Case Study
Leverhulme Manor
Green Belt Planning Application in Chorley
Development Type: Private Residential
Status: Planning Application
LPA: Chorley Council
County: Lancashire
Designation: Green Belt, Registered Park and Garden, Protected Woodland, and Designated Parkland.
- Initially, we led a detailed planning feasibility assessment to determine if the site could be developed by way of extensions and careful renovation to the existing buildings.
- Worked closely with Architects and wider consultant teams during the feasibility assessment to create a larger extended home.
- Carefully assessed heritage consideration, ecological considerations, and landscape considerations.
- Liaised with the applicant and reviewed the findings and limitations of the feasibility assessment.
- Developed a planning strategy based on all findings that focused on a total redevelopment of the site into a new build.
- Liaised extensively building a strong working relationship with the local authority at pre application stage to agree the planning strategy in advance of the formal application.
- Worked closely with the Architects on a strategy and how that would influence the design.
- Liaised with the wider team of consultants based on the design to obtain all supporting statements for the application.
- Acted as planning agent throughout the planning application and represented the applicant in all communication with the local authority and to third parties.
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Results
- Planning permission submitted for one proposed new luxury home.
- Provided planning guidance to the design team due the sensitivity of the site.
- Liaised with third party consultants to ensure a cohesive and sympathetic design with no impact on the landscape and with ecological enhancements.
- Considered in the planning strategy the surrounding protected landscape, neighbouring listed buildings, and the Green Belt National and Local planning policies.
- Worked with the Local authority as the planning agent.
- 9,939.39 sq ft of luxury new build home.
- 44,132.03 sq ft of land area