Case Study
Floating House
Planning Permission for a Bolton New Build
Development Type: Private Residential
Status: Planning Application
LPA: Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
County: Lancashire
Designation: Urban, Tree Preservation Order
- Reviewed planning history of the site and buildings, preparing a business case for examination.
- Developed the planning strategy working closely with the project Architects.
- Liaised with the local planning authority prior to submission of the planning application to better understand the reasoning behind multiple previous refusals of planning permission on the site in order to guide the planning strategy for the proposed application.
- Searched and identified the duchy landowner to formally serve notice of the planning application in order to comply with planning due process.
- Preparation of detailed planning policy reports delivering justifications for the project in accordance with Local and National Planning Policy.
- Negotiated and secured approval for a home considerably greater than the existing building on site and in a design that was significantly more contemporary with the surrounding area and the very established street scene.
- Negotiated as planning agent with local planning authority the successful determination for planning consent approval.
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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.
- Negotiated and established the continuation of extension rights for the new home for future development applications including negotiating the retainment of Permitted Development (PD) Rights.
- 11,752 sq ft of contemporary new build luxury home within a disused quarry.
- Gained planning consent approvals working closely with the local planning authority, within the statutory timeframe period.