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Abbeyfield House, 8 Highfield, Lymington SO41 9GB

16/10857Lawful Development Certificate proposedRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 30 August 2016

Council decision: Was Not LawfulDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Use as 1 residential unit (Lawful Development Certificate that permission is not required for proposal)

Received
20 June 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lymington Town
Agent
Ken Parke Planning Consultants
  1. Received20 Jun
  2. Validated12 Jul
  3. Consult.28 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Aug

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at ABBEYFIELD HOUSE, 8 HIGHFIELD, LYMINGTON SO41 9GB. New Forest (District) has handled 836 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than New Forest (District)'s typical decision time. The site is in the Lymington conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 3,090 applications in total for the SO41 postcode area.

80% of outline applications at New Forest District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SO41 9GB
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lymington and Pennington

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 July 2016
Consultation expiry
28 August 2016
Consultation end
28 August 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ken Parke Planning Consultants
Agent address
Anniversary House, 23 Abbott Road, Bournemouth, BH9 1EU

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05251720
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Lymington
  • Listed building: Grade II: Down HouseOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Direction 97/1+1 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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, 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.

Source: New Forest (District)

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