Hampshire County Council • 26/00329/PIP
Up to eight specialist park homes proposed near listed building and historic park
Pennycum Farnham Road Odiham Hook Hampshire RG29 1HR
A developer has applied for up to eight park homes for specialist and supported living on rural land close to a Grade II listed building and a nationally registered historic park.
- Status
- pending
- Type
- other
- Received
- 2026-02-23
- Consultation ends
- 2026-03-12
Summary
This is a Permission in Principle (PIP) application. That means the developer is asking whether housing development is acceptable here in principle. If approved, a separate technical assessment would follow before any building could start. The site sits on Farnham Road on the edge of Odiham. It is a rural area — only around fourteen other buildings stand within a couple of minutes' walk. The Grade II listed Pair of Lodges to Dogmersfield Park is about a minute's walk away. Dogmersfield Park is a Registered Park and Garden, meaning it has national recognition as a historic landscape. Two important heritage documents are missing from the application. The Basingstoke Canal — a protected Site of Special Scientific Interest — is within a few minutes' walk, and ancient woodland is also close by. The council will need to weigh these constraints carefully before any decision.
What you can do
You can comment on this application using reference 26/00329/PIP on the Hart District Council planning portal. The council can consider effects on heritage buildings and landscapes, ecology, the nearby SSSI, ancient woodland, and the suitability of this rural setting for new homes. They cannot take into account personal opinions about the applicant or the type of people who might live there.