New housing in Test Valley Borough Council
We read Test Valley Borough Council's planning register every day. We hold 18,988 of its planning applications going back to 2015, and 138 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 64% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test, below the 75% at which national policy treats it as having an unmet need for housing.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 64% (2025): presumption
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 18,988
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 108 | 1 | 9 |
| 2025 | 140 | 13 | 23 |
| 2024 | 90 | 1 | 19 |
| 2023 | 123 | 7 | 20 |
| 2022 | 108 | 5 | 15 |
| 2021 | 145 | 6 | 19 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,600 | Land South Of Finkley Road Finkley Andover Hampshire Screening opinion under the Environment Impact Assessment Regulations 2017 (as amended) for the erection of up to 1,600 dwellings, land for a primary school, land for a secondary school, neighbourhood mobility and… 26/00912/SCRN | Decided | 30 Apr 2026 |
| 1,150 | Land At OS Ref 428247 150371 Andover Road Faberstown Ludgershall Hampshire Scoping opinion under the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 2017 for the provision of up to 1,150 dwellings, up to 3,000sqm of employment floorspace, a mixed use local centre and neighbourhood uses including… 25/02755/SCON | Decided | 19 Nov 2025 |
| 1,000 | Velmore Farm Bournemouth Road Chandler's Ford Hampshire Scoping opinion under the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 2017 (as amended) for up to 1,000 dwellings, including land for educational provision, employment/community provision, SANG, play areas, allotments… 26/00702/SCOS | Decided | 1 Apr 2026 |
| 900 | Land At OS Ref 435703 148005 Enham Lane Knights Enham Hampshire Outline - Phased development of up to 900 residential dwellings (C3), together with 1.5 ha of land for mixed uses including local community use (F2), care/nursing home (C2), and/or commercial, business and service uses… 26/01622/OUTN | Awaiting decision | 27 Jul 2026 |
| 400 | Land At Bere Hill Churchill Way Andover Hampshire Outline application with all matters reserved, except A3093 access and emergency access, for the development of up to 400 dwellings and associated countryside park, open space, landscaping and infrastructure on Land at… 26/02098/OUTN | Awaiting decision | 29 Sept 2026 |
| 400 | Land At Picket Twenty Forest Lane Picket Twenty Hampshire Screening Opinion by the Council under Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 for development of 400 dwellings with open space, landscaping, pedestrian and… 25/02552/SCRN | Approved | 28 Oct 2025 |
| 300 | Land South Of Castle Lane North Baddesley Hampshire Screening Opinion under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 for erection of up to 300 dwellings, with care/employment, retail, SANG and associated access including new… 26/01326/SCRS | Approved | 19 Jun 2026 |
| 300 | Land South Of Highwood Lane Romsey Hampshire Request for a scoping opinion in accordance with Regulation 15 (2) of the Town And Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment ) Regulations 2017 (As amended) for the development of up to 300 dwellings 25/02794/SCOS | Decided | 21 Nov 2025 |
| 300 | Land North Of Sandy Lane Sandy Lane Abbotswood Hampshire EIA Screening Opinion under Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) for proposed residential development of up to 300 dwellings 25/02129/SCRS | Approved | 8 Sept 2025 |
| 270 | Land At Halterworth Lane Halterworth Lane Romsey Hampshire Outline planning application for demolition of existing buildings and erection of up to 270 dwellings, including affordable housing, with land for the potential future expansion of Halterworth Primary School, public… 24/00174/OUTS | Refused | 24 Jan 2024 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
- Abbotts Ann
- Andover
- Anna Valley and Upper Clatford
- Appleshaw
- Awbridge
- Barton Stacey
- Belbins
- Blackhill
- Braishfield
- Broughton (Test Valley)
- Charlton (Test Valley)
- Chilbolton
- Chilworth (Test Valley)
- East Wellow
- Enham Alamein
- Goodworth Clatford
- Houghton (Test Valley)
- Hurstbourne Tarrant
- Kentsboro
- King's Somborne
- Longstock
- Middle Wallop
- Monxton
- Nether Wallop
- Newtown (Test Valley)
- North Baddesley
- Nursling
- Over Wallop
- Palestine
- Penton Mewsey and Penton Grafton
- Picket Piece
- Red Rice
- Romsey
- Rownhams
- Shipton Bellinger
- Shootash
- Stockbridge
- Thruxton
- Timsbury (Test Valley)
- Vernham Street and Little Down
- West Dean (Test Valley)
- West Tytherley
- West Wellow
- Weyhill
- Wherwell
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: Test Valley Borough Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.