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77 - 85 High Street, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 1LG

EHDC-26-1071-PA3MAChange of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) (no alterations)Approved

Approved on 9 November 2026

Council decision: PRIOR APPROVAL IS REQUIRED AND APPROVED

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from retail use (Use Class E) to residential use (Use Class C3) with the creation of 2 dwellinghouses

Received (week of)
28 September 2026
Ward
Alton Westbrooke
  1. Received28 Sep
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Nov

Decided in 42 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 77 - 85 High Street, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 1LG. East Hampshire has handled 4 applications of this type. The site is in 9 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Alton Westbrooke. We hold 1,560 applications in total for the GU34 postcode area.

89% of all applications at East Hampshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
GU34 1LG
Application type
Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) (no alterations)
Parish
Alton CP

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: East Hampshire

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