Flat 2, 163 Hampton Lane, Blackfield, Fawley SO45 1WE

1. 1.Based on the available evidence, the Local Planning Authority is not satisfied that the existing dwelling is lawful, and on this basis the proposed development is considered to entail the formation of an additional dwelling. The proposed development, which has thus resulted in the subdivision of the existing plot and the extension of the building to create a new dwelling to the rear of the existing building, constitutes poor design. The proposal would represent a cramped and contrived form of development 25/10909 in this context, whereby the new dwelling would be uncharacteristically sited, being squeezed into the rear corner of the plot in a discordant manner, with an awkward visual and functional relationship to the streetscene. The proposed dwelling's poor design would be compounded by the fact that it would not have an active street frontage, with the access to the dwelling being awkwardly positioned to the rear of the existing building and fencing, and also due to the failure to show that suitable on-site cycle parking could be provided for the new dwelling.. These factors are symptomatic of the overintensive nature of the development that would be incongruous and out of keeping with the local context. As such, the proposal would appear at odds with the spatial characteristics and setting of the surrounding area and would fail to respond positively to the local distinctiveness of the area, contrary to the provisions of Policy ENV3 of the adopted Local Plan 2016-2036 Part 1: Planning Strategy for the New Forest District outside the New Forest National Park, NFDC Parking Standards SPD and Chapter 12 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
2. 2.Due to the proposed and as-built dwelling's very close relationship to the southern and western boundaries of the site, the proposed bedroom 1 windows provide a very poor outlook, looking directly at the boundary treatment. Furthermore, the kitchen and bathroom of the dwelling is not served by any windows and the lounge window is very small, which results in limited light entering the proposed flat. Overall, the dwelling has an unacceptably poor and gloomy outlook, and the proposal would therefore fail to provide acceptably high levels of amenity for occupants of the dwelling, which constitutes poor design. For these reasons, the proposal would be contrary to Policy ENV3 of the adopted Local Plan 2016-2036 Part 1: Planning Strategy for the New Forest District outside the New Forest National Park and Chapter 12 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
3. 3.The recreational and air quality impacts of the proposed development on the New Forest Special Area of Conservation, the New Forest Special Protection Area, the New Forest Ramsar site, the Solent and Southampton Water Special Protection Area, the Solent and Southampton Water Ramsar site, and the Solent Maritime Special Area of Conservation would not be adequately mitigated, and the proposed development would therefore be likely to unacceptably increase recreational pressures and air quality impacts on these sensitive European nature conservation sites, contrary to Policy ENV1 of the New Forest District Local Plan Part 1 Planning Strategy and DM3 of the New Forest District Local Plan Part 2: Sites and Development Management.

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

SO45 1WE

Application type

Full Planning Permission

Scale / size

Small

Parish

Fawley

Date validated

26 November 2025

Consultation expiry

17 February 2026

Consultation start

27 November 2025

Consultation end

17 February 2026

Agent

Town Planning Experts

Agent address

Room 204, Technopole, Kingston Crescent, Portsmouth, PO2 8FA

Planning Portal ID

PP-14389149

Documents

12