Agenda item

APPLICATION NO.

19/01446/FULLS

APPLICATION TYPE

FULL APPLICATION - SOUTH

REGISTERED

10.06.2019

APPLICANT

James, Hannah and Peter Hunt

SITE

Oak Tree Farm, Staff Road, Michelmersh, SO51 0NQ,  MICHELMERSH AND TIMSBURY

PROPOSAL

Replacement of partially dismantled agricultural buildings with two detached dwellings and one ancillary outbuilding, creation of a new access and alterations to an existing access, change of use of land from agricultural to residential use

AMENDMENTS

Received on 30.09.2019:

• Amended Nutrient Neutrality calculation (amended to include land to be offset)

Received on 17.07.2019:

• Additional heritage statement

CASE OFFICER

Mr Graham Melton

REFUSED for the reasons:

1.

The proposal represents unjustified development in the countryside for which there is no overriding need. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policy COM2 of the Test Valley Borough Revised Local Plan (2016) and guidance in the National Planning Policy Framework (2019).

2.

The proposed development by means of it nature, location and scale could have likely significant effects upon the nearby Solent and Southampton Water European Designated Site which is designated for its conservation importance. In the absence of a completed legal agreement securing the proposed off site mitigation, the applicant has failed to satisfy the Council that the proposal would not adversely affect the special interest of the Solent and Southampton Water European Designated Site, therefore the application is contrary to Policies COM2 and E5 of the adopted Test Valley Borough Revised Local Plan (2016) and the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (as amended).