Avon Valley House, Ringwood Road, Sopley BH23 7BE

25/10818Full Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 29 October 2025

Council decision: Granted Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

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

Proposal

Use of garage as ancillary annexe

Received: 8 September 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: New Forest District Council
Ward: Bransgore, Burley, Sopley & Ringwood Eas
Agent: Studio Arkell

ReceivedReceived8 Sep
ValidatedValidated8 Sep
Consult.Consultation10 Oct
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided29 Oct

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at AVON VALLEY HOUSE, RINGWOOD ROAD, SOPLEY BH23 7BE. New Forest (District) has handled 4,616 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than New Forest (District)'s typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Bransgore, Burley, Sopley & Ringwood Eas. We hold 3,215 applications in total for the BH23 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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Application details

Postcode: BH23 7BE
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Sopley

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 September 2025
Consultation expiry: 10 October 2025
Consultation start: 11 September 2025
Consultation end: 10 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Studio Arkell
Architect profile: STUDIO ARKELL LIMITED
Agent address: 5 Castle Street, Christchurch, BH23 1DP

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14305089
Documents: 19

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Green belt: New Forest
Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Avon SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.

Source: New Forest (District)

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