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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 dates5,372Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
23%Approval rate · 436 approved or refused records
334Refused applications
102 approved · 334 refused · 375 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided24/02208/FULLS
Alterations, extension and conversion of barn to dwelling together with new access, hard and soft landscaping works
Gardeners Farm Flowers Lane Plaitford Romsey Hampshire SO51 6HH
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02209/TREEN
T1 - Beech - Crown reduce by up to 4.5m
7 Saddlers Mews Fyfield Andover Hampshire SP11 8FB
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02210/TREEN
T1 - Laurel - Fell, T2 - Sycamore - Deadwood, T3 - Ash - Reduce crown by up to 4m, crown lift by up to 5m
8 Saddlers Mews Fyfield Andover Hampshire SP11 8FB
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02211/TREEN
T2-T4 - Tila X Europa - Prune to give 2m clearance to neighbouring roof, T5-T7 and T24 - Salix Daphnoides - Prune to give 2m clearance to neighbouring
Fire Station High Street Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6HF
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02212/TREEN
T1 - Copper Beech - Reduce height by 5m and shape remaining canopy
The Old Butchers Arms Five Bells Lane Nether Wallop Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 8EN
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02213/TREEN
T1 - Holm Oak - Repollard, reduce by 2m and shape remaining canopy
Blenheim Cottage Five Bells Lane Nether Wallop Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 8EN
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02214/FULLS
Demolish shed/store, erect two storey side extension and fence, alterations to windows and doors
6 Triangle Gardens Redbridge Lane Nursling Southampton Hampshire SO16 0XT
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02215/TPOS
T1 - Ash - Crown lift to 5m, T2 - Ash - Reduce lowest limb on tree growing from next door to car port, T3-5 - Ash - Dismantle by section to ground level
Hollobury House Houghton Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6LT
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02217/TREES
T1 - Walnut - Fell
Bramleys Muss Lane Kings Somborne Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6PE
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02220/DDTPO
TPO.TVBC.420 - Yew tree - Fell
Wispers 26 Hadrian Way Chilworth Southampton Hampshire SO16 7HX
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02221/FULLN
Alterations & refurbishment, re-roofing (with increased roof pitch), allowing for new oak front porch and rear additions; new green oak framed garage and new brick & flint boundary wall (West) with timber gates.
Beechside High Street Vernham Dean Andover Hampshire SP11 0LD
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02222/TPOS
T1 Oak - Crown reduce by up to 2.5m to reshape by means of good tree husbandry - crown clean to remove dead wood and epicormic growth, T2 - Scots Pine - fell
Spinney House Little Wood West Wellow Romsey Hampshire SO51 6GE
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02223/TREEN
T1 - London Plane - Crown reduce tree, height and spread by up to 4m overallReasons for work to allow more light to the garden and keep the tree in shape.
Lower Farm Church Street Hurstbourne Tarrant Andover Hampshire SP11 0AX
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02225/FULLS
Conversion of garage to form utility area including bricking up of opening, new window and lean-to cycle store
6 Eldridge Gardens Romsey Hampshire SO51 7RT
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02226/PDMAN
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use from commercial, business and service (Use Class E) to a dwelling (Use Class C3)
Thruxton Down House Thruxton Down Road Thruxton Down Hampshire
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02227/TREEN
T3 - Walnut - Crown reduce by up to 2.5m, back to suitable growth points
Yew Tree Cottage The Green Kimpton Andover Hampshire SP11 8NU
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02228/TREES
T1 Ash - crown reduce by up to 8m, T2 Common Beech - fell, T3 Bird Cherry - fell
Yew Tree Cottage Church Lane Braishfield Romsey Hampshire SO51 0QJ
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02233/DDCA
Fell in parts to ground level - 1x dangerous Alder and 1x Scots pine
National Trust Mottisfont Abbey Mottisfont Village Road Mottisfont Romsey Hampshire SO51 0LP
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02235/FULLS
Retention of existing pergola with alterations to create an enclosed structure; formation of pathway to new paved area and stretch tent, external lighting and new external freezer next to existing
The Chilworth Arms Chilworth Road Chilworth Southampton Hampshire SO16 7JZ
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02237/DDCA
Fell dangerous leaning Oak tree located on footpath
Land South Of Potters Clay Braishfield Road Braishfield Hampshire
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02238/FULLN
Re-purposing existing car parking spaces for use as 2 parking spaces for recharging of electric vehicles, including the installation of 2 upstands, feeder pillar, 4 bollards, lighting column and associated landscaping adjustments.
Churchill Retail Park New Street Andover
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02239/TREES
T1 - Ash - Reduce in height by 3 metres, reduce lateral growth by up to 3 metres.T2 - Acer - Reduce the overall crown by 2 metres.
1 Kings Acre Kings Somborne Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6QA
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02242/FULLS
Installation of 3 air conditioning units and relocation of 1 air conditioning unit (Part-retrospective)
12 Broadmead Road Nursling Southampton Hampshire SO16 0XD
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02243/TREEN
T1 (Willow Tree) - Re-pollard 1x Willow tree in back garden back down to old cuts
1 Gilberts Mead Close Anna Valley Andover Hampshire SP11 7PL
Received 27 Sept 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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