Noak Hill Road
Andrew Martin Planning (AM-P) recently secured full planning permission for the demolition and replacement of existing vacant fisheries buildings with 1no. new family sized four bed house, parking, landscaping and associated development. Proposals also included providing private amenity space for an existing home, which was lawfully secured via a Lawful Development Certificate. The site is located off Noak Hill Road, within the Essex countryside. Basildon Council was the LPA.
The client sought to make better use and increase the value of an existing derelict building within the Green Belt to create a new house for their family. A range of planning issues needed to be addressed, but most challenging was seeking to develop proposals that were considered to represent appropriate development within the Green Belt, which did not have a greater impact on its openness.
Building on a positive pre-application submission, AM-P successfully argued that the site constituted previously developed land, meaning exceptions provided in the NPPF could be utilised to redevelop the site.
Through undertaking both a detailed visual and spatial assessment of the existing built form and context, AM-P successfully devised a new layout which maximised the size of the new house within the confines of Green Belt policy.
The site is also located within Flood Zone 2. AM-P, using a technical solution, justified residential development in this location.
AM-P’s understanding of BNG regulations also meant that proposals were exempt from these requirements.
AM-P Lead Consultant: Ian Butcher BSc (Hons) MA MRTPI – Associate Director
Architect: Mansfield Monk