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Chilbolton Observatory Drove Road Chilbolton Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6BJ

26/00508/FULLNFULL APPLICATION - NORTHApproved
Full

Approved on 19 May 2026

Council decision: PERMISSION subject to conditions & notes

Proposal

Erection of a building for storage

Received
12 March 2026
Ward
HAREWOOD
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated9 Apr
  3. Consult.1 May
  4. Target4 Jun
  5. Decided19 May

Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Chilbolton Observatory Drove Road Chilbolton Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6BJ. Test Valley has handled 3,567 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 3 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 83 applications across HAREWOOD. We hold 2,693 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 6BJ
Application type
FULL APPLICATION - NORTH
Scale / size
Small
Parish
CHILBOLTON

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 April 2026
Consultation expiry
7 May 2026
Consultation start
10 April 2026
Consultation end
1 May 2026
Last date for comments
11 May 2026
Target decision date
4 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Carter Jonas
Agent address
Mayfield House 256 Banbury Road Summertown Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 7DE United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
16 April 2026
Site notice end
7 May 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14771328
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

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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