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The Old School House Church Lane Houghton SO20 6LJ

20/00224/FULLSFULL APPLICATION - SOUTHApproved
Full

Approved on 30 April 2020

Council decision: PERMISSION subject to conditions & notesDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Addition of 4 new rooflights, replacement of hanging tiles to dormer windows with timber cladding and external door to be installed to close off open-sided side porch

Received
29 January 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
MID TEST
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated30 Jan
  3. Consult.22 Mar
  4. Target26 Mar
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 91 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at The Old School House Church Lane Houghton SO20 6LJ. Test Valley has handled 3,567 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 6 weeks longer than Test Valley's typical decision time. The site is in the Houghton and Bossington conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 274 applications across MID TEST. We hold 2,695 applications in total for the SO20 postcode area.

92% of full applications at Test Valley Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SO20 6LJ
Application type
FULL APPLICATION - SOUTH
Scale / size
Small
Parish
HOUGHTON

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 January 2020
Consultation expiry
22 March 2020
Consultation start
12 March 2020
Consultation end
22 March 2020
Neighbour consultation start
31 January 2020
Neighbour consultation end
22 February 2020
Last date for comments
22 March 2020
Target decision date
26 March 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 February 2020
Advertisement expiry
28 February 2020
Site notice start
7 February 2020
Site notice end
28 February 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08461974
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Houghton and Bossington
  • Listed building: Grade II: Church Lane CottageOn or next to this site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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.

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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.

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

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    2 Feb

    Single storey rear extension

    RefusedFULL APPLICATION - SOUTH24/00237/FULLS
  2. 2021
    31 Mar

    T1- Ash- Fell

    ApprovedTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH21/00993/TREES
  3. 2018
    12 Jul

    First floor extension over existing side extension, to provide study and enlarged bathroom and new rooflights.

    RefusedFULL APPLICATION - SOUTH18/01812/FULLS
  4. 2011
    16 Aug

    T1 Ash crown lift removing 3 large branches extending over neighbouring garden and various smaller ones…

    ApprovedTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH11/01852/TREES
  5. 2007
    7 Feb

    Remove 1 Apple tree and works to 1 Eucalyptus.

    ApprovedTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH07/00398/TREES
  6. 2007
    19 Jan

    Prune Ash

    ApprovedTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - SOUTH07/00190/TREES

Source: Test Valley

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