10 postcode area.

92% of full applications at East Hampshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
GU10 4LD
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Binsted

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2024
Consultation expiry
22 June 2024
Consultation start
24 June 2024
Consultation end
22 June 2024
Last date for comments
6 May 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
MDAssociates
Agent address
5 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1LG

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12617732
Documents
194
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    19 Oct

    Discharge Condition 17 (Final external layout details for Phase1) of approved application 20533/066

    PendingDischarge of conditionsEHDC-26-1194-DCON
  2. 2025
    10 Dec

    Non-Material Amendment application under Section 96a of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to vary the…

    PendingNon-material amendmentAmendmentEHDC-25-1444-NMA
  3. 2024
    23 Dec

    Discharge Conditions 7 - Soil Amelioration, 9 - Soil adjacent to foundations and 22 - Landscaping Details of…

    Condition DeterminedDischarge of conditionsEHDC-24-0116-DCON
  4. 2024
    31 Jan

    Improvements to, and new facilities at Birdworld to include a new Entrance Building, Play Barn, Conservation…

    This applicationApprovedFull20533/066
  5. 2024
    30 Jan

    1220, 1221, 1222 & 1223 - Scots Pine: Fell due to decay at the base of the tree.

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderFiled alongside20533/065

Source: East Hampshire

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