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Planning

Planning is probably the area of the Council's role that is best known to the community and which can be of the most importance.​

All planning applications are posted online by the Local Planning Authority, Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council and can easily be searched for on that website by keyword, reference number, postcode or a single line of an address.​

Current planning applications for this parish can also be viewed by clicking the Planning Finder.  The Planning Finder is a central facility provided to Parish Council websites, which is driven by postcode (if one has been included in the planning application). 

Highclere Parish Council Planning Working Party​

The Planning Working Party considers all new applications (see Planning Protocol attachment, at the bottom of this page for details). Applications are placed on the Agenda and responses are confirmed in the Minutes.

Any planning applications of key interest to the Parish will be highlighted on the News page of this website - and if you have subscribed to this site you will get an email notification of any news items added to our site.. 

 

North Wessex Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (A.O.N.B.)

Highclere Parish sits within an AONB, and as such there are two comprehensive documents which together analyse and identify the colours (e.g., the range of building materials and finishes) to integrate into a specific landscape type, please see this page for more details.​

Small Scale works

We often get asked about whether small-scale works will require planning permission. We advise checking the Basingstoke and Deane website in the first instance, which in turn links to a UK-wide planning portal site, with a lot of helpful information on fences, hedges etc.

 

What are material planning considerations?

Material planning considerations are matters that are relevant when a planning decision is being made. They include, but are not limited to:

  • Local, strategic and national planning policies
  • Previous appeal decisions and principles of case law
  • Loss of sunlight, daylight, outlook or privacy
  • Design, layout and impact upon the character of the surrounding area
  • Highway issues (traffic generation, highway safety, vehicular access and parking issues)
  • Noise or disturbance, smells and fumes
  • Capacity of physical infrastructure (public drainage, water systems)
  • Strain on social infrastructure (employment, healthcare, school spaces, community facilities)
  • Impact upon protected species or trees
  • Layout, design and density of buildings, their landscaping or means of enclosure

What does not count as a material planning consideration?

Generally, personal circumstances do not count as a material planning consideration. Non-material planning considerations include, but are not limited to:

  • Loss of a personal view
  • Effect upon property values
  • Matters that are dealt with under other legislation (for example, building control legislation)
  • Personal circumstances (unless exceptionally and clearly relevant (for example, provision of facilities for someone with a disability))
  • Private disputes, between neighbours, about land or boundaries, maintenance, covenants, damage to property, private rights of access
  • Previous breaches of planning control
  • Opposition to business competition
  • Factual misrepresentation of the proposed works