[2025] UKUT 0213 (LC)

From the evidence and my site inspection, I find the following facts.

Mr Nelson bought Dale House in December 2020. It is in a picturesque Hampshire location, with woodland to the west, and with direct access to Pilhill Brook to the north, on the back boundary. A wooden pole supports a three-cable 11KV electricity line which crosses the left hand side of the plot, broadly from front to back. The apparatus provides electricity to both Dale House and a number of surrounding properties. The approximate location of the apparatus is shown below (the pole being a large dot):

When he bought the property, there was a modest house of 1950’s/60’s vintage, on a large plot. Mr Nelson wanted to refurbish and extend the house. He made three planning applications, which the parties have called PP1-PP3. PP1was refused by the local planning authority on 1 February 2021. PP2 was granted on 30 June 2021. PP3, which envisaged a smaller house than PP2, was granted on 9 December 2022, and in the end the house was redeveloped in line with that consent.