Plans to build 39 houses on the site of a housing association’s office building have been submitted to Test Valley Borough Council. 

Aster Group Developments is seeking full planning permission to demolish Testway House in Andover and replace it with 24 houses and 15 flats. The office is no longer used by many of its staff due to flexible working.

Greenwich Way will separate the new residential units from the existing employment sites at Meridian Park.

The proposed apartment block will be three storeys in height and located towards the east boundary of the site in a similar position to the existing building.

An existing access point will lead to the parking area for the apartments, and communal gardens will be located to the rear of the block.

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(Image: Test Valley District Council) Test Valley Borough Council has also received outline planning permission for the construction of a commercial building and car parking on the south side of Greenwich Way.

Prior approval for the change of use from offices to 21 apartments was granted in August 2021 but has not been implemented.

On the adjacent site at Guilbert House, an application to construct assisted living/extra care accommodation and an 80 bed care home was withdrawn in March 2023.

A similar proposal with an alternative layout is currently under consideration.