Objection 25/03028/OUTS View here

Academic Research – Beyond Bricks and Mortar View here

Feria Urbanism – Design Review Note View here

Response to the letter of 9th February 2026 from Master Land and Planning on behalf of Bargate Homes:

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The consultation period is now OPEN and will run until 23rd January 2026. (Please note: This deadline has been extended to account for the Christmas break).

Parish Council Action: Meeting on 29th December

A Parish Council meeting has been scheduled for Monday, 29th December at 12.15 to:

• Formally discuss the details of application 25/03028/OUTS

• Appoint the external planning experts and specialists (funded by your generous donations) to help draft our objection

• Review our ongoing plans

How and When to Make Your Comments

The portal is now open and you are able to submit your comments to TVBC up until 23rd January 2026

• For an objection to be effective, it must be based on “material planning considerations.” Our experts will identify the most robust technical areas (such as drainage, traffic impact, or local infrastructure) for residents to focus on in their individual letters.

• The Power of Numbers: A high volume of individual, well-reasoned objections is far more powerful

View the Plans

You can view the full application by visiting the TVBC Planning Portal and searching for reference: 25/03028/OUTS: https://view-applications.testvalley.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=T7IN8AQCHMV00

Summary of Key Dates:

• 29th December: Parish Council Meeting (Appointment of experts)

• Early January: Parish Council to release further guidance for resident objections

• 23rd January: Final deadline for all comments to be submitted to TVBC

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• Sent in writing to Planning Policy and Economic Development, Test Valley Borough Council, Beech Hurst, Weyhill Road, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 3AJ, or
• Emailed to planningpolicy@testvalley.gov.uk
• Using the response form available atwww.testvalley.gov.uk/localplan2042

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CASUAL VACANCY FOR A COUNCILLOR

Notice given under Rule 5 of the of the Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) (England and Wales) Rules 2006

• There is a vacancy on the Parish Council caused by the resignation of George McMenemy.
• A by-election to fill the vacancy will be held if, not later than Monday 2 September 2024, ten electors for the parish give notice in writing, claiming such an election be held, to the Returning Officer. If no such notice is given the Parish Council will fill the vacancy by co-option
• The address of the Returning Officer is –

Test Valley Borough Council

Council Offices

Beech Hurst

Weyhill Road

Andover

SP10 3AJ

Notice given this the 12th day of August 2024

Jane Ray

Clerk of the Parish Council

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On the 9^th January 2024 TVBC published the Reg 18 Version of the Local Plan. The following note seeks to provide a high-level view of the potential impact on the village of Braishfield with particular reference to housing provision.

The note is structured so as to align with that of the draft LP and which includes the following documents: Draft Local Plan

As an aside recent housing land supply figures for TVBC, published 7^th February 2024, reveal a 7.01 year housing supply. Whilst this figure will be open to challenge by developers at appeal, if correct will enable TVBC to robustly resist speculative housing applications on greenfield sites.

TVBC Housing Land Supply update

Draft Local Plan

The primary text is set out in the draft Local Plan. Section 1.49 invites comments on the LP and provides contact details. However, the consultation dates are not identified and presumably not fixed.

Chapter 3 (Spatial Strategy) refers to growth within TVBC.

Figure 3 (Key Diagram) identifies settlement hierarchy and includes allocations for housing, employment and gypsy sites.

Paras 3.41-3.43 refers to settlement boundaries and, with reference to neighbourhood plans, confirms that they are able to review settlement boundaries, to facilitate development, but may not reduce them in size.

 Special Strategy Policy 1 (SS1) refers to Settlement Hierarchy and identifies Braishfield as a Tier 3 village which allows for limited development, as follows:

• Windfalls
• Rural Affordable Housing sites
• Replacement dwellings
• Community-led Development
• Small business uses
• Re-use of Buildings
• Renewable Energy Development

This is similar to the current local plan. The housing markets are split between TVBC North and TVBC South.

TVBC S is allocated to provide some 237 houses p.a. (i.e. 43% of the overall total). Of these TVBC S is required to provide some 282 rural houses within the plan period. These will be provided within Tier 3 (i.e. to include Braishfield) and Tier 4 settlements.

No reference is made to a specific requirement within Braishfield but SS5 (Neighbourhood Development Plan Housing Requirements) identifies villages of a similar size to Braishfield as having to provide a minimum of 10 dwellings.

Where new Neighbourhood Plans are created they will be required to provide for a minimum number of dwellings by TVBC – presumably in the order of 10 dwellings?

Table 3 (page 56) identifies a minimum requirement of 4,730 dwellings within TVBC S. However, existing completions and allocations can be taken away from this figure (to include the 1,100 allocation at Whitenap) – in effect new housing allocations amount to a requirement of 1,644 dwellings and these are the areas identified in brown in the inset maps.

Areas of housing allocation in TVBC S are set out in SS6 and are as follows:

• Land South of Ganger Farm, Romsey- 340 dwellings (page 108)
• Land South of the Bypass, South Romsey – 110 dwellings (page 110)
• Land at Velmore Farm, Valley Park – 1,070 dwellings (page 113)
• Land at King Edwards Park, Chandler’s Ford – 44 dwellings (page 116)
• Land at Upton Lane – 80 dwellings (may well have been identified in error as no other obvious reference in LP)

The following inset map (see here) shows the new settlement boundary for Braishfield with the following identified changes:

• Newport Lane – tidying up of rear gardens on recent development to include within the settlement boundary
• Recreation ground – taken out
• Allotment gardens on Braishfield Road – taken out
• The Church and a number of houses on or near Church Lane

Many thanks to Mark Sennitt for his work on this document.

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