The proposal therefore was to use one of those areas to create a properly surfaced parking area to benefit the local residents. There were a number of trees in the area and a tree survey/report was required in order to support the removal of one of those trees. Whilst this was regrettable there was a strong ‘planning balance’ case made around the community benefits from the proposal.
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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.
