Charlotte Nash Graduate Town Planner

Issue 9 rAutumnea 2018 d The Robert Doughty Consultancy Limited is a multidisciplinary town planning, architecture and landscape architecture practice.

In this issue: Architecture

Case studies: New dwellings The newsletter Robert of Doughty Consultancy Limited

Also Charlotte Nash Graduate Town Planner

National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)

Trampoline Activity Centre

Town and Country Planning Architecture Landscape Architecture Replacement Dwelling, Langrick, Lincolnshire

We have designed and obtained planning permission for a contemporary dwelling set within the grounds of a Grade II Listed Building. architecture This success concludes almost 2 years All spaces will receive excellent levels of of pre-application discussions with natural daylight through the careful design East Lindsey District Council led by of both windows and roof lights. our Chartered Architect and Town Planning Director. The house will be sustainable by design and benefit from low running costs with a The house will have a strong horizontal standard of construction that exceeds the town character, emphasised by the use of a current Building Regulations. Large areas planning contemporary brick, almost twice the of openable glazing will allow the house to length of a standard brick, made by hand take advantage of passive solar gain and in York. Internally, the house will feature natural ventilation; a ground source heat residential an intimate courtyard at its centre. The pump and photovoltaic panels will generate main living spaces will have views in four heating and electricity. directions: to a large south-facing walled historic garden, a new courtyard, an existing Construction is due to start towards the environment paddock and to the sky via a large skylight. end the year.

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New Dwelling, Wing, Rutland

We have designed and obtained planning permission for a contemporary dwelling in Wing, Rutland. architecture The site comprises several existing The house will be very sustainable and buildings which have had a number of benefit from low running costs. It will be alterations to them over the years, most partially earth-sheltered and built with a notably as a result of the site’s previous standard of construction that exceeds the institutional and agricultural uses. Most of current Building Regulations. Large areas these buildings will be demolished in the of opening glazing will allow the house to proposals and replaced with a 7-bedroom take advantage of passive solar gain and town contemporary home. natural ventilation; a ground source heat planning pump and photovoltaic panels will provide The dwelling is positioned to take heat and generate electricity. advantage of the site’s sloping topography and will have expansive uninterrupted Schemes for smaller dwellings designed by views over the surrounding countryside. other Architects were previously refused It will benefit from high levels of natural planning permission for this site and this light and passive solar gain with the vast project demonstrates our ability to add majority of living spaces being south value to a project through good design. landscape facing. architecture Construction is due to commence in early 2019.

residential Paragraph 55 Dwelling, Long Sutton

We have designed and obtained planning permission for a 11,500 sq ft ‘Paragraph 55’ dwelling in Long Sutton, Lincolnshire.

The National Planning Policy Framework daylight and long distance views to open (NPPF) seeks to resist new isolated homes countryside. This in turn creates a dramatic architecture in the countryside unless there are special triple-height space over the main living area circumstances. One such circumstance is the which can also be viewed from a gallery design of a dwelling that is ‘truly outstanding landing on the first floor. or innovative’ and one that should ‘reflect the highest standards of architecture’. This important objective is retained in the new NPPF where paragraph 55 is replaced by a new paragraph 79. town planning The new dwelling is designed to appear as a sculptural object set within the flat fenland landscape and will be built from Lincolnshire Limestone.

We have used a familiar architectural language of gables and pitched-roofs but adjusted these to form dramatic interior landscape spaces. For example, the garden elevation is architecture largest in scale and more dramatic in order to take advantage of the site’s southerly aspect in terms of passive solar gain, natural Long Sutton interior sketch residential

Long Sutton visual Charlotte Nash Graduate Town Planner

We are pleased to welcome Charlotte town planning who joined the Planning Team this summer after completing her studies at Leeds Beckett University studying a BA Hons in Human Geography and Planning.

Charlotte’s role will include researching and analysing information for planning documents, preparing and submitting planning applications, as well as assisting the Managing Director and Planning Team.

After living most of her life in Yorkshire, Charlotte has moved to Lincolnshire where she hopes to explore the area with her partner and their dogs. She is also an active runner who

Charlotte Nash enjoys running long distances.

National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)

The government sets out its planning New guidance for local plans, including a policy in the National Planning Policy minimum percentage of development on small and medium sized sites and identifying a Framework. The first NPPF was published difference between strategic and non strategic in 2012 and this was replaced with a new policies. version on 24 July 2018. The new NPPF implements changes identified in the Greater emphasis on pre-application engagement white paper “Fixing our Broken with local authorities, the community and statutory and non statutory consultees. Housing Market”. Discouraging the use of viability assessments Some key changes include: for individual applications and introduces an expectation, but not a requirement, that all Changing the definition of affordable housing to viability assessments will be made publicly include “starter homes” and “Affordable Private available. Rent” when provided in a Build to Rent scheme. The new NPPF is an evolution of the previous Increasing the weight to be given to incarnation and not a revolution. Some of the Neighbourhood Plans when a Local Planning changes, however, will still have significant impact Authority cannot demonstrate a five year supply. for some planning authorities and a number of The introduction of the “Housing Delivery Test”. proposals. Trampoline Activity Centre Anchor Lane, Ingoldmells

It was a team effort from our town We secured planning planning permission earlier this year on Landscape Architect, Design Office and Planning Team to submit the planning behalf of Hardys Farm Limited application which included a planning for a Trampoline Activity statement, a planting plan and Centre on land to the north of building plans. Anchor Lane, Ingoldmells. Since planning permission was granted in March, Jump Warriors have been This site forms part of the major busy erecting and fitting-out the Tourism and Recreation development centre and we are pleased to see granted to Hardys Farm Limited by they have now opened their doors East Lindsey District Council in 2017. to the public.

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