The proposed barn was to store a personal vehicle collection and was located near their house (which has recently been subject to an approval to extend extensively) and one of their commercial site. Whilst the barn was of a substantial scale RCC demonstrated that the building was for personal use and that it would have no adverse impact on the landscape of the area or neighbour amenity. The application was approved in the normal timescales.
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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.
