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The Limes Church Lane Houghton Hampshire SO20 6LJ

23/00415/FULLSFULL APPLICATION - SOUTHApproved
Full

Approved on 30 March 2023

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Alterations, front and rear extension with associated refurbishments and refurbishment of poolhouse and garage

Received
14 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
MID TEST
Agent
Adam Knibb Architects
  1. Received14 Feb
  2. Validated14 Feb
  3. Consult.9 Mar
  4. Target11 Apr
  5. Decided30 Mar

Decided in 44 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at The Limes Church Lane Houghton Hampshire SO20 6LJ. Test Valley has handled 3,567 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 5 days quicker than Test Valley's typical decision time. The site is in the Houghton and Bossington conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 271 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
14 February 2023
Consultation expiry
17 March 2023
Consultation start
16 February 2023
Consultation end
9 March 2023
Neighbour consultation start
16 February 2023
Neighbour consultation end
10 March 2023
Last date for comments
17 March 2023
Target decision date
11 April 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Adam Knibb Architects
Architect profile
ADAM KNIBB ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
Lower Ground Floor Calpe House 7 St Thomas St Winchester SO23 9HE United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 February 2023
Advertisement expiry
17 March 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11925543
Documents
19

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.

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: Test Valley

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