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Test Valley Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Test Valley Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates5,321Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
24%Approval rate · 428 approved or refused records
326Refused applications
102 approved · 326 refused · 371 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 May 2019 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning ServicesLocal plan Planning PolicyConservation areas Historical sites and Conservation areasArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanning@testvalley.gov.ukCouncil source
- General council enquiries01264368000Council source
- General council enquiriesInfo@testvalley.gov.ukCouncil source
- General council enquiries01794527700Council source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas33 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- Decided24/01903/LBWN
Retention of existing foamex fascia sign
2 Winchester Street Andover Hampshire SP10 2EA
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01906/TREEN
T1 - Ash - Fell
1 Park Lane Quarley Andover Hampshire SP11 8QB
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01907/PDHS
Application to determine if prior approval is required for proposed single storey rear extension - (length from rear wall of original dwellinghouse 5.1 metres, height 3.9 metres, height to eaves 2.7 metres)
Meriden Kooyong Close East Wellow Romsey Hampshire SO51 6BL
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01910/FULLN
Provision of pitched roof over annexe and construction of dormer, replacement porch and windows, provision of cladding and tile hanging
The Old Coach House Whistlers Farm Whistlers Farm Road Tangley Andover Hampshire SP11 0SB
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01911/FULLS
Single storey side extension
Bowmans Cottage Romsey Road Ower Romsey Hampshire SO51 6AE
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01912/FULLN
External alterations to include additional windows and side fire exit
Cancer Research Uk 14 High Street Andover Hampshire SP10 1NX
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01913/DDCA
Beech - Remove dead and dangerous limb
Down Cottage High Street Nether Wallop Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 8EZ
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01914/DDTPO
TPO.TVBC.0422 - T1 - Sycamore - Fell - Dying and imminently dangerous
56 Cupernham Lane Romsey Hampshire SO51 7LG
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01915/FULLS
Install 2 bin store areas, including concrete hardstanding, pathways, timber fencing and access gates
Minden House And Symes Road Chambers Avenue Romsey Hampshire
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01916/CLES
Certificate of lawful existing use for building works to provide amended internal layout and external changes for dwellinghouse, as shown on the drawings annexed hereto
Eldon House Eldon Road Braishfield Romsey Hampshire SO51 0PT
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01917/FULLN
Provision of replacement roof, front extension to form conservatory, side extension to form porch, revised fenestration, provision of cladding, and erection of detached garage
Larks Rise Lodge Romsey Road Nether Wallop Hampshire SO20 8EG
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01918/FULLN
Remove garage, erection of two bay garage, open fronted tractor shed, close boarded fence, and post and rail fence
Church Farm Church Street Hurstbourne Tarrant Andover Hampshire SP11 0AX
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01919/TPON
T1 ( Willow) - Remove 1x dying Willow tree in back garden to ground level
Rooksbury Mill Rooksbury Mill Court Rooksbury Road Andover Hampshire SP10 2FD
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01920/FULLN
Erection of timber outbuilding for use as home office and social space with integrated decking (Retrospective)
84 Junction Road Andover Hampshire SP10 3JA
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01922/FULLS
Change use from amenity land to residential garden, replace fencing around new boundary (part retrospective)
Railway Cottage Station Road Nursling Southampton Hampshire SO16 0YD
Received 20 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01923/TREES
T1 - Field Maple - reduce to 1m from ground level, T2 - Oak - reduce to main junction, 4m from ground level, to reduce strain on fractured union, T3 - Mixed trees species - reduce to 1m from ground level
Garden House Dean Road West Tytherley Salisbury Hampshire SP5 1NR
Received 20 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01924/TREES
T1 - Birch - reduce by 3m back to previous reduction points, T2 - Willow - reduce to 0.5m from ground level (Coppice)
Snowdrop Cottage 10 East Dean Road West Dean Salisbury Hampshire SP5 1JA
Received 20 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01925/DDTPO
TPO.TVBC.0411 - Birch - Dangerous - Limb fail and rapid decline.
80 Rownhams Lane North Baddesley Southampton Hampshire SO52 9HQ
Received 20 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01926/ADVN
Display of 3 contra-vision office window signs, 1 x fascia sign, 2 x banner signs, 1 x externally illuminated double sided pole mounted sign
Agenda Vehicles Workshops Drayton Garage Basingstoke Road Barton Stacey Winchester Hampshire SO21 3NF
Received 20 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01927/TPON
T1 - Portugese Laurel - Trim annual growth, reshape where necessary, reduce lateral canopy towards boundary hedge to balance, crown raise by up to 1.8m
Goodworth Clatford Cottage Longstock Road Goodworth Clatford Andover Hampshire SP11 7RN
Received 20 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01928/FULLN
Erection of single storey rear extension, including patio door and flat roof skylight
23 Hibiscus Crescent Andover Hampshire SP10 3WE
Received 11 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01931/TREEN
(T1) Sugar Maple in front garden - Prune by up to 4m
The Guardhouse 20 Trafalgar Way Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6ET
Received 20 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01932/DDTPO
T1 Beech - remove broken/hanging branch from play area (TPO.TVBC.578)
Bright Horizons University Parkway Southampton Science Park Chilworth Southampton Hampshire SO16 7PT
Received 20 Aug 2024 - Decided24/01933/FULLS
Replacement driveway gates and brick pillars
Little Mead Falls 49 Oxlease Meadows Romsey Hampshire SO51 7AB
Received 20 Aug 2024
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Test Valley Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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