 Planning permission has been granted for a large replacement house fronting Wimbledon Common, south west London. This was a sensitive site within a conservation area, directly facing the Common. There were issues of trees, design, sustainability, ecology, access and neighbour amenity. We coordinated a professional team for the submission and prepared the justification against planning policies. The application was approved under delegated powers, with no objections received from neighbours or amenity societies.
Client: private householder
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 We recently obtained a Certificate of Lawfulness for commercial buildings and business use on rural land in Berkshire. The client's business had gradually expanded over the years, leading to more activity and new buildings on site. We prepared a careful and detailed application with supporting evidence to demonstrate that the works and buildings had been there for the requisite period to mean they are now immune from enforcement action.
Client: private individual  Another small but complex case in the Green Belt. A householder with a large property in the open Green Belt wished to erect an outbuilding to the rear of their house - something that can be undertaken under permitted development, if the criteria are satisfied. The Council had not agreed with various matters, including what was the 'curtilage' of the house. We demonstrated through a series of discussions and lawfulness applications that the works to the property would be lawful, and the householder can now progress with their new building.
Client: private householder  A small but complex case. A client had removed buildings near a property in the Green Belt and put up a new building. Following complaints and investigations from the enforcement department an application was submitted to retain the building, which raised issues of Green Belt policy and other matters. Permission was granted.
Client: private householder  We have been promoting an area of land for mixed residential and sporting use in Exeter. The scheme will provide high quality student housing and improved sporting facilities, replacing a tired old building on a brownfield site. The site has been promoted through the local plan review, and is included as a proposed allocation in the draft Local Plan.
Client: private landowners  Westminster City Council have a strict policy to retain office space in the central activities zone of the Capital. We successfully argued why an office space should change to residential use, which involved research of planning history and the wider area, detailed appraisal of policy, and discussions with a wider professional team to prepare a comprehensive submission to the Council. The application was approved under delegated powers.
Client: Grosvenor Estate  We have obtained planning permission for extensions to a small house in the Green Belt, in a tricky location next to a school, with constrained access and trees. A pre-application enquiry showed reluctance from the Council for extensions, but we followed a sequence of applications for permitted development rights and detailed information on the site, and the formal planning application was approved under delegated powers.
Client: private householder  We were asked by a local village vet for assistance in regularising the use of their premises. There was a mix of vet use and residential accommodation, but changing requirements in the care of animals meant there was more need for vet space at the expense of residential. We prepared an application to explain why the loss of housing was in this instance acceptable and not contrary to planning policy. The application was approved under delegated powers, and with the support of the Parish Council.
 Planning permission has been granted for a complex scheme in central London involving extensions and alterations to two properties and a land use swap, in order to address planning policies relating to protection of existing uses. We negotiated a permission following initial reluctance from the local planning authority, which involved a legal agreement and other mechanisms relating to the use of the properties and discontinuance notices.
Client: Grosvenor Estate  Planning permission has been granted for a new house in the countryside, as an exception to the normal policies of restraint in such areas. The project raised complex issues of trees, drainage, ecology, as well as the policy issues due to the location.
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