Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent Mountview, Church Lane, Sparsholt, SO21 2NJ
Planning appeal 3273150 at Land Adjacent Mountview, Church Lane, Sparsholt, SO21 2NJ (Winchester City Council) was allowed on 28 September 2021 by Inspector Parker R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Sparsholt Conservation Area.
change of use of existing highway verge to ancillary amenity land for Mountview, Church Lane, Sparsholt
- Authority
- Winchester City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Parker R
- Postcode
- SO21 2NJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Sparsholt Conservation Area
What decided it
The change of use would preserve the character and appearance of the Conservation Area with no physical alterations to the land and no conflict with local plan policies DM15, DM16 and DM27.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM15Policy DM16Policy DM27
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Winchester
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2021
- Dismissed15 October 20266012051Cupressus, Durley Brook Road, Southampton, SO32 2AR
- Dismissed14 October 20266011078Oakridge, Biddenfield Lane, Shedfield, SO32 2HP
- Allowed10 August 20266005547Land at Lower Paddock, Bent Lane, Hambledon, PO7 4QP
- Dismissed3 August 202660042333, Farm Cottages, Knowle, PO17 5LZ
- Allowed29 July 2026600546362 Downs Road,, South Wonston,, Winchester, SO21 3EW
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®