We have been working for a while now with our housing association client looking at attaining permission for housing development on under used areas of land in their ownership. Once permission is granted they are sold at auction for developers to take on and the money raised is used to invest in new or existing affordable housing stock.
This was a relatively controversial site with previous planning history but we were extremely pleased when permission was attained 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.
