Case Study
Charnock Brow Barn
Charnock Brow Barn: Green Belt Case Study
Development Type: Commercial Use to Private
Status: Planning Approved
LPA: Chorley Council
County: Lancashire
Designation: Green Belt
- Reviewed planning history of the site, buildings and the previous use of the site as a golf course.
- Obtained evidence of previous development history of the site.
- Developed the planning strategy detailing rationale and establishing the development sites curtilage.
- Liaised with consultant ecologist to understand the ecological considerations on the site.
- Coordinated structural surveys on the existing building to provide evidence they were structurally sound and suitable for conversion.
- Worked closely with the local council throughout the application providing information to Greater Manchester ecology unit on how the ecology would be protected.
- Worked closely with the coal mining authority suppling evidence from trial digs to confirm that the development area of the site was clear of open shafts and safe for development.
- Worked closely with the project architects and wider consultant team advising on opportunities for the design and additional volume that would be available for development. This enabled the architects to prepare an ambitious, robust, high-quality scheme on a Green Belt site.
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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 first time planning approval.
- Working closely with the local planning authority and wider team of consultants.
- Successfully obtained planning approval for a large uplift on the original site.
- Negotiated the proposed conditions to retain Permitted Development (PD) Rights.
- 4,085.93 sq ft of luxury home.
- 21,773.19 sq ft of land area.