The barn was sited in the AONB and hence the Class Q PDR route was not an option for our client. As such the application fell to be considered under the council's countryside conversion policy which does not immediately support open market residential use of such buildings. RCC has extensive experience of successfully dealing with this policy and attaining residential and we were delighted with another success.
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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.
