The building has been underused for many years and numerous options have come forward over time but none have progressed. Our clients however asked us to prepare an application using Class MA permitted development rights for the building to be converted to 105 flats. A comprehensive scheme has been put forward with numerous supporting consultants and now we have to watch the application as it progresses to hopefully a successful outcome.
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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.
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
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.
