This agricultural barn has been granted Prior Approval under Class Q of the Permitted Development Regulations for residential conversion to a two storey five bedroom dwelling with integral double garage and gym. The primary structure and, profiled steel wall and roof cladding is to be retained in this agricultural to residential barn conversion. A single [...]

Landowners dream come true with planning permission granted for a Barn Style Self Build Bungalow in Bedfordshire. The site is currently agricultural land adjoining the Settlement Envelope. The application was supported by a Landscape and Visual Assessment prepared by The Landscape Partnership. The LVA concluded that the proposed dwelling would reflect the existing settlement [...]

A Lawful Development Certificate has confirmed the proposed stationing of a mobile home in a residential garden for use as an Annex. A mobile home that is within specified size limits is classified as a Caravan. The stationing of a caravan within a residential curtilage does not require planning permission. Use of the caravan [...]

Planning Permission was granted on appeal for these eight bungalows in Upper Caldecote, Bedfordshire. The site was a large residential garden outside the Settlement Envelope. A pre-application submission had confirmed that the principle of development was acceptable and Planning Officers recommended approval to the Development Management Committee. However, the planning application was refused as [...]

Planning Permission has been granted on appeal for a Self Build Bungalow in Bedfordshire. The site is a large residential garden within the Settlement Envelope. Two pre-application submissions had confirmed that the principle of development was acceptable. The planning application was refused on the basis that the Council considered it was a cramped form [...]

Planning Permission has been granted for a pair of semi-detached dwellings as a replacement for a commercial storage building. The site lies on the edge of a village and was in use by a wholesale greengrocer. Permission had previously granted for the conversion of the existing buildings to a dwelling.  Works had started on [...]

Planning Permission has been granted for a replacement dwelling as a Self Build project to replace a dilapidated bungalow on a prominent corner plot. The site lies outside the village settlement boundary and hence in ‘open countryside’ for planning policy purposes. Nonetheless, it is a mature previously developed site and situated within a built [...]

A Lawful Development Certificate has been approved for the continued use of a Listed Manor House in Bedfordshire as a wedding and events venue. The Grade 2 Listed Manor House had been in a mixed use for Private Residential and as a Wedding and Exclusive Hire events venue in excess of ten years and [...]

An appeal against unacceptable planning conditions restricting Permitted Development on a residential development in Luton have been allowed in full. Blakeney Developments Ltd were aggrieved by the imposition of planning conditions restricting future Permitted Development in their new residential development site. The planning appeal has been allowed in full and two conditions have been [...]

Planning permission has been granted for the extension of a Commercial Warehouse in Bedfordshire. Following the grant of planning permission in 2013 for a Class B8 Storage and Distribution warehouse for a local hire company, J & J Design have now achieved planning permission for an extension to the warehouse. Due to business expansion our clients acquired [...]