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Bishops Waltham House Free Street Bishops Waltham Southampton Hampshire SO32 1EE

Awaiting decision Winchester 26/00615/LDC Lawful Development Certificate-Existing

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Proposal

The applicant requests confirmation, via a Lawful Development Certificate, that Bishops Waltham House is in lawful use as a care home under Class C2 (Residential Institute).

As published by the council, reference 26/00615/LDC

Application record

Reference
26/00615/LDC
Type
Lawful Development Certificate-Existing
Status
Current
Received
23 Mar 2026
Validated
23 Mar 2026
Ward
BISHOPS WALTHAM
Parish
Bishops Waltham Parish Council
Postcode
SO32 1EE

Site history

Applications at this address on the Winchester register

This site has had 3 applications since 2021: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/00906/TPC Granted

    Bishops Waltham House Free Street Bishops Waltham Southampton Hampshire SO32 1EE

    This has been attached as a separate document labelled "Bishops_Waltham_House_Identification of Trees and Description of Works".

    Decided 2 Jul 2026 Trees
  • 21/00924/TPC Granted

    Bishops Waltham House Free Street Bishops Waltham Southampton Hampshire SO32 1EE

    3x Ash trees - reduce in height by 4-5 metres.

    Decided 7 May 2021 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 23 Mar 2026

    Received by Winchester

  2. 26 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 18 May 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Winchester took a median of 58 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Fields of Architecture Agent, an architecture practice

39 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 councils · 97% granted

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

3 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Winchester for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Winchester decided lawful development applications in a median of 62 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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