Causeway Farm at Petersfield in Southern Hampshire is a greenfield site of approximately 27 hectares (68 acres), situated within the South Downs National Park.

Town Green application

In 2010 an application for a Town Green was made at the Causeway Farm site. This would prevent development from taking place. For more information on the status click HERE.

December 2011 saw another planning application for 213 dwellings, 30 bed sheltered accommodation, a primary school, and community building at Causeway Farm. Please look at our Application and Objections page for more information. To link directly to the application on the EHDC website please click HERE and enter 52418/002. It was  unanimously rejected on Thursday March 15th, 2012.

However the SDNP recommends development of no more than 330 houses in Petersfield up to 2028 - Click HERE to read - 4.2.

2010 and 2002 saw two previous applications for housing at Causeway Farm, which were both unanimously rejected by EHDC. There were no appeals.

In 2005 The Inspector's Report following the Local Plan Inquiry substantially follows our recommendations in excluding any major housing development from Petersfield - primarily because of its position within the then AONB, now the South Downs National Park. Causeway Farm is shown as the last lowest reserve site in Petersfield. Indeed the Inspector states, in putting all of these Petersfield sites towards the end of the reserve list that he hopes "that they will never be developed".

In 2002, although the site was not allocated for housing, a syndicate of developers made an unsuccessful application (enter 37146) to build 275 houses, with further plans for this to rise to over 500.