Archive for 2012
Planning Appeal success in Boltons Conservation Area, Chelsea
Friday, May 11th, 2012
The Planning Inspectorate have allowed our appeal and granted Planning Permission for a second floor extension to a property in the Boltons Conservation Area.
The side extension seeks to remove unsightly rooftop plant and create an extra bedroom.
A number of previous schemes had also been refused by RBKC but the Inspector fully accepted the ‘well designed’ proposals and the argument presented by the consultancy team.
Planning Conultants were Signet Planning (www.signetplanning.com)
Domestic extension project completed in Harrogate
Monday, April 30th, 2012
A contemporary extension to a 1970′s property has recently been completed in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.
The two-storey side and rear extension reorganised and extended the property to provide a contemporary family room with kitchen, dining and seating areas. Three sliding/folding screens opened up views to the garden.
An en-suite bathroom and dressing area were included at first floor. Contractors were CK Batchelor Ltd. www.ckbatchelor.co.uk
Planning Permission Granted for Two Detached Houses in East Grinstead, Sussex
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
Mid Sussex District Council granted planning permission yesterday for the demolition of a single dwelling and its replacement with two new detached houses of 2,500 sqft for developer client Tkei Homes.
Designed as a mirrored pair of Sussex vernacular homes, the houses take advantage of the long site and are set back substantially from the quite road, sharing a central access driveway allowing the existing mature trees to the front of the site to be retained.
Careful consideration of the local planning policies and a design that is sensitive to the local architectural style and character of the immediate area allowed for a smooth route through planning and positive feedback from the Pre-Application meeting with the planners. This scheme demonstrates that while it may be considered ‘garden-grabbing’ by some the planners can be supportive of well thought out and reasoned applications.
Changes to Tree Preservation Order Regulations
Thursday, April 5th, 2012
The Planning Portal announced today:
Revised tree preservation regime finalised
The new Tree Preservation Order (TPO) regime for England involves two key
changes from the proposals for more streamlined and consolidated arrangements
consulted on two years ago, the Department for Communities and Local Government
(DCLG) has announced.
First, the Government has decided to increase the default period for the
duration of consents for work on trees from one year to two.
“This will increase flexibility for tree owners and make it consistent with
the existing period for notified work to trees in conservation areas. It remains
open to the local authority to vary this period if appropriate by use of
conditions,” explained the department.
Second, DCLG has determined that there should be a requirement for a tree
owner other than a statutory undertaker to give written prior notice to the
local authority of their intention to carry out works authorised by an
exemption, unless there was imminent danger.
“This requirement was present in pre-1999 TPOs and recommended in guidance.
The prior notice (by e-mail or letter) will not be onerous and will provide the
local authority involved with an opportunity to require a full application if
there was doubt the exemption applied, and therefore potentially may avoid
litigation,” said DCLG.
The TPO system provides the principal regulatory means for protecting trees.
Local planning authorities make and manage TPOs which prohibit the cutting down,
uprooting, topping, lopping, willful destruction or willful damage of protected
trees without an authority’s consent.
The revised arrangements are designed to create a consolidated system that
would apply to all orders by:
- replacing the Town and Country Planning (Trees) Regulations 1999 (No.1982)
(the “1999 Regulations”) so far as they relate to England - replacing the Town and Country Planning (Trees) (Amendment) (England)
Regulations 2008 (No.2260) and the Town and Country Planning (Trees) (Amendment
No.2) (England) Regulations (No.3202) (the “2008 Regulations”) - reducing the size of all existing and future tree preservation orders by
retaining only the information that identifies the trees protected - moving subsections 198(3), (4), (6), (8) and (9), and sections 199, 201,
203-205 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (“the Act”) to the new
regulations.
The new regime also includes a new model order. The new regulations, entitled
the Town and County Planning (Tree Preservation) (England) Regulations 2012,
have been laid before Parliament.”
Construction package starts on new traditional house in Kingswood, Surrey
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
Instructions were received today for us to start on the Construction Pacakge of information for the new house designed for Prism Homes on a site in Kingswood, Surrey.
First Edition of the BWP Architects ‘architecture’ newspaper launched
Monday, March 26th, 2012
All those who follow us on Twitter @bwp_architects may have seen the first edition of the new BWP Architects ‘architecture’ online newspaper that we launched yesterday.
Every day at at 13:00hrs a new edition will be published here
The headlines will be any updates from our Blog feed with additional stories and news items collected from around the world relating to all things architecture, planning and construction that may be of interest. Additional contect will be drawn from any of our followers on Twitter and also local interest stories for Farnham, Hastings and Harrogate where our studios are located.
Happy reading!
Planning permission granted for two-storey rear extension in Harrogate Conservation Area.
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
Planning Permission has been granted for a two-storey extension to a 1920s house in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.
The design updates the property providing a kitchen/family room overlooking the garden with two double bedrooms above.
Planning Application submitted to Mid Sussex District Council for Two New Sussex Vernacular Houses
Thursday, February 9th, 2012
Following a positive Pre-Application in November 2011, this scheme to replace a single house with two new 3,500sqft Sussex vernacular homes in East Grinstead on behalf of Tkei Homes has now been submitted to Mid Sussex District Council.
Lawful Development Certificate granted by Waverley Borough Council for Two Storey Rear Extension in Farnham
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Waverley Borough Council have granted a Lawful Development Certificate for a two storey rear extension for a client in Farnham. The client approached us after two previous planning applications for a two storey rear extension by another architect were refused. The client had reluctantly decided that they could no longer pursue the two storey option and asked us initially to look at a single storey design only – when we pointed out what could be acheived under Permitted Development Rights, avoiding the need for a full planning application and the possibility of a third refusal, they were amazed and instructed us to proceed accordingly.
The key to all things is a full understanding of the subtleties of both the local planning policies and the national Permitted Development Rights.