RCC were delighted that Wiltshire Council Planning Committee have approved the replacement dwelling application against the officer recommendation of approval.
It had taken a while to get to this point with objections being raised by officers but we finally got the opportunity to present our case to the planning committee with Richard Cosker and the client making a verbal representation to the committee.
The result was an unanimous vote in favour of the application.
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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.
