The Old Police House High Street Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6HE
Proposal
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use from office to dwelling house (Class C3)
- Received
- 9 October 2025
- Decided
- 27 August 2026 · Prior Approval Required and Granted
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 7 October 2026
- Council
- Test Valley Borough Council
- Ward
- MID TEST
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- ReceivedSubmitted9 Oct
- ValidatedValidated9 Oct
- Consult.Consultation24 Dec
- TargetTarget Date4 Dec
- DecidedDecided27 Aug
Decided in 322 days (council typically 49)
This is an outline application for a change of use at The Old Police House High Street Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6HE. Test Valley has handled 379 applications of this type and approves 81% of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 322 days, 38 weeks longer than Test Valley's median. The site is in the Stockbridge conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 269 applications across MID TEST. We hold 2,671 applications in total for the SO20 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
11 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202613 Jul
(T1) Lime - Crown lift upto 3m and crown reduce all the way round by up to 1.5m
NO OBJECTION refer to informativesTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - NORTH26/01501/TREEN - 202221 Nov
Display of externally illuminated fascia sign and illuminated display board
RefusedAdvertisement consent22/03045/ADVN - 202213 Jan
T1 - Lime - Reduce crown by up to 2.5m and thin crown by up to 10%
ApprovedTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - NORTH22/00088/TREEN - 202110 Jun
Display of non-Illuminated fascia sign
CONSENT subject to conditions and notesAdvertisement consent21/01755/ADVN - 20198 Nov
1 x Lime - Reduce to give 2.5m clearance to public pavement, police station, and Copperknobs drive (rolling…
ApprovedTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - NORTH19/02682/TREEN - 20198 Oct
Lime Tree x 1 as shown on survey plan - crown lift to 2.5m over pavement and Police Station drive and to 3.1m…
WithdrawnTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - NORTH19/02416/TREEN - 201921 Aug
T1 - Lime - Crown lift upto 3.5m
WithdrawnTREE WORKS IN CONSERVATION AREA - NORTH19/02040/TREEN - 201818 Apr
Change of use of former police station garage and land from Sui Generis to ancillary residential
PERMISSION subject to conditions & notesFULL APPLICATION - NORTH18/01024/FULLN - 201814 Feb
Change of use of a former police station and garage (Sui Generis) to Offices (B1a)
PERMISSION subject to conditions & notesFULL APPLICATION - NORTH18/00456/FULLN - 201623 Jun
Change of use of Stockbridge Police Station (Sui Generis) to a single dwelling (Use Class C3)
PERMISSION subject to conditions & notesFULL APPLICATION - NORTH16/01545/FULLN - 201412 May
Change of use of Stockbridge Police Station (Use Sui Generis) to Residential (Use Class C3)
WithdrawnFULL APPLICATION - NORTH14/01124/FULLN
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Stockbridge
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
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 (20)
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 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.
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