Welcome and thank you for visiting Woolsington One Ltd’s consultation website, where you can find out more about our proposals for new homes on Land at Bulbery Field, Duck Street, Abbotts Ann.
We plan to deliver around 62 new homes, including affordable homes, across a mix of sizes and tenures. The proposals include significant areas of publicly accessible green space, enhanced pedestrian connectivity, a community car park, to address local needs. Sustainability and biodiversity is at the forefront of our designs, with homes supported by renewable/clean energy and enhancements to habitats on-site.
Woolsington One Ltd is committed to the preparation of an outline planning application for the site.
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Test Valley face a challenging housing delivery target. With 980 homes needed every year to provided needed homes for everyone in the Authority, Test Valley currently maintain only a 2.54 year supply of housing which means that the Council must currently be considerate of all sustainable development opportunities.
Test Valley Borough Council’s emerging Local Plan 2042 has identified Bulbery Field as a potential housing allocation (NA20) for residential development. This allocation recognises the site’s sustainability credentials and its ability to accommodate development while respecting the village’s character and environmental constraints.
Abbotts Ann benefits from good local facilities including the primary school, village shop, post office, and public house – all within comfortable walking distance. The site is located approximately 2.5 miles from Andover, providing access to wider employment, retail, and leisure opportunities, with good public transport links.
The emerging Local Plan acknowledges that most new homes in the Northern Area will be need to be delivered on greenfield sites in sustainable locations. Bulbery Field represents one such opportunity to contribute to meeting housing needs while delivering community benefits.
We have undertaken pre-application discussions with Test Valley Borough Council. The planning officer’s response has been positive, confirming that:
This demonstrates the importance of this site to meeting Abbotts Ann’s housing needs and Test Valley’s wider housing requirements. Woolsington One Ltd is committed to continued collaborative working with the Parish Council and other key stakeholders to deliver an exemplar development to meet local needs.
A previous outline planning application for 70 dwellings on the site by Richborough Estates (reference 15/01634/OUTN) was refused by Test Valley Borough Council. The reasons this scheme was refused related to the principle of development in 2015 under a previous local plan process, character and appearance, affordable housing, public open space, highway network, and agricultural land.
Woolsington One Ltd started formal local plan promotion.
Test Valley Borough Council published its emerging Local Plan 2042 for consultation, identifying Bulbery Field as allocation NA20 for residential development.
Woolsington One Ltd undertook technical assessments and revised masterplanning to respond positively to policy requirements and local context. Pre-application submission made to Test Valley Borough Council in July 2025.
Woolsington One Ltd is continuing to develop the proposals and is looking for inputs from the community to help shape the progression of the development before submitting a planning application in Spring 2026.
We have launched this website to provide more information on our proposals and to seek feedback from the local community to help shape the proposals ahead of submitting an outline planning application to Test Valley Borough Council.
Our consultation will run 3 weeks from 25th February 2026 to 18th March 2026
We will be holding a public exhibition between 4:30pm and 7:30pm on the 11th March 2026 at Abbotts Ann War Memorial Hall, Abbotts Ann, SP11 7AZ, and we would be delighted to see you there.
Alternatively, you can view the information on this website and provide feedback via email to jonathan.leigh@clplanning.co.uk
Our emerging layouts set out our vision to deliver a vibrant and sustainable addition to Abbotts Ann, with complementary and well-connected features for the village.
It has been informed by the site’s considerations and opportunities through detailed technical studies. The design has been developed to positively respond to the site’s landscape setting and relationship with the existing settlement edge.
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Approximately 62 new homes, including 40% tenure blind affordable housing (24 homes) |
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Multi-generational homes across a mix of 2, 3, and 4-bedroom properties to meet local need and demand |
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Vehicular, pedestrian and cycle access from Duck Street with internal roads designed to adoptable standards |
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Substantial public open space exceeding policy requirements to include: Children’s play opportunities Informal recreation areas New footpaths meandering through landscaped areas Retained and enhanced boundary trees and hedgerows Community woodland |
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Community car park to address identified local need and alleviate existing parking pressures around the primary school entrance at pick up / drop off times. |
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Enhanced pedestrian connectivity improving accessibility and permeability within the village. |
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Biodiversity net gain, with habitat creation and landscape enhancement delivering measurable ecological improvements |
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Sustainable drainage systems managing flood risk while providing additional habitat and amenity value |
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Energy-efficient buildings with electric vehicle charging infrastructure and opportunities for renewable energy generation |
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The surface water drainage strategy would adopt the principles of the SuDS management train and may use a combination of open SuDS features (e.g attenuation basins) and on-parcel SuDS (e.g permeable paving). These would be designed to accommodate flows from rainfall events up to and including the 1 in 100 year plus 45% climate change storm. The drainage strategy would demonstrate sufficient attenuation, however further SuDS such as swales and raingardens are not precluded and could be incorporated at a later stage in the design. The site is in Flood Zone 1 (lowest risk) for flooding.
Southern Water sewer records show a foul sewer flowing south to north along the east boundary of the site, likely located within the Old Coach Road Track. The most appropriate discharge location is likely to be manhole ref. 1200 near the northeast corner of the site.
The use of infiltrating SuDs features is expected to be feasible due to the underling geology. A detailed drainage strategy will accompany a formal application.
Street lighting proposals within the Proposed Development will follow a sympathetic approach based on the lighting provision within the surrounding village of Abbotts Ann.
Street lighting provision within Abbotts Ann is very minimal, with street lighting columns only being present on Bulbury and the connecting footpath.
As such, it would be out of keeping with the surrounding village to provide a full street lighting system for the Proposed Development. Instead, lighting will only be provided to key areas where is in deemed necessary to facility safe navigation.
Any provision of street lighting will be required to follow the lighting specification of Hampshire County Council, who will be consulted on the design of any street lighting proposed within the Proposed Development.
Lighting for the proposed dwellings will be focused on the entrances to the dwellings and will only provide lighting to facilitate the occupiers safely accesses their homes.
Our planning application will be an outline application, seeking permission for the development of approximately 62 homes with associated infrastructure, access, landscaping, and drainage.
The application will include detailed assessment of its relationship to its surrounding context, including consideration of:
To give you an example of the proposed scheme Woolsington One has sought to provide example street scenes below:
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The design approach would adopt local architectural character through appropriate scale, materials, and detailing:
We would welcome your comments and questions on our proposal by 18th March 2026.
Please send your feedback by using the comment form below
A public exhibition is being held on the 11th March 2026 between 4:30pm and 7:30pm at Abbotts Ann War Memorial Hall, Abbotts Ann, SP11 7AZ, and we would be delighted to see you there.
We welcome all feedback, whether positive or raising concerns. Your input will help shape the final proposals before we submit our planning application to Test Valley Borough Council.
We will carefully review all comments received and consider how feedback can be incorporated into the final proposals.
A report summarising the community engagement process and how feedback has been addressed will be prepared and submitted alongside the planning application, ensuring your views are taken into account.
Once we submit our planning application to Test Valley Borough Council, there will be a further opportunity to comment through the formal planning process, The Council will notify nearby residents and publish details on their website, and anyone can submit comments for consideration as part of the application’s determination.