Cross Oaks Farm Broad Woods Lane East Wellow Romsey Hampshire SO51 6DR
Refused on 3 November 2026
Council decision: REFUSE1 reason for refusal
Proposal
Application to determine if Prior Approval under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for the change of use of four existing agricultural buildings at Cross Oaks Farm to seven dwellinghouses (Use Class C3), together with the building operations reasonably necessary to facilitate the conversion
- Received
- 8 September 2026
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 4 November 2026
- Council
- Test Valley Borough Council
- Ward
- BLACKWATER
- ReceivedReceived8 Sep
- ValidatedValidated8 Sep
- Consult.Consultation30 Sep
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided3 Nov
Decided in 56 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at Cross Oaks Farm Broad Woods Lane East Wellow Romsey Hampshire SO51 6DR. Test Valley has handled 8,853 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Test Valley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 109 applications across BLACKWATER. We hold 1,524 applications in total for the SO51 postcode area.
Why it was refused
- It has not been demonstrated that the site subject of this prior notification, is part of an established agricultural unit as required by Class Q (a) (i) of Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 having regard to the available evidence which demonstrates the site to be operating as an established equestrian unit. Accordingly, it is not considered that the proposed conversion is permitted development falling under Class Q of Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended).
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- SO51 6DR
- Parish
- WELLOW
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 September 2026
- Consultation end
- 30 September 2026
Applicant and agent
Osman Homes Limited
Company number 10710673
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 5 Apr 2017 (9 years old)
- Nature of business
- Buying and selling of own real estate; Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
- Registered office
- Southampton
Company information from Companies House.
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Claudia Bloomfield
Additional information
- Documents
- 15
Site constraints
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.
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