GOTHIC COTTAGE Spollycombe Lane, Upper Froyle, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 4JR Data via plota.co.uk

EHDC-26-0383-LBC - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

Remove existing concrete interlocking roof tiles and replace with plain clay tiles on new treated softwood battens on Tyvek breather membrane. Remove existing pebble dash cement render on the two chimneys and replace with proprietary K-rend render, colour to match the existing stone walls. Remove the existing plastic gutters and downpipes and replace with black enamelled cast iron rainwater goods. Remove the inappropriate later added rear rotted dormer window and replace with a conservation rooflight. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 Apr 2026
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Validated
27 Apr 2026
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Approved
1 Jul 2026

Approved on 1 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Site constraints 8

Froyle (Upper) conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
2 Article 4 directions
West End Farm, Upper Froyle · Enforcement Action. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
National infrastructure project about 303 m away: Southampton to London Pipeline Project
The site is about 303 m from the project boundary. Pipeline, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
10 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Home Farm Cottages, Grade II, about 20 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 9 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Inside the Upper Froyle built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £568,000 in November 2007. Detached house, freehold.

9 November 2007£568,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
GU34 4JR
Received
13 Apr 2026
Validated
27 Apr 2026
Ward
Bentworth & Froyle
Parish
Froyle CP
Case officer
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Target decision
2 Jul 2026
Decision
Permission
Decision date
1 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Ben Macdonald Associates

How this decision compares

Decided in 65 days from validation, 16 days faster than East Hampshire's median of 81 for extensions. Approved, as 92% of extensions here are.

30%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
465decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by East Hampshire in the last twelve months, from validation. East Hampshire decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
18 May 2026
Statutory expiry
2 Jul 2026
East Hampshire
Planning Authority Score
1.5/10
Poor
#282 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

East Hampshire is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #293 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 72% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England
for householder decisions
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East Hampshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #153 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #173 of 296
24%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #293 of 296
72%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #288 of 296
63%
Minor dwellings approved
72 decided (1-9 homes)
78%
Major dwellings approved
9 decided (10+ homes)
88%
Change of use approved
24 decided
606
Total decisions
72 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.