Tournerbury Woods:

A HIRA member has brought this to our attention so please follow up by reading Havant Planning Services email below:

Reconsultation Request for APP/23/00076 Tournerbury Woods, Tournerbury Lane, Hayling Island

Date: 3 December 2025 at 14:35:52 GMT

The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended)Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015

Address:  Tournerbury Woods, Tournerbury Lane, Hayling Island

Proposed Development: Change of Use of land and woodland (retrospective) as a wedding and events venue, including retention of permanent ancillary buildings and structures, the erection of removable structures (including marquees and temporary facilities), and the use of the land as a campsite in association with events. Construction of vehicular track from the public highway to the proposed wedding and events venue at Tournerbury Woods.

Planning Officer: Henrietta Owusu-Ansah

As you may be aware, the above planning application was granted planning permission by the Council on 15^th September 2023 but was then the subject of a Judicial Review brought by the Saving Tournerbury Woods group. The Council received an Order from the High Court on 10^th March 2025 quashing the planning permission granted in 2023 for the Tournerbury Woods weddings and events venue. As a consequence, this means that the application has been remitted back to the Council for re-determination.

Since the original application was determined the applicants have submitted updated ecological information pertaining to the application, as well as additional material relating to a Landscape and Visual Appraisal and Lighting Report. This information, together with that previously submitted and still forming part of the application is now available for review on the case file (files dated 10/11/2025).

Previous consultee responses and third party comments are also on the file.

As the application is being re-determined we are undertaking a further consultation process in full.

Copies of the application form, drawings and relevant supporting information for the application can be viewed on the Havant Public Register website: https://service.havant.gov.uk/pr/s/detail/a1ESl000004ljw8

If you are not the owner of the property to which this letter is addressed please advise the owner who may also wish to make comments. 

We welcome views of the public and take relevant land use and planning considerations into account in reaching a decision.  For further information on relevant considerations please see the back of this letter.  Please use the Havant Public Register page to provide your comments quickly and efficiently.  Please allow up to 72 hours for your representation to appear online.  You can also write to the Planning Service at the Public Service Plaza quoting the above reference number. The consultation period expires on 24 December 2025. Any comments must be received in these offices no later than this date.

You will be able to check that your comments have been received by looking on our website at www.havant.gov.uk.  Your attention is drawn to information in the attachment concerning your rights and our obligations under the General Data Protection Regulations and Data Protection Act 2018.

If you have previously made a representation and do not wish to update them, these will be considered in determining the application.

Thank you for your interest in the matter. If you have commented, you will be notified of the Council's decision shortly after it has been made.

If you wish to know any further information about the progress of the application please contact the case officer prior to 24 December 2025.

Kind regards

Planning Services