England: Sometimes it seems that almost everyone who owns a bit of the English countryside would like to put a house in it. Unfortunately if everyone was able to do that then you might not be looking at countryside any longer but an extensive suburb overrun by ride-on mowers. For […]
Approved: alterations and large side extension to a dwelling in Poole Park Conservation Area
Borough of Poole: Pure Town Planning have recently secured planning permission for a number of alterations, additions and a large side extension to a beautiful family dwelling in the Poole Park Conservation Area. The dwelling boasts an uninterrupted 180 degree panorama over Poole Park boating lake, Brownsea Island and views across […]
Approved: total house remodel with large extensions near Crawley
Tandridge District Council: The Pure Town Planning approval train shows no sign of stopping! We have just secured another great planning permission for substantial extensions and a complete “facelift” to a 1930’s house in Surrey mid way between Crawley and Royal Tunbridge Wells. Again demonstrating that just because although currently we only have […]
Approved: upgrade to house won on appeal in Ashley Heath
East Dorset District Council: At the end of last year Pure Town Planning celebrated an appeal win for a new dwelling at Ashley Heath near Ringwood against East Dorset District Council. The proposal was for a plot subdivision and a new dwelling in one of East Dorset’s “Special Character Areas”. The […]
Approved: extensions and remodel of a house in the New Forest National Park
New Forest National Park Authority: Pure Town Planning have just secured planning permission for a number of substantial extensions to a detached property in the part of Wiltshire which falls within the New Forest National Park. The scheme was a bespoke design by Tony Holt Design, who created an aesthetically please design […]
Approved: conversion of six-bedroom house into a pair of semi-detached dwellings in Bournemouth
Bournemouth Borough Council: Pure Town Planning have recently secured planning permission to split an existing large house into two family dwellings on the outskirts of Bournemouth. Once again we were able to put together a robust argument to the District Valuer which persuaded them that in this instance an affordable […]
Won on appeal: holiday let in the New Forest National Park
New Forest National Park Authority: Pure Town Planning are delighted to have won an appeal in the New Forest National Park to convert a building into a new holiday let following an appeal hearing in Lymington last month. The appeal proposal is on the lovely Red Shoot Camping Park in the […]
Approved: first larger permitted development extension in Eastleigh
Eastleigh Borough Council: The new permitted development rights set out in The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (England) Order 2013 which include the potential for larger single-storey rear extensions to dwellings (see our Briefing Note) came into force on 30 May 2013. The same day we served notice on Eastleigh […]
Approved: total remodel and refurbishment of Country House near Alresford
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council: Pure Town Planning are ringing the ‘Approval Bell’ once more (yes we do have one!) celebrating the news that planning permission has been granted to transform a single storey detached bungalow into a large two storey house with integral double garage in the Hampshire countryside […]
Approved: three bedroom extension to HMO in Southbourne
Bournemouth Borough Council: Some of you may remember back in April this year, we announced that Pure Town Planning secured a Lawful Use Certificate for an existing House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) in Southbourne, Bournemouth (read the original post here). Once we had secured the lawful use of the former guest-house […]