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The Old School House, Claypits Lane, Dibden, Southampton SO45 5TN

25/00270PAPA - Commercial to State SchoolRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 30 April 2025

Council decision: Refuse

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Determination as to whether Prior Approval is required for proposed change of use of building from (Commercial/Business/Service (Use Class E) to flexible use (F1 State-Funded School (Use Class F1(a))

Received
5 March 2025
Council
New Forest (Park)
  1. Received5 Mar
  2. Validated5 Mar
  3. Consult.9 Apr
  4. Target30 Apr
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at The Old School House, Claypits Lane, Dibden, Southampton SO45 5TN. New Forest (Park) has handled 215 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 3 weeks longer than New Forest (Park)'s typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 321 applications in total for the SO45 postcode area.

95% of outline applications at New Forest (Park) were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 5 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SO45 5TN
Application type
PA - Commercial to State School
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hythe and Dibden Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 March 2025
Consultation expiry
9 April 2025
Consultation end
9 April 2025
Target decision date
30 April 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

First advertised
5 March 2025
Site notice start
5 March 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13789896
UPRN
10013640032
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Direction 97/1+4 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National park: New Forest
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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 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

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© 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.

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Source: New Forest (Park)

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