Case Study
The Forge
Green Belt Residential Development in Cheshire
Development Type: Residential Developer
Status: Planning Application
LPA: Cheshire East Council
County: Cheshire
Designation: Green Belt, Flight Path
- Developed a detailed planning strategy identifying the best use of the built form volume existing to the site and utilising both National and Local Planning Policy Framework.
- Worked closely with the project architects and wider consultant team members to prepare an ambitious, robust, high-quality new dwelling scheme on a Green Belt site.
- Worked closely with external acoustic consultants and their research findings relating to the Manchester Airport flight path noise and the project architect to ensure that all noise considerations were taken into account and successfully mitigated in the proposed design.
- Worked closely with the developer to prepare the application for planning and adhere to the tightly constrained timescales for the site.
- Successfully justified the impact on openness of Green Belt.
- Worked closely with the architect’s team and the developer post planning for the discharge of planning conditions application.
- Liaised extensively with the local authority, planning department and urban design officer throughout the application.
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Results
- Gained planning approval utilising the original volume to create 4 luxury new dwellings on the bespoke designed site within Green Belt.
- Successfully provided justification for the proposed development within a flight path with further ecological and noise enhancement to the site.
- Successfully developed a planning strategy utilising the existing volume on site and justifying the use of materials.
- 2,663.3 sq ft of luxury new build per home.
- 15,475.27 sq ft of land area.