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Newlyns Farm Stakes Lane Upham Hampshire SO32 1QA

SDNP/25/02479/PA3RPrior Approval CoU Agric to FlexiApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 12 December 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use of agricultural building to flexible commercial use within Use Class E(d) to use as a padel court.

Received
16 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Upper Meon Valley Ward
  1. Received16 Jun
  2. Validated16 Jun
  3. Consult.10 Nov
  4. Target11 Aug
  5. Decided12 Dec

Decided in 179 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Newlyns Farm Stakes Lane Upham Hampshire SO32 1QA. South Downs has handled 1,978 applications of this type. This one was decided in 179 days, 18 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Upham conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Upper Meon Valley Ward. We hold 990 applications in total for the SO32 postcode area.

87% of outline applications at South Downs were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SO32 1QA
Application type
Prior Approval CoU Agric to Flexi
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Upham Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 June 2025
Last date for comments
10 November 2025
Target decision date
11 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Whaleback
Architect profile
WHALEBACK LTD
Agent address
9 Knockhundred Row Midhurst GU29 9DQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14075902
Documents
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Upham
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National park: South Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

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, 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: South Downs

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