We had previously attained permission to convert a much larger agricultural building into an office use on this farm in Wiltshire. This left the previous smaller officer building surplus to requirements and unfortunately a planning condition on the original permission for this brick building prevented us using the permitted development rights to convert to residential use.
As such a full application was required and this proposal then had to be considered against both local and national planning policy. A proposal that is far from straightforward in a countryside location in Wiltshire. We were therefore extremely please to attain permission under delegated powers 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.