Planning application drawings in East Hampshire

East Hampshire planning decisions and design rules

East Hampshire District Council granted 91% of the householder planning decisions it made in its latest published year — 4 points above the 87% England-wide householder average. East Hampshire contains Anstey (Alton), Bentworth, Buriton conservation areas (Anstey (Alton) designated 1995), so materials, fenestration and roof form are assessed against the appraisal, which is where a policy-literate drawing pack earns its keep. Its dominant Victorian (1837–1901) and postwar (1945–1970) housing stock sets the design brief on most streets.

Before permission is required, Class B allows 40m³ of added loft volume on a terrace and 50m³ on a semi or detached house, and Class A allows a 3m single-storey rear extension on a terrace or 4m on a detached house. East Hampshire carries at least one Article 4 direction, and conservation areas including Anstey (Alton), Bentworth and Buriton remove those rights outright, so we confirm your exact address before a line is drawn. A validated householder application in East Hampshire is determined against an 8-week statutory target.

Anstey (Alton) (conservation area designated in 1995), Bentworth (conservation area designated in 1981), Buriton (conservation area designated in 1976), Catherington (conservation area designated in 2003), Chawton (conservation area designated in 1977), East Meon (conservation area designated in 1976), Froyle (Lower) (conservation area designated in 1995), Froyle (Upper) (conservation area designated in 1977), Alton Holybourne (ward of East Hampshire), Alton Whitedown (ward of East Hampshire), Bentworth & Froyle (ward of East Hampshire), Bramshott & Liphook (ward of East Hampshire), Buriton & East Meon (ward of East Hampshire), Four Marks & Medstead (ward of East Hampshire), Headley (ward of East Hampshire) and Horndean Catherington (ward of East Hampshire) — these are the East Hampshire pockets our drawings cover most. Heritage designations here include Anstey (Alton), Bentworth, Buriton, Catherington, Chawton, East Meon, Froyle (Lower) and Froyle (Upper). East Hampshire District Council weighs each proposal against East Hampshire District Council's adopted local plan and its householder design guidance, where the 22,960 homes here are 9% pre-1900, 9% 1973-1982, 8% 1955-1964, which is what sets the realistic roof and rear-projection options. On roofs the borough is steeply pitched slate roofs, valley gutters and party parapets typical of pre-1900 building and shallow trussed roofs typical of 1970s building, over Victorian and earlier houses (9% of 22,960 homes), 1970s and early-1980s houses (9%) and late-1950s and early-1960s houses (8%).

Why a East Hampshire scheme is judged on East Hampshire terms

What is permitted in East Hampshire turns on designation first, so that is where we start: Anstey (Alton) (conservation area designated in 1995), Bentworth (conservation area designated in 1981), Buriton (conservation area designated in 1976), Catherington (conservation area designated in 2003), Chawton (conservation area designated in 1977), East Meon (conservation area designated in 1976), Froyle (Lower) (conservation area designated in 1995) and Froyle (Upper) (conservation area designated in 1977). Inside those boundaries permitted development is curtailed and East Hampshire District Council assesses materials, window detail and roof form against the area's own appraisal, so a scheme that would be waved through two streets away can need a full application here.

Beyond the designated areas, East Hampshire takes in Alton Holybourne, Alton Whitedown, Bentworth & Froyle, Bramshott & Liphook, Buriton & East Meon, Four Marks & Medstead, Headley and Horndean Catherington. East Hampshire District Council has 50 recorded Article 4 directions — check the address before assuming PD applies in the district.

On stock, East Hampshire is Victorian and earlier houses (9% of 22,960 homes), 1970s and early-1980s houses (9%) and late-1950s and early-1960s houses (8%) — which is why steeply pitched slate roofs, valley gutters and party parapets typical of pre-1900 building and shallow trussed roofs typical of 1970s building govern what a loft or rear projection can realistically be. East Hampshire District Council decided 327 householder applications in the latest published year and granted 91%, with 24% issued inside the eight-week target. We draw to that record rather than to a national average.

The full build-period split for East Hampshire runs pre-1900 3% (190 homes), 1900-1918 0% (30 homes), 1919-1929 0% (10 homes), 1930-1939 6% (350 homes), 1945-1954 3% (170 homes), 1955-1964 30% (1,850 homes), 1965-1972 33% (1,990 homes), 1973-1982 4% (260 homes), 1983-1992 5% (310 homes), 1993-1999 4% (220 homes) and 2000-2008 3% (170 homes). That distribution is why pre-1900 detailing dominates the drawings here, and it is measured from council-tax records rather than assumed from the street name.

East Hampshire District Council also decides for Alton Holybourne, Alton Whitedown, Bentworth & Froyle, Bramshott & Liphook, Buriton & East Meon, Four Marks & Medstead, Headley and Horndean Catherington, so a decision in East Hampshire sits inside a wider pattern of decisions we track across the same authority — useful when an officer cites a precedent from the next area over.

The Article 4 directions recorded for this council include Ajax House/Plowden House, Liphook, Bedford Road, Petersfield, Bellhanger Enterprises, Bentworth and Bentley Business Park, Bentley. Each removes a specific permitted-development right inside its own boundary, which is why the check is done on the address rather than on the town.

What goes in a East Hampshire planning application

Whatever you are building, East Hampshire District Council decides it from the same core set. A location plan at 1:1250 fixes the site on the map with the red-line boundary; a block plan at 1:500 shows the property in its plot; then existing and proposed floor plans and elevations at 1:100 or 1:50 show the house as it is and as it will be. Larger schemes add a section and, where policy requires, a design and access statement. Miss one and the application is returned invalid before an officer has looked at it.

The drawings are also the argument. East Hampshire District Council assesses each proposal against East Hampshire District Council's adopted local plan and its householder design guidance, and the elevations are where the case is won or lost — ridge and eaves heights, window positions, materials and how the change reads from the street. On East Hampshire's stock, which runs to Victorian and earlier houses (9% of 22,960 homes), 1970s and early-1980s houses (9%) and late-1950s and early-1960s houses (8%), the same scheme is drawn differently to answer the concerns officers raise here. East Hampshire contains Anstey (Alton), Bentworth, Buriton conservation areas (Anstey (Alton) designated 1995), so materials, fenestration and roof form are assessed against the appraisal, so the pack is built to pre-empt exactly that.

Where the property sits in a conservation area — Anstey (Alton), Bentworth, Buriton, Catherington, Chawton, East Meon, Froyle (Lower) and Froyle (Upper) among East Hampshire's — validation is stricter still, often demanding heritage detail and sometimes additional plans. East Hampshire District Council has 50 recorded Article 4 directions — check the address before assuming PD applies in the district. We confirm the designation before drawing so the pack meets the higher bar first time.