98 Gosport Street, Lymington SO41 9EH

1. 1.The proposed development to subdivide the existing plot and create an additional dwelling to the rear of 98 Gosport Street would constitute an overdevelopment of the plot. It would represent a cramped and contrived form of development, whereby the new rear dwelling would be uncharacteristically and awkwardly sited in a backland location, in close proximity to the site's side and rear boundaries. The proposal would appear contextually inappropriate and out of keeping with the more spacious character of the area, emphasised by the limited size of the severed plot, the poor spatial and visual relationship of the new rear dwelling to the site's boundaries and to 26/10217 the existing care home to the rear, the uncharacteristically small gardens for both properties and the relative dominance of the access and parking areas to serve both dwellings. Overall, the proposal would fail to respond positively to local distinctiveness and would be detrimental to the character and appearance of the area. As such, the proposed development would be contrary to Policy ENV3 of the Local Plan Part 1 2016-2036 Planning Strategy for New Forest District Council outside of the National Park, the Lymington Local Distinctiveness Supplementary Planning Document, and the provisions of Chapter 12 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
2. 2.The proposed rear dwelling and its small garden amenity area would be harmfully overlooked by the proposed frontage dwelling due to the close proximity of first floor windows in the rear of the frontage property to the proposed rear dwelling. This harmful impact would be likely to be amplified by existing changes in levels across the site. As such, the proposal would fail to provide satisfactory levels of privacy and amenity for the occupants of the proposed rear dwelling and would therefore be contrary to Policy ENV3 of the Local Plan 2016-2036 Part 1: Planning Strategy for New Forest District Council outside of the National Park.
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 / Ramsar site, the Solent Maritime Special Area of Conservation and the Solent and Dorset Coast Special Protection Area, would not be adequately mitigated, and the proposed development would therefore unacceptably increase recreational and air quality pressures on these sensitive European nature conservation sites, contrary to Policy ENV1 of the New Forest District Local Plan Part 1 and Policy DM2 of the Local Plan Part 2 Sites and Development Management Development Plan Document and the Supplementary Planning Document - Mitigation Strategy for European Sites.

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

SO41 9EH

Application type

Full Planning Permission

Scale / size

Small

Parish

Lymington and Pennington

Date validated

5 March 2026

Consultation expiry

3 April 2026

Consultation start

9 March 2026

Consultation end

3 April 2026

Agent

Kode Architecture

Architect profile

KODE ARCHITECTURE LIMITED

Agent address

47 Ramley Road, Lymington, SO418GZ

Planning Portal ID

PP-14742641

Documents

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