Another appeal allowed following a retrospective planning application for black hardi-plank cladding!! The Inspector disagreed with the LPA who considered that the black cladding for the replacement dwelling in West End was out of character with the area, instead stating that “it is the variety of finishes and individual detailing that enhances the area”. Naturally,…
In collaboration with Greenspan Projects, Wessex Planning were engaged by Holiday Inn to obtain planning permission for a high ropes course and a 18 hole adventure golf course, located in ancient woodland to the rear of the existing hotel. The main constraints to development were a woodland tree protection order and the woodland ecology. Using…
Having taken over the management of Barnehurst Golf Club following it’s closure in 2020, American Golf instructed Wessex Planning to apply for planning permission for a 18 hole adventure golf course. Working in collaboration with Greenspan Projects, the plans for the development were finalised. These plans were accompanied by supporting specialist reports, co-ordinated by Wessex…
To diversify the existing golf facilities at Hemingford Abbots, American Golf instructed Wessex Planning to submit a planning application for a 18 hole ‘dinosaur’ themed adventure golf course. Working in collaboration with Greenspan Projects and specialist consultants, the finalised plans were accompanied by both transport and landscape reports to consider the main site constraints. Initial…
The proposed development was for the demolition of the existing triple garage and the sub division of the plot to create a new wheelchair accessible dwelling located just outside of the village settlement boundary of Colden Common. For the application to be successful, the material considerations of the development would need to justify the divergence…
Following an application for the replacement of a small tumbledown beachfront dwelling with a contemporary designed new dwelling, the Local Authority refused permission on the grounds that the new dwelling would have an unacceptable impact upon visual amenity and character of the conservation area and insufficient amenity space for the occupiers. Wessex Planning were instructed…
The smallest of home alterations can cause Local Planning Authorities the most consternation!
Key impacts included design and townscape issues, heritage concerns, highways and parking, microclimate and shadowing impacts, sustainability and viability.
Following the disappointment of a failed appeal, Wessex Planning Ltd were approached to advise on the likelihood of receiving planning permission for an isolated house in the countryside.
The home of a professional tennis coach, the proposed floodlighting of an existing private tennis court had caused the local authority’s ecologist such concern that a refusal of planning permission had been previously issued.
Maximising the size of these 3 units whilst leaving sufficient parking and amenity space on a tight brownfield site, was the aim of this resubmission application.
Wessex Planning Ltd won permission for a low density, traditionally styled development of 2,3 and 4 bedroomed homes, including several affordable dwellings for local people.
Following an outline approval for 196 new homes, an increased number of units was achieved with a detailed permission for 200 units alongside a new country park, on land to the south of Bursledon Road, Bursledon.
As an established and significant local employer, MRT Castings Ltd had expanded into new markets successfully, winning the Queens Award for Enterprise in the process, and rapidly required more space.
Another case of maximising an existing permission with the addition of two dwellings in place of apartments on a controversial site.
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