Headley Lane: Infill Housing Planning Permission Granted!
February 7, 2022
We first met the clients for this project when they came in for a conversation about how to improve their own home in Keynsham. We immediately got on well, and arranged a visit to see their 1980’s bungalow on an unusual shaped plot. We helped them to unlock the potential of the house, garden and site with a quirky extension which provided a new kitchen, dining and family space that opened up to their sunny garden and patio, by moving these spaces from the north facing front of the house where they were rather dark and limited.
The project was completed successfully, and so we were thrilled when they got back in touch with a more complex commission to help them with their wider family make the most out of a larger plot of land originally belonging to their parents in South Bristol, comprising of 3 existing homes, each with long gardens. One was a former shop, run by the family for years, and in later years converted into residential accommodation. We began developing proposals for redevelopment which could make more effective use of the land, and provide a series of new low impact, low profile homes. It transpired that access was tricky without impacting the neighbouring house, and so they reached out to them to join in the development too with the potential to gain planning consent for an additional home in their back garden.
After submission to Bristol Local Planning Authority, the application was received favourably but the HSE had concerns regarding the use of an adjacent site. A lot of negotiation and discussions led the team to understand that there had been a simple error which had prevented a consent being granted much sooner. We are absolutely thrilled for our clients to have achieved a consent on their site, which will deliver 5 quality new homes for the city, and enable them to move on as a family. Two bungalows and 3 houses have been carefully designed to minimise visual and environmental impact on neighbouring properties, with low profiles, and slate cladding which folds down white rendered walls.
