Land Rear Of Clouds, Roman Road, Dibden Purlieu, Hythe SO45 4QJ

1. 1.The proposed backland development of this site for an additional dwelling would constitute an uncharacteristic and unsympathetic form of development, contrary to the prevailing spacious character of the area. The proposed dwelling would be of a size and mass that would be harmfully intrusive and discordant in this mature rear garden context, introducing an excessive level of built form into the rear garden area of 'Clouds'. Furthermore, the development would result in plots with a lack of space between the dwellings and to the boundaries, which, combined with a tight section of access drive between a retained outbuilding and the site's side boundary, would give rise to the appearance of the development being visually cramped and incongruous in the street scene and harmful to the spatial character of the area. These harmful 26/10048 visual impacts would be significantly compounded by the proposed access arrangements, the extensive areas of hardstanding proposed to serve both the proposed and existing dwellings and a significant loss of greenery, resulting in a poor layout that would be inappropriately dominated by hardstanding, thus failing to respond positively to the site's mature and verdant landscape context. Furthermore, it is likely the proposed works associated with the access way to serve the dwelling would impact harmfully on a protected oak tree and an off site Scots Pine tree that make an important contribution to the visual amenities of the area. As such, the proposed development would be contrary to the design and character related provisions of Policy ENV3 and ENV4 of the Local Plan Part 1, Hythe Neighbourhood Plan Policies D1 and D3 and Chapter 12 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
2. 2.By reason of its size and scale and its close relationship to the rear gardens of adjacent properties in Solent Road, the proposed dwelling would be intrusive to the outlook of Nos, 4 and 4a Solent Road. The proposed balcony to the rear of the proposed dwelling would also result in an undue level of overlooking from the proposed balcony towards No. 6 Solent Road and 'Merry Weathers' along Whinfield Road to the rear, to the detriment of the privacy and amenities of the occupiers of those properties. Furthermore, the access arrangement directly adjacent to the properties in Nos 2, 4 and 4a Solent road and the host property 'Clouds' would adversely impact these adjacent properties by reason of additional noise and disturbance of cars using the access, which would detrimentally impact the currently quiet enjoyment of these properties' rear garden areas. The proposal would therefore be harmful to the amenities of the occupants of these neighbouring properties, contrary to the amenity related provisions of Policy ENV3 of the Local Plan Part 1.
3. 3.The recreational 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 unacceptably increase recreational pressures on these sensitive European nature conservation sites. In addition, the air quality impacts of the proposed development on the aforementioned New Forest sites would not be adequately mitigated and the proposed development would therefore unacceptably increase air quality impacts on these sensitive European nature conservation sites. As such, the proposal would be contrary to Policy ENV1 of the New Forest District Local Plan 2016-2036 Part 1 and Policy DM2 of the Local Plan Part 2 Sites and Development Management Development Plan Document and the SPD - Mitigation Strategy for European Sites.

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

SO45 4QJ

Application type

Full Planning Permission

Scale / size

Small

Parish

Hythe and Dibden

Date validated

22 January 2026

Consultation expiry

25 February 2026

Consultation start

26 January 2026

Consultation end

25 February 2026

Agent

ACM Architects Ltd

Architect profile

ACM ARCHITECTS LIMITED

Agent address

3 Ash Road, Ashurst, Southampton, SO40 7AT

Planning Portal ID

PP-14593494

Documents

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