Winchester City Council: Pure Town Planning recently won a planning appeal to overturn a refusal of planning permission by Winchester City Council. The appeal site was a countryside cottage and smallholding. Our client was seeking to replace an old milking shed with a new multi-purpose domestic outbuilding on the same […]
Approved: Extensions and alterations to village shop in Somerset
Taunton Deane Borough Council: Pure Town Planning have recently secured planning permission for the substantial extension and alteration of an existing retail premises in the village of Monkton Heathfield, a medium sized village near Taunton in Somerset. The existing village shop was a family owned business that had been successfully trading in the village for […]
Approved: change of use from a car sales showroom to convenience store in Shillingstone, Dorset
North Dorset District Council: Pure Town Planning has recently secured planning permission for a change of use from a car sales showroom to retail convenience store use in the village of Shillingstone in north Dorset. The building was actually a late 19th century converted dairy. The key issues for the Pure team to address were; impact on neighbouring amenity, arrangements for […]
Prior approval not required: permitted development agricultural barn conversion near Newbury
West Berkshire Council: Pure Town Planning have successfully negotiated a permitted development proposal to convert a barn into a house through the rather tricky “prior approval” system in a rural location near to Newbury in Berkshire. The agricultural to residential conversion permitted development right, introduced in April last year, has been […]
Approved: change of use of residential annexe to a holiday let in Alderholt, Fordingbridge
East Dorset District Council: Another of Pure Town Planning’s recent approvals in 2015 is this planning permission for a change of use from an ancillary residential annexe to a holiday let in Alderholt, Fordingbridge. The applicant approached Pure Town Planning after their annexe, which was previously occupied by the applicant’s elderly parents, […]
Approved: replacement contemporary house in the countryside near Gillingham, Dorset
North Dorset District Council: Pure Town Planning are delighted to confirm yet another successful approval for a contemporary residential development near Gillingham in Dorset. The approved scheme involves the demolition of the existing bungalow and the erection of a two storey contemporary dwelling in the rural area of Higher Langham. The […]
Approved: stunning 790sqm replacement dwelling in South Downs National Park
South Downs National Park Authority: Pure Town Planning were delighted in be involved in achieving planning permission for a truly unique new dwelling at Privett near Petersfield, Hampshire. The contemporary dwelling was designed by AR Design Studio to sit at the heart of a magnificent 1950s landscape garden set in the open […]
Approved: Certificate of Lawful Development for a countryside dwelling near Blandford Forum
North Dorset District Council: Pure Town Planning are pleased to have assisted a family obtaining a certificate of lawful development to confirm the lawfulness of a long established dwelling in the countryside near Blandford Forum in Dorset. Last year Pure Town Planning was approached to assist a family regarding a […]
Approved: new church hall in the green belt near St Leonards, Ringwood
East Dorset District Council: Pure Town Planning are pleased to announce our latest planning success in East Dorset District Council. The consent was for outline planning permission for a brand new purpose-built church hall in the green belt just off the A31 at St Leonards in Dorset. The proposed church hall will […]
Approved: certificate of lawfulness to turn former paddock into garden in Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire Council: Pure Town Planning recently successfully obtained a certificate of lawfulness for clients at Henlow in Bedfordshire to confirm that the use of a former paddock as garden is lawful. Our client only recently acquired the land but fortunately the previous owner and a neighbour were willing to make Statutory […]