Case Study
68 High Street
Planning Application: Conservation Area Alterations
Development Type: Private Residential
Status: Planning Application
LPA: Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
County: Lancashire
Designation: Conservation Area
- The site is set within a conservation area and therefore planning permission is required for even small changes to the exterior of the building;
- The client wanted to make alterations to the windows and doors to the front and rear elevations with the front remaining traditional but the rear elevation changes adopting a more contemporary approach.
- We worked with the project architects to review the proposed design changes and assess the impact from a planning policy approach;
- Provided an agreeable planning strategy and prepared a planning support statement to accompany the planning consent application;
- Submitted the planning application and acted as the planning agent throughout the application;
- Liaised with the local authority planning officer and heritage consultant to provide justification and support for the contemporary alterations on the proposed development;
- Negotiated with the planning officer to ensure there were no prior to commencement conditions to the approval allowing the applicant to start work on site more promptly;
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Results
- Provided planning guidance to the design team members to assure the developed design was appropriate to National and Local planning policy.
- Gained planning consent approvals working closely with the local planning authority.
- The client gained planning consent for contemporary external alterations despite being in a conservation area;
- 1,147.43 sq ft of luxury home.
- 3,408.27 sq ft of land area.