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2015 HLGD High Lees, Green

Design & Access Statement December 2020

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2015 HLGD, High Lees Design & Access Statement 2 Contents

1.0 Introduction 1.1 Background 1.2 Design Team 1.3 Planning History 1.4 Document Structure 1.5 Scheme Principals 1.6 Proposal Overview

2.0 Site 2.1 Wider Site 2.2 Site Photos 2.3 Site Analysis 2.4 Existing Materiality 2.5 Existing Light 2.6 Vernacular & Precedent 2.7 Planning History 2.8 Planning Policy 2.9 Case Law - Fall Back Position

3.0 Design Response 3.1 Sketch Masterplan Proposal 3.2 Sketch Masterplan Proposal Adjacency

4.0 Design Development 4.1 Concept & House Type 4.2 Proposed Unit Sketch Plans & Elevations 4.3 Concept Barn Conversion Plans 4.4 Concept Site Programmed Plan 4.5 Concept Massing Model 1:500

5.0 The Proposal 5.1 Massing 5.2 Visual Impact Assessment 5.3 Landscaping 5.4 Refuse Collection 5.5 Precedents 5.6 Materiality

6.0 Summary 6.1 Conclusion

2015 HLGD, High Lees Design & Access Statement 3 1.0 Introduction

1.1 Background 1.4 Document Structure 1.5 Scheme Principals

This design and access statement has been prepared by TaylorHare This document will provide information about the existing site, planning The architectural language of the buildings will be agricultural. This makes a Architects, on behalf of Gregory Darling, owner of High Lees Farm. context and the proposal. The design and access statement will also provide clear aesthetic between the old pan tiled barns and the principal existing farm evidence of design development and how through the design process the house, which is appropriately the largest building on the site of a residential Site address: proposal was improved and rationalised to suit the site and existing buildings. typology, as to be expected.

High Lees Farm, Kirstead Green, Norfolk, NR15 1EA Chapter 2 - Site The scheme offers a range of dwelling size and conditions, inclusive of a wide market audience. The document is for the purpose of a full planning application for the The initial chapter will examine the existing site - providing photos, historic conversion of existing barns to three residential dwellings alongside the maps and architectural history of the region. Additionally, the planning New road access into the interior of the development forms the basis for a construction of four new residential dwellings. section will provide further references to the existing planning permissions strategy to unlock the site's potential. to establish the background of the project. Looking forward, the planning policy section will outline 's commitment to providing additional The site falls within the South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations 1.2 Design Team houses and will show through our response to the National Planning Policy Plan and the proposal aims to fill a small quantity of the very many houses Framework how the design aims to provide dwellings in line with the values of proposed for construction in the region to meet demand. The redundant TaylorHare Architects is a team of architects and designers spread across today's society. farmstead, with a strong existing set of permissions, is an excellent three studios: one in rural Kent, another in the heart of Bristol and a satellite opportunity to meet the county