BRICK KILN FARM Brick Kiln Farm Lane, Chawton, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 5ET Data via plota.co.uk

EHDC-26-0984-PA3QC - Buildings on agricultural units and former agricultural buildings to dwellinghouses use with building operations or to extend (c) Pending Consideration

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a change of use of existing agricultural building to single dwellinghouse within Use Class C3, together with building operations reasonably necessary to facilitate that change of use. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 20:43

Application progress

✓

Received

1 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 27 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 21 Dec 2026 and 3 Feb 2027, from East Hampshire's recent changes of use.

The consultation period closed on 22 Sept 2026.

Documents 9

Site constraints 7

Open access land

Open country or registered common land, with a right to roam on foot.

Building on registered common land needs the consent of the Secretary of State as well as planning permission.

Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Radon affected area, class 5

An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

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Also on the record

National infrastructure project about 1647 m away: Southampton to London Pipeline Project; National park about 324 m away: South Downs; Priority habitat about 13 m away: Deciduous woodland.

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.

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Important details

Council: East Hampshire
Application type: Buildings on agricultural units and former agricultural buildings to dwellinghouses use with building operations or to extend (c)
Postcode: GU34 5ET
Received: 1 Sept 2026
Validated: 1 Sept 2026
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 27 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Whaleback Planning

Decision outlook

Day 38 of the 56-day target. East Hampshire usually decides changes of use by day 138.

target

prediction

Day 38100 days to the predicted decision (day 138)

15%decided within 8 weeks

79%approved

58decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 22 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 27 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

8 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025

2, Willowfield Watercress Way, Medstead, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 5ET

Single storey side extension

EHDC-25-1141-HSE 30 Sep 2025

2025

2, WILLOWFIELD Watercress Way, Medstead, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 5ET

Single storey side extension

EHDC-25-1141-HSE 30 Sep 2025

2025

2, Willowfield Watercress Way, Medstead, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 5ET

Rear orangery

EHDC-25-0524-HSE 8 May 2025

2025

2, Willowfield Watercress Way, Medstead, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 5ET

Rear orangery

EHDC-25-0524-HSE 8 May 2025

2021 Refused

Brick Kiln Farm, Brick Kiln Farm Lane, Chawton, Alton, GU34 5ET

Permission in principle - 1-3 dwellings

20429/008 7 Apr 2021

2020 Refused

Brick Kiln Farm, Brick Kiln Farm Lane, Chawton, Alton, GU34 5ET

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a change of use of agricultura…

20429/007 11 Feb 2021

2020 Refused

Brick Kiln Farm, Brick Kiln Farm Lane, Chawton, Alton, GU34 5ET

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a change of use of agricultura…

20429/006 11 Feb 2021

2016 Approved

Chawton Park Bungalow, Brick Kiln Farm Lane, Chawton, Alton, GU34 5ET

Extension to side - revision to previously approved (36535/015)

36535/015 29 Nov 2016

East Hampshire

Planning Authority Score

1.5/10

Poor

#282 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

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

BRICK KILN FARM Brick Kiln Farm Lane, Chawton, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 5ET Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 9

Statements & assessments 4

Plans & drawings 3

Application forms 1

Other documents 1

Site constraints 7

Important details

Decision outlook

Consultation & key dates

Nearby activity