We have more positive news!
The Committee is doing its utmost to have the Stores up and running before the winter.
We have been allocated a £10,000 grant from South Downs National Park, and a pledge for £5,000 from the Selborne Parish Council has been approved. Our local County Councillor Mark Kemp Gee has backed our campaign with a contribution from his grant funds.
These new funds, together with our shareholder commitments and donations from local businesses, puts the Committee in a position to be able to negotiate a lease of the former Village Stores premises in the heart of this special village.
The Committee is also delighted to be able to inform that the outcome of a request to EHDC for a review of the ACV (Asset of Community Value) has been that the original decision made in April 2022 still stands on the premises.
[An ACV is a legal status awarded to a building which furthers the social wellbeing and social interests of a local community.]
The shop is an important asset for our village, and will become even more important in the current economic climate as winter approaches.
We are planning to hold a meeting for our shareholders in November – a date to be advised.
Update from Selborne Stores Committee, 5 February 2026
As you probably know, the old Post Office shop together with the residential flat above (House Martins) is now on the market for £850,000. It is a 4-bedroom flat with a large garden. The owner has told us that she will not sell the shop separately and she wants a...
Update from the Selborne Stores Committee, January 2026
Next steps towards a community-owned village shop for SelborneThank you to everyone who came along to our public drop-in meeting on 23 November 2025 where we presented our plans for a not-for-profit community shop to be built on a corner of the Punfle field...
Grant from SDNP Sustainable Communities Fund
The committee is delighted to report that Selborne Stores Ltd. has been awarded a grant of £10,000 by SDNP Sustainable Communities Fund. Further grant applications have been submitted and it is hoped that there will be more good news in the future. SDNP…