Planning Consultancy:
Residential Development
As a Planning Consultancy we have extensive experienmce of ganing resindetial developmengt on diffciult and constrained sites. We have the architectural services in house that you require in ordr to work around site constrainst and formaulate a successful scheme. Please see examples below of successful residential development projects.
Case Study: Land rear of 53, Park Street, Madeley, Telford, Shropshire
En-Plan were approached to act as the Planning & Architectural Consultants for a new build residential unit on a small plot in Madeley, Telford. Planing permission was granted under TWC/2017/0486 as detailed below and we worked in close collaboration with the client and the Planning Department to reach a successful outcome. What we find in approaching any residential development is to take a visual cue from the surrounding area and by using traditional design features we were able to gain full planning approval for this unit. We also help with discharging planning conditions relating to materials and landscaping and provided full technical detail that was approved as part of a building regulations application.
Upon approval and at the request of the client we make alterations and extended the original permission to gain more habitable ground floor space and added even more value to this already extremely successful development.
Case Study: Outline Planning Approval for three units in Haddon Street, Derby.
The planning application relates to a parcel of land of around 400m² situated on the east side of Haddon Street and currently accommodating three single storey garages and hard and soft landscaping. The site is flanked by residential plots to the north, south and east. Land levels on and around the site fall very gently to the south.
Principle of Development
The only matters to be determined at this stage are the principle of residential development on the site for three dwellings and means of access. Matters of scale, layout, landscaping and appearance are reserved matters for later determination . The application documents show a terrace of three houses roughly within the established building line along the street. These are indicative drawings only, however, and the siting and design of any buildings form no part of this assessment. The site is located in an established residential area close to local amenities and public transport and so could reasonably argued to represent a sustainable location for residential development and the application of the "tilted balance" favours the provision of housing, as detailed above.
Access
Paragraph 108(b) of the National Planning Policy Framework encourages local planning authorities to ensure that safe and suitable highways and access can be achieved for all users.There is an existing dropped kerb that runs the length of the site's frontage to allow vehicle access to the existing garages and it is proposed to use this existing access. The Highways Officer consulted is of the opinion that the proposed residential plot would be acceptable in principle subject to further details to be determined at the reserved matters stage, and my opinion is that the plot would be capable of satisfying the requirements of adopted policy CP23 of the City of Derby Local Plan Part 1 and paragraph 108(b) of the National Planning Policy Framework.
Summary
TThe Council's opinion is that the proposed development is acceptable in principle and with regard to the proposed access, subject to satisfactory
Case Study: Prior Approval - Change of Use of part of the ground floor & first floor and the complete second floor to C3 Residential Units. Application Reference CH/22/0053.
The application site comprises a three storey detached property situated in a prominent corner position at the junction of Mill Street with Church Street, Cannock. The parts of the building proposed for conversion were last used for commercial uses falling within Class E (offices, storage & retail). Within the immediate area are predominantly commercial uses. The application site is located on the edge of the primary retail area of Cannock Town Centre Boundary and Cannock Town Centre Conservation Area within the Local Plan. It is located within a Mineral Safeguarding Area, Coal Authority Low Risk Boundary.
The applicant is seeking the determination of Cannock Council as to whether ‘prior approval’ is required for the change of use from The part of the ground floor & first floor and the complete second floor of the building last used within Class E to 12 x No. C3 residential units. The proposal seeks determination under the provisions of Schedule 2, Part 3 Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (as amended) thereafter referred to as the ‘the Order’. The proposed conversion would result in no external changes. Internally changes would be made to provide self-contained facilities.
Planning Officers noted that the proposed residential conversion of parts of the building were last used for retail and offices and have been vacant for at least 3 months prior to the application being made. The cumulative floorspace of the existing building does not exceed 1,500 square metres of floorspace. The building is detached, located on the edge of the town centre conservation area and complies with the requirements of (d),(e), (f) & (g). In terms of the proposed residential use this is applied for under the ‘prior notification process’ of changing Class E to residential use (C3). The whole purpose of these provisions is to allow fast track changes of use to provide housing and support economic regeneration. However,
flood risk assessment in relation to the building was required to be scutinied and no issues were found in this respect.
Overall the proposal would not be likely to generate sufficient traffic or parking requirements that the proposal would have a material impact upon highway safety and not impact negatively on adjacent occupiers, and it was the architetcural visualisation and digital mapping submitted with the application that were able to demonstrate clearly and concisely to the Planning Department at Cannock Council.
The proposal complies with the provisions of Schedule 2, Part 3 Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (as amended). As such it is recommended that prior approval is not required. However, the develop will not be able to lawfully commence development until the provisions of the Habitats Regulations have been satisfied by the submission of a unilateral undertaking to pay towards mitigation against impacts on Cannock Chase SAC.
Residential Development and the Planning System
It’s well known that the UK is suffering from a housing crisis. The National Housing Federation estimates that in order to house everyone who needs a home we need to be building around 250,000 houses every year, in England alone. The stark truth is that only half that number is being constructed. So, if you’re keen to build a residential development of whatever size, how do you go about getting planning permission?
Further Information and Assistance
If you need any assistance or advice with the process of obtaining planning permission for a residential development, talk to a member of our team. We have many years’ experience in how the planning process works and can offer you guidance as to what will work best for your development and the planning application process.
