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Proposed Footbridge Farnborough North Station Farnborough Street Farnborough Hampshire

23/00338/FULPPFull App via planning portalApproved
Full

Approved on 22 June 2023

Council decision: Permission GrantedPlanning committee

Proposal

Construction of new footbridge over the railway comprising stairs, lifts and cycle gutter, and change of use of land to operational railway

Received
28 April 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Empress
Agent
Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated28 Apr
  3. Consult.19 May
  4. Target23 Jun
  5. Decided22 Jun

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Proposed Footbridge Farnborough North Station Farnborough Street Farnborough Hampshire. Rushmoor has handled 748 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Rushmoor's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Empress.

96% of full applications at Rushmoor Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full App via planning portal
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 April 2023
Consultation expiry
14 July 2023
Consultation start
28 April 2023
Consultation end
19 May 2023
Neighbour consultation start
23 June 2023
Neighbour consultation end
14 July 2023
Last date for comments
14 July 2023
Target decision date
23 June 2023
Committee meeting
21 June 2023
Permission expires
22 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd
Agent address
Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd Puddle Dock Blackfriars London ECV4 3DS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 May 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12048405
Comments
0
Documents
24
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, 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.

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  2. 2023
    28 Apr

    Construction of new footbridge over the railway comprising stairs, lifts and cycle gutter, and change of use…

    This applicationApprovedFull23/00338/FULPP

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