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Land Adjacent Plaitford Village Hall Salisbury Road Plaitford Romsey Hampshire SO51 6EE

25/03043/OELSOVERHEAD ELECTRICITY LINE - SOUTHApproved

Approved on 23 January 2026

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application under section 37 of the Electricity Act 1989 to install replacement of single electricity wood pole structure supporting an 11kV overhead line on the New Forest SSSI in Plaitford

Received
22 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
BLACKWATER
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.21 Jan
  4. Target2 Feb
  5. Decided23 Jan

Decided in 32 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Land Adjacent Plaitford Village Hall Salisbury Road Plaitford Romsey Hampshire SO51 6EE. Test Valley has handled 82 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 2 weeks quicker than Test Valley's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 111 applications across BLACKWATER. We hold 1,524 applications in total for the SO51 postcode area.

94% of all 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
SO51 6EE
Application type
OVERHEAD ELECTRICITY LINE - SOUTH
Scale / size
Small
Parish
MELCHET PARK AND PLAITFORD

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2025
Consultation expiry
21 January 2026
Consultation start
23 December 2025
Consultation end
21 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
23 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
21 January 2026
Last date for comments
21 January 2026
Target decision date
2 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
24 December 2025
Site notice end
14 January 2026

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Wat…Applies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • SSSI: The New Forest SSSIPart of the site

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, 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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    22 Dec

    Screening opinion under the Environment Impact Assessment Regulations 2017 for 11kV (11,000 Volt) Network…

    ApprovedEIA SCREEN OPINION - SOUTHFiled alongside25/03041/SCRS
  2. 2025
    22 Dec

    Application under section 37 of the Electricity Act 1989 to install replacement of single electricity wood…

    This applicationApprovedOther25/03043/OELS

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