®Planning appeal decision
16 Six Oaks Road, North Baddesley, SO52 9JA
Planning appeal 6001633 at 16 Six Oaks Road, North Baddesley, SO52 9JA (Test Valley Borough Council) was dismissed on 6 February 2026 by Inspector Cuthbert L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on the integrity of European Sites, notably the New Forest Special Protection Area and the Solent and Southampton Water Special Protection Area and Ramsar site, in regard to recreation use and nutrients.
Construction of semi-detached dwelling with cycle/shed store
- Authority
- Test Valley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Cuthbert L
- Postcode
- SO52 9JA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the integrity of European Sites, notably the New Forest Special Protection Area and the Solent and Southampton Water Special Protection Area and Ramsar site, in regard to recreation use and nutrients
- highway safety, with specific regard to parking provision
What decided it
The absence of a completed legal agreement securing the required contributions to the New Forest SPA Mitigation and Solent Recreation Mitigation Strategy, and nitrate credits to achieve nutrient neutrality, meant the Appropriate Assessment could not conclude beyond reasonable scientific doubt that the development would avoid an adverse effect on the integrity of the European Sites.
Although the proposal would contribute to housing land supply and provide social and economic benefits, the protection of European habitat sites under paragraph 11(d)(i) of the Framework provided a clear reason for refusing the development, and the presumption in favour of sustainable development was not engaged.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy COM2Policy E5Policy T2Annex G
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
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.
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