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Thatchmans Farm, Flood Street, Burgate, Fordingbridge SP6 1NB

25/10732Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 2 October 2025

Delegated (officer decision)1 condition1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Change of use of land from Agricultural to Residential Curtilage (Retrospective)

Received
7 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Fordingbridge, Godshill & Hyde
Agent
Edward Heron MRICS Limited
  1. Received7 Aug
  2. Validated8 Aug
  3. Consult.8 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Oct

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at THATCHMANS FARM, FLOOD STREET, BURGATE, FORDINGBRIDGE SP6 1NB. New Forest (District) has handled 4,616 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Fordingbridge, Godshill & Hyde. We hold 1,267 applications in total for the SP6 postcode area.

94% of full 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development would result in the change of use of a significant area of agricultural land to form part of the residential curtilage of a recently created dwelling formed from a recent Class Q barn conversion. In this open rural and agricultural context, such a change of use would create an excessively large residential curtilage and garden with associated driveway and parking area and would constitute in an intrusive and unacceptable form of residential development in the countryside where development is restricted in accordance with both the Council's Development Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) 2024. In particular, the proposal would lead to a harmful encroachment of residential activity and paraphernalia into an agricultural setting and an associated domestication of the countryside, to the detriment of the rural character and appearance of the countryside and its landscape character. As such, the proposed development would be contrary to the provisions of Policies ENV3 and ENV4 of the 25/10732 adopted Local Plan 2016-2036 Part 1: Planning Strategy for the New Forest District outside the New Forest National Park, Policy DM20 of the Local Plan Part 2 of the adopted Local Plan Part 2: Sites and Development Management for the New Forest District Council outside of the New Forest National Park and Chapter 12 of the NPPF 2024.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SP6 1NB
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Fordingbridge

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 August 2025
Consultation expiry
8 October 2025
Consultation start
11 August 2025
Consultation end
8 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Edward Heron MRICS Limited
Agent address
28 Christchurch Road, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 1DN

Appeal history

6004857
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 8 July 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: refused

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14199988
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Avon SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    22 Nov

    External open-sided framed oak porch

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission23/11223

Source: New Forest (District)

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