Land at Cranesfield, Sherborne St John
B.Yond Homes Ltd will shortly be submitting an appeal with the Planning Inspectorate regarding a planning application for 26 homes on land at Cranesfield, Sherborne St John. The application was originally submitted to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council in August 2025 and refused in January 2026 (reference number 25/02051/FUL).
Prior to the refusal of the planning application in January 2026, updated plans and documents for the application were submitted to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council (BDBC) but were not subject to formal public consultation. Following refusal of the application, B.Yond Homes Ltd also commissioned updated documents to respond to consultee comments on urban design, landscape and highways matters, which will be submitted to the Planning Inspectorate as part of the appeal.
The updated plans and documents proposed the following minor revisions to the application scheme as submitted:
- Extended areas of unadopted access road to be built to adoptable standards, to allow refuse vehicles to traverse the site
- The incorporation of a Flood Risk Compensation Area (FCA) to the south-east corner of the site, for further mitigation of surface water flooding and repositioning of associated landscaping
- Revised finished floor levels to new dwellings – particularly the ground being reprofiled to remove a localised depression around Plot 14 – and therefore suitably addressing the surface water flood risk to the development
- Increase in rear garden area to Plot 16 to ensure sufficient private amenity space is provided
- Revised layout to Plot 25 and omission of rear window to address overlooking concerns
Click here to view a document summarising the minor revisions to the scheme listed above
Links to Updated Plans and Documents
Links to all the updated plans and documents can be found below.
DOCUMENTATION SUBMITTED TO BDBC PRIOR TO REFUSAL OF THE PLANNING APPLICATION
Response to HCC Highways Comments Technical Note
Refuse & Recyling Plan
Adoptable Highway Plan
Landscape Technical Note
Response to LLFA Comments (1)
Response to LLFA Comments (2)
Flood Risk Assessment
AMENDED PLANS TO BE SUBMITTED WITH APPEAL
Provide Your Comments
If you would like to provide comments on the updated plans and documents, we will forward your comments to the Planning Inspectorate, to be taken into account in the determination of the appeal.
If you would like to provide comments for forwarding on to the Planning Inspectorate, please email your comments to Adam Robinson of SP Broadway at adam@spbroadway.com or post your comments in an envelope marked Freepost SP BROADWAY (you do not need to provide a stamp or address on the envelope). SP Broadway is assisting B.Yond Homes Ltd with communications regarding this application.
We would be grateful to receive any comments from you by 6pm on 13th August 2026.
Please note that all comments on the updated plans and documents received by email and post by 6pm on 13th August 2026 will be forwarded to the Planning Inspectorate and copied to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council as the Local Planning Authority, along with any contact details you provide. Comments received will be in the public domain and may be referred to in the appeal.
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07711 262 925 or at adam@spbroadway.com