We had previous submitted the case that the condition had been breached for over 10 years at which point the council had to issue a certificate of lawfulness to confirm that our clients were immune from enforcement action. However in such cases that is not the end of the storey as the agricultural occupancy condition still remains in place, resulting in all sorts of legal complications. RCC therefore followed up their certificate of lawfulness success with an application to formally remove the occupancy condition from the records and were pleased that the council agreed within the normal timescales.
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Office to residential conversions
In 2013 the Government introduced new permitted development rights to allow office buildings to be converted to residential use. This was for an initial temporary period of 3 years but they subsequently made the new rights permanent in 2016.
New Park Street
RCC was brought on board by PKA Architects when they were approached by a developer proposing a mixed use development on a vacant site in Devizes town centre. The site accommodated a single storey clinic building and car park but historically there would have been a building on the main road frontage
Aughton
RCC were approached regarding the possibility of attaining planning permission for an additional dwelling in the garden of our clients’house. It was an extremely timely approach, as Wiltshire Council was in the process of changing their local planning policy document.