Planning success

We’ve had several planning successes and submissions in the last few months.

We successfully gained planning for two separate, linked planning applications for a luxury residential project in Westminster. We were granted permission to extend the penthouse to provide additional living space and add a rooftop pool to the terrace. We’re excited to continue working with the client to refurbish the space and improve this twelfth floor apartment which has the most impressive views.

We have also had planning permission granted for the replacement screen for a one-off house near Finsbury Park. The house requires some major renovations to bring out the true concept of the house and allow its style to come through.

We have very much enjoyed working on a spectacular Listed Building, a 1904 house near Henley where Ian Fleming spent part of his childhood with a setting and interiors of truly extraordinary quality. We have been working on proposals for conversion to a total of 25 units across the site which have now been submitted for planning. The applications consist of three linked applications, for the main house and stables, potting shed and squash courts.

Long awaited planning approval

We are delighted that our application for a major mixed residential scheme in Bishop’s Waltham has been unanimously approved by Winchester City Council.

The application was first submitted in mid-2017 and we are wondering if five years for approval is a record. The approved proposal for Beechcroft Developments includes retirement housing, family housing, some affordable flats and a care home.

The site is very close to the ruins of the medieval bishop’s palace, on the edge of the bishop’s fish pond, and the proposals include the conversion of a Victorian mill.

Planning Success!

We’ve recently received news of two successful planning applications.

The first is at Crawley Down, West Sussex.
The design of the 64 Bed Care Home building has been positioned to accommodate arboricultural and highways constraints, and is a two storey building to avoid undue impact on the surroundings.
The design and materials have followed local Weald precedents with steep, plain-tiled, gabled roofs, and large areas of tile hanging above brickwork, for the external walls.

The scheme provides a good care provision through its groupings of four wings of 16 beds, each with its own facilities. In addition to this there are communal spaces and gardens set within secure, beautifully landscaped grounds.

The planning application went to appeal and planning has now been granted.

The second, at Eridge Road, Tunbridge Wells, was unanimously approved by the committee.

The scheme has 40 apartments and community facilities for Older People plus the conversion and restoration of 2 existing houses, in Tunbridge Wells.

Although the site is currently derelict and un-prepossessing in itself the site lies within the Tunbridge Wells Conservation Area, close to identified heritage assets. It is bounded by a row of Victorian semi-detached stucco villas, in the Italianate style, a pair of semi-detatched houses and a large brick railway shed. The design and scale of the buildings was constrained by privacy and daylighting constraints for the neighbouring flats and the pair of houses. Additionally it has been driven by a thoughtful approach to the architectural relationship between these buildings and the desire to create a varied but coherent roofscape