March End Doctors Hill Sherfield English Romsey Hampshire SO51 6JX

25/02993/LBWSLISTED BUILDING WORKS - SOUTHRefused

Listed building consent

Refused on 17 February 2026

Council decision: REFUSEDelegated (officer decision)1 condition1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Regularisation of repairs carried out to chimney stack and alterations to raise height from 1200mm above existing ridge line to 1900mm above existing ridge

Received: 17 December 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Test Valley Borough Council
Ward: BLACKWATER
Agent: Brazier Interior Systems Limited

ReceivedReceived17 Dec
ValidatedValidated19 Dec
Consult.Consultation20 Jan
TargetTarget Date13 Feb
DecidedDecided17 Feb

Decided in 60 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at March End Doctors Hill Sherfield English Romsey Hampshire SO51 6JX. Test Valley has handled 922 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 13 days longer than Test Valley's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 107 applications across BLACKWATER. We hold 1,524 applications in total for the SO51 postcode area.

93% of heritage 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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Why it was refused

Insufficient information has been provided to adequately assess the impact of the regularisation works on the historic fabric of the chimney, or its significance. In addition, insufficient information is provided to demonstrate that the proposed extension to the chimney can be provided without further detrimental impact on historic fabric. The unnecessary loss of historic fabric would constitute less than substantial harm to the significance of the listed building, contrary to policy E9 of the Test Valley Borough Revised Local Plan (2016), Section 66 of the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Areas Act) 1990 and the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) for which there are no public benefits to outweigh the harm. On the basis of the current information it is not proposal to conclude that the proposed works would preserve the significance of the heritage asset.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode: SO51 6JX
Application type: LISTED BUILDING WORKS - SOUTH
Scale / size: Small
Parish: SHERFIELD ENGLISH

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 December 2025
Consultation expiry: 23 January 2026
Consultation start: 22 December 2025
Consultation end: 20 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start: 22 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 20 January 2026
Last date for comments: 23 January 2026
Target decision date: 13 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Brazier Interior Systems Limited
Agent address: Medino House Rushington Business Park Totton Southampton Hampshire SO40 9LU

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 26 December 2025
Advertisement expiry: 23 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14567448
Documents: 11

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Listed building: Grade II: March EndOn 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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Source: Test Valley

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