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Riverside Yard, Romsey Road, Ower, SO51 6AF

25/01499FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 1 April 2026

Council decision: Grant Subject to Conditions

Proposal

Change of use of the site for storage

Received
25 December 2025
Council
New Forest (Park)
  1. Received25 Dec
  2. Validated9 Jan
  3. Consult.11 Feb
  4. Target2 Apr
  5. Decided1 Apr

Decided in 82 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Riverside Yard, Romsey Road, Ower, SO51 6AF. New Forest (Park) has handled 1,252 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 9 weeks longer than New Forest (Park)'s typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,524 applications in total for the SO51 postcode area.

93% of full 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
SO51 6AF
Application type
Full Application
Development type
Conservation Area Consent Demolition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Copythorne Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 January 2026
Consultation expiry
11 February 2026
Consultation end
11 February 2026
Target decision date
2 April 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Carly Cochrane
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

First advertised
7 January 2026
Site notice start
7 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14585968
UPRN
10097103254
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Direction Np New Forest Campsite+2 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

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.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: New Forest (Park)

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