The proposal was submitted on behalf of our housing association client as part of our wider project to maximise the use of underused land whilst also maximising capital receipts to be ploughed back into affordable housing. As with many sites in Dorset a legal agreement was required to pay money towards ecological issues but once this was resolved permission was granted under delegated powers.
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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.
