Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council planning applications
Data as of 5 November 2026
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council decided more than 1,600 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 8% of those it approved or refused, about the same as the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 53 days to decide one.
Look up one application
Search by reference or address on Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).
Recent major decisions
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29 October 2026 · Refused
Land At Weston Mark Weston Road Upton Grey Hampshire · 26/01189/OUT
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23 October 2026 · Approved
Land At Sherfield Hill Farm Reading Road Church End Sherfield-on-loddon Hampshire · 23/02707/OUT
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4 August 2026 · Approved
Land At Oakley Hall Oakley Basingstoke Hampshire · 25/02429/RES
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29 July 2026 · Approved
Saxon Court Sarum Hill Basingstoke Hampshire RG21 8SR · 25/02456/FUL
Figures for Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
| Applications decided | more than 1,600 |
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| Share refusedof those approved or refused | 8%middle UK council 9% |
| Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date | 53 daysmiddle UK council 55 days |
| Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings | 3%of more than 520 decided |
| Appeals decidedin the last three years | more than 200 |
| Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits | 28%about one in four |
| Officer reports and decision notices searchable | back to 2017 |
| Local Plan policies held | 50plan adopted 2016 |
What inspectors decide appeals on
In their own words, from recent appeal decisions on Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council’s planning applications.
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“The main issues are: • whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposed development, having particular regard to the spatial strategy in the development plan and the accessibility of services and facilities; • the effect of the…”
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“The main issue is the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area.”
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“The main issues are: - the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area; - whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposed development having regard to the local development strategy and…”
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“The main issue is the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, having regard to its location, land use and the amount of development.”
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“The main issue in this appeal is the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.”
How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.