Borough of Poole: Pure Town Planning have recently secured a certificate of lawfulness confirming the lawful use of a former garage in Branksome Park is a B1(a) office. The large, detached former garage was originally approved in 1961 and built soon after. It served a large residential house in Branksome Park, […]
Approved: change of use of hotel annex to office and holiday apartments in Bournemouth
Bournemouth Borough Council: Pure Town Planning have recently secured planning permission for the change of use to the annex building of the popular Yenton Hotel located in Gervis Road on the East Cliff of Bournemouth. The existing annex building currently houses hotel bedrooms, hotel owner’s accommodation and a self-contained ground floor […]
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 […]
Approved: double win at Poole Planning Committee
Borough of Poole: Pure Town Planning made a very successful appearance at Planning Committee last week, with Matt presenting deputations on two separate schemes at the Borough of Poole Planning Committee. The first application (above) related to the replacement of a bungalow with four back-to-back town houses in Penn Hill. PTP had […]
Approved: new modular building at Bournemouth language school
Bournemouth Borough Council: Pure Town Planning were recently pleased to obtain planning consent for a single storey modular building for one of Bournemouth’s largest language schools – indeed the campus is claimed to be the biggest language school campus in the country. Despite this, the site of the new building was […]
Approved: contemporary replacement house in Essex
Basildon Borough Council: Another shining example of our recent planning successes outside the local area is the recently secured planning permission for a substantial replacement dwelling in Billericay in Essex. The site currently houses a 1950s three-bedroom chalet bungalow. The cramped internal layout and under-utilised south facing views were no longer […]
Approved: 35 luxury apartments in Lilliput, Poole
Borough of Poole: Pure Town Planning are delighted to announce that we have recently secured a very valuable planning permission for 35 apartments in the prestigious area of Lilliput, near Sandbanks in Poole. The development proposed the replacement of 4 chalet bungalows with 4 blocks of 3 storey apartments (3 blocks of […]
Christchurch and East Dorset propose CIL charges
Christchurch Borough Council and East Dorset District Council: This troublesome pair are at it again. Not content with adopting their joint Core Strategy at the end of last month, the partnership which we will now refer to as CHED has published a Draft Community Infrastructure Levy Charging Schedule. In our now customary […]
Approved: temporary school at Kings Park, Bournemouth
Bournemouth Borough Council: Earlier this week Pure Town Planning secured planning permission for the erection of a temporary (3 year) modular school building with new access and parking. This building will act as a temporary feeder school for the larger new Avonwood Primary School which is the subject of a […]
Approved: Additional floor and conversion of building to 10 flats in Bournemouth Town Centre
Bournemouth Borough Council: Pure Town Planning have recently secured planning permission for a revised residential scheme in Cumnor Road in the heart of Bournemouth’s Town Centre. The revised scheme includes alterations, conversion and the addition of a 2nd floor to form 10 studio flats with associated access and parking. The […]