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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 dates6,297Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
22%Approval rate · 539 approved or refused records
418Refused applications
121 approved · 418 refused · 471 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 May 2019 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/01432/TPOS
T1 - T6 - Oak trees (TPO.TVBC.0138 and TPO.TVBC.210) - Remove the lowest branch(es) where required and tip reduce all lateral, secondary and tertiary branches overhanging the allotments by approx 2-3 metres (2 metres for T3 and T4) to reduce canopy spread and shading.
Boundary Trees In The Allotments Nutburn Road North Baddesley Southampton Hampshire SO52 9DZ
Received 3 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01434/TREEN
T1 - Common Hornbean - Crown reduction by up to 2m, T2 - Common Hawthorn and T3 - Red Cedar - reduce in height to below the power lines
Bourne House Farm Lane Penton Grafton Andover Hampshire SP11 0RR
Received 3 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01436/FULLS
Single storey rear extension, revised fenestration, and enlarge and upgrade dormers
9 Hook Water Road Chandler's Ford Eastleigh Hampshire SO53 5PQ
Received 3 Jul 2026 - Current26/01437/FULLS
Conversion of former stable building to two-bedroom dwellinghouse, with associated works.
The Beeches Carters Clay Road Lockerley Romsey Hampshire SO51 0GL
Received 3 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01440/CLPN
Certificate of proposed lawful development for a single storey side extension
Casa Roma 4 Kentsboro Middle Wallop Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 8EA
Received 3 Jul 2026 - Current26/01441/FULLS
Erect two buildings for use as extra care accommodation for older people (Class C2), installation of air source heat pump and erection of plant building, maintenance building, bin store and pergola, with hard and soft landscaping
Land At Grove Place Upton Lane Nursling Hampshire
Received 3 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01442/FULLS
Retention of fence
23 Mountbatten Avenue Romsey Hampshire SO51 8DX
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01443/TREES
T1 - Blossom (possibly cherry blossom) - Fell
Pond Cottage Winchester Road Kings Somborne Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6NZ
Received 5 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01445/TREEN
T1 - Magnolia - Reduce back from road leaving radial spread of no less than 2m and height of no less than 3m, lift crown to give clearance of 3m from ground level, T2 - Western red cedar - Lift canopy to give a clearance of 5m from ground level, T3,T4,T5 - Cypress - Fell, T6 - Goat willow - Pollard to 3m
Evergreen The Dene Hurstbourne Tarrant Andover Hampshire SP11 0AN
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01446/LBWN
Installation of stairlift
Thatchings Goodworth Clatford Andover Hampshire SP11 7QX
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01448/TREES
T1- Sweet gum - Crown lift all around to a finished height of 3m from ground level, T12 - Maple x1 - Prune to provide a 1.5m clearance from building, T13 - Goat Willow - Prune to provide a 2m clearance from building
The Cromwell Arms 23 Mainstone Romsey Hampshire SO51 8HG
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Current26/01449/CLEN
Certificate of lawful existing use of an existing residential annexe, approved as ancillary accommodation to the main dwellinghouse, for limited and ancillary short term lets when not occupied by family or guests of the main dwelling house, together with continued ancillary residential use and domestic storage and confirmation that this remains within the planning unit of the main dwellinghouse and does not constitute a material change of use
Trafalgar House High Street Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6HF
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01450/DDTPO
TPO.TVBC.0411 - T2 Dead silver birch- Dead silver birch dismantle leaving a monolith 3m above the hedge using neighbouring trees as an anchor. T5 Dead silver birch - Dismantle leaving a monolith 3m above the hedge utilising the neighbouring tree.
10 Pine Close North Baddesley Southampton Hampshire SO52 9HN
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01452/TPOS
T1 - Silver birch - Reduce in height by approximately 3m reducing the remaining crown to leave an ascetically pleasing shape, remove dead hanger out of the birch next to it on the right, T3 - Silver birch - Overall reduction of the tree by 1.5-2m, T4 - Silver birch - Reduce two heavily weighted lower limbs by 3m removing the left hand branch over hanging the house back to the fork
10 Pine Close North Baddesley Southampton Hampshire SO52 9HN
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01453/TREES
T1 - Magnolia - Crown reduce by a max of 3m, T2 - Variegated Maple - Crown reduce by max 1.5m
Wisteria House Romsey Road Kings Somborne Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6PR
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Current26/01455/OUTN
Outline - Erection of 60 residential units with all matters reserved except access, and other associated works
Land Adjacent Stanbury Close Stanbury Close Thruxton Hampshire
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01457/VARS
Variation of condition 02 (approved plans) of 23/01071/FULLS (Demolition of barn, erection of dwelling and installation of treatment plant) to add Juliette balcony and to change windows to doors in master bedroom
Friars Orchard Rectory Hill West Dean Salisbury Wiltshire SP5 1JL
Received 2 Jul 2026 - Current26/01458/PIPN
Application for permission in principle for construction of 4-6 dwellings with associated access
Land Adjacent To Hillside Cottages Cocum Road Barton Stacey Winchester Hampshire SO21 3RJ
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01459/FULLS
Installation of a ground mounted Battery Energy Storage System comprising two battery modules, a wall mounted hybrid inverter and associated electrical infrastructure
Memorial Hall Butts Green Lockerley Romsey Hampshire SO51 0JG
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01461/CLPS
Application for lawful development certificate for proposed installation of roof mounted photovoltaic solar panels
Bartletts Almshouses The Meads Romsey Hampshire SO51 8HB
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01462/TREEN
(T1) Conifer - Fell
4 Verlynch Cottages Longstock Road Longstock Stockbridge Hampshire SO20 6DX
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01463/FULLS
Single storey rear extension and porch
5 Nicholson Walk Rownhams Southampton Hampshire SO16 8LF
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01465/LBWS
Conservation and repair of fire damaged windows
King Johns House Church Street Romsey Hampshire SO51 8BT
Received 8 Jul 2026 - Current26/01466/FULLN
Reconfiguration of internal layout of existing ground floor retail unit, provision of two new upper floor residential units and creation of a new corridor and staircase to enable access to the upper floors
Solitaire Jewellers 21 High Street Andover Hampshire SP10 1LJ
Received 8 Jul 2026
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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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