®Planning appeal decision
Former North Hill Sawmill Yard, Baddesley Road, Chandlers Ford, SO52 9BH
Planning appeal 3328784 at Former North Hill Sawmill Yard, Baddesley Road, Chandlers Ford, SO52 9BH (Test Valley Borough Council) was dismissed on 4 March 2025 by Inspector Shearing C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effects of the proposal on the living conditions of occupants of properties on Flexford Close.
Approval of reserved matters (appearance, landscaping and layout) for Phases 2 and 3 of a Care Village comprising 91 extra care units and associated development
- Authority
- Test Valley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Shearing C
- Postcode
- SO52 9BH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effects of the proposal on the living conditions of occupants of properties on Flexford Close
- the effects of the proposal on designated habitat sites
What decided it
The failure to secure with certainty appropriate mitigation for phosphate nutrient loading effects on the River Itchen SAC, in the absence of a completed Section 33 agreement with Eastleigh Borough Council, meant the proposal could not be approved under the Habitats Regulations.
Although the Council cannot demonstrate a five-year housing land supply and the proposal would deliver homes tailored for older people with economic benefits, the strong protection afforded to habitat sites by the Framework (paragraph 195) means the presumption in favour of sustainable development does not apply, and the benefits do not outweigh the conflict with the development plan.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy LHW4Policy E5Policy COM2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 195
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 Test Valley
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2025
- Dismissed26 October 20266012951Barn South Of Former Poultry Houses, Monxton Road, Grateley, SP11 8JG
- Notice upheld21 September 20263354723Hillside Nurseries , Branches Lane the Banks, Lockerely , Hants, SO51 6JT
- Notice upheld21 September 20263354722Hillside Nurseries , Branches Lane the Banks, Lockerely , Hants, SO51 6JT
- Dismissed3 September 20266008234Landfall Annexe, Landfall, Chilworth Road, Chilworth,Romsey, SO16 7LA
- Dismissed17 August 20266009745Pine Lodge, Chilworth Drove, Chilworth, SO16 7JH
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.