A PLANNING application has been submitted to change the use of an historic hotel to a residential dwelling. The application is for the change of use of Eagle House Hotel in Launceston from C1, hotel, boarding and guest house to C3, residential dwelling. The application states that 'this proposed change of use will be reverting the building back to its original and intended use as a house'. The Grade II listed property was built in about 1760 as a residential property and became a guest house in the early 1960s. Arthur Vennings's 'The Book of Launceston', 1976, states that Eagle House was built by Coryndon Carpenter. His family had lived at Dockacre and, as Constable of the Castle, he was in a good position to secure a site in Castle Street. He bought a lottery ticket and gave it to his fiancee. It came up, to the tune of £10,000, a vast sum in those days, and he promptly married the girl and built the house. For the full report, and a round up of the area news and sport, see this week's edition of the Post.