Planning permission has been granted for change of use of the ground floor of a former social club in Hertfordshire for residential conversion for Blakeney Estates Ltd. Permission had previously granted for residential conversion of the upper floors and these are now occupied. The local planning authority initially had concerns relating to poor outlook from the flats [...]

Full Planning Permission granted for 9 dwellings on a redundant horticultural site in Bedfordshire for a local property development company. This village fringe site was a largely disused horticultural nursery, semi-derelict and an eyesore at the southern approach to the village. The development comprises nine dwellings with a mixture of two storey, one and [...]

A garden extension which occurred over ten years ago has been confirmed as lawful.  A Lawful Development Certificate has been granted to confirm the residential use of the garden extension. The applicants had included additional land within their residential curtilage and used it for domestic residential purposes in excess of ten years without attracting any [...]

Full planning permission has been granted for conversion of this Bedfordshire barn to a four bedroom family home. Permission for the conversion was originally granted under the Class Q Permitted Development rights for agricultural barn conversions. The existing barn is a steel framed building partially enclosed with brick external walls under a corrugated asbestos cement [...]

Central Bedfordshire Council have approved Outline planning permission for Residential Development for up to 25 units on land at Clophill Road, Hall End, Maulden, following the conclusion of the Section 106 legal agreement. This follows a planning approval for residential development on the adjoining site. The site is a proposed allocation in the Submission Local [...]

Prior Approval granted under Class Q of the Permitted Development Regulations for a residential barn conversion outside a Cambridgeshire village. The submitted details included Plans and Elevations as proposed and a supporting Written Statement clearly stating the criteria set out in the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015. A desktop Environmental [...]

Following a planning refusal, Planning permission was granted on appeal for the Change of Use of a former Police House to part residential/part community use. A noise report was submitted as part of the evidence for the appeal. The Planning Inspector concluded that the proposal would not cause unacceptable harm to the living conditions of [...]

Following a planning appeal and two subsequent redesigns J & J Design have successfully worked with London Borough of Croydon officers to achieve planning permission for the redevelopment of a garage block and erection of two dwellings in a single duplex unit.    In particular the proposed development has been designed to respect the local pattern [...]

Planning Permission has been granted for a new dwelling in Westoning, Bedfordshire. Following an approval for development of 3 dwellings the site was purchased by a local property development company. J & J Design were engaged to revise the layout for Plot 3 to give improved access to the garden area. Planning Permission was granted [...]

Appeal allowed for new dwelling in Green Belt Following a refusal by the local planning authority, J & J Design have obtained planning permission on appeal for the extension and subdivision of an existing dwelling in the Green Belt to form two dwellings with improved vehicular access. The Inspector accepted that the extension did not result [...]