Post Hill Farm Salisbury Road Sherfield English Romsey Hampshire SO51 6FL

26/00079/FULLSFULL APPLICATION - SOUTHRefused

Full

Refused on 14 May 2026

Council decision: REFUSE2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Replacement dwelling

Received: 16 January 2026
Council: Test Valley Borough Council
Ward: BLACKWATER
Agent: Wessex Planning Ltd

ReceivedReceived16 Jan
ValidatedValidated28 Jan
Consult.Consultation20 Feb
TargetTarget Date25 Mar
DecidedDecided14 May

Decided in 106 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Post Hill Farm Salisbury Road Sherfield English Romsey Hampshire SO51 6FL. Test Valley has handled 3,567 applications of this type. This one was decided in 118 days, 10 weeks longer than Test Valley's typical decision time. 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.

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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Why it was refused

The proposal would result in the relocation of the footprint of a dwelling by 20m, and in addition would exceed the 50% volume increase, with no demonstrable benefits and would cause landscape harm by virtue of formalisation and domestication of the currently undeveloped site and unacceptable lightspill. Having failed the tests of Policy COM12 the proposal therefore represents unjustified development in the countryside for which there is no overriding need. The proposal is contrary to Policies COM12 and COM2 of the TVBRLP and guidance in the National Planning Policy Framework.
The proposal would result in the destruction of confirmed bat roosts within the existing on-site structures. As it is proposed to relocate the dwelling 20m away the loss of the roosts presents no overriding environmental benefits of primary importance. In addition, the proposal has failed to demonstrate that there are no satisfactory on site alternatives that would avoid harm to a European Protected Species. The proposal therefore is contrary to Policy E5 of the TVBRLP and The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode: SO51 6FL
Application type: FULL APPLICATION - SOUTH
Scale / size: Small
Parish: SHERFIELD ENGLISH

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 January 2026
Consultation expiry: 14 April 2026
Consultation start: 31 March 2026
Consultation end: 20 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start: 29 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end: 20 February 2026
Last date for comments: 14 April 2026
Target decision date: 25 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Wessex Planning Ltd
Agent address: Meadowsweet Cottage Morleys Lane Ampfield Romsey SO51 9BJ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 6 February 2026
Advertisement expiry: 27 February 2026
Site notice start: 29 January 2026
Site notice end: 19 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14622833
Documents: 37

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (21)

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, 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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