Town Planning & Development Consultants

Lawful & Permitted Development

Longhope Farm, Hertford
Longhope Farm, Hertford

A house in the Green Belt with a large barn behind it, and extensive gardens in front. The house was not in an ideal position within the plot, being located in one corner, with little space around it. We gained a lawful development certificate to demonstrate that the building behind had a B8 commercial storage […]

Great North Road, Hatfield
Great North Road, Hatfield

We gained ‘prior approval’ for the change of use of this vacant office building to form 10 residential apartments. This process allowed for the change of use of the building, but no other amendments. In a further planning application we gained permission for alterations to the building which made more efficient use of the space […]

Media Centre, Hertford
Media Centre, Hertford

Media House was built in the 1950s and formed part of the Addis brush factory until the early 2000s, when it was converted to office use. With demand for office space declining, the Government have introduced a process to allow for their conversion to residential use. We firstly gained approval for the building’s change of […]

Broadwater Road, Welwyn Garden City
Broadwater Road, Welwyn Garden City

This office complex in the centre of Welwyn had fallen into internal disrepair. Our client proposed to convert it for residential use. We engaged constructively with the council through pre-application discussions. We then changed the use of the building from office to residential through the prior approval process – which allowed 10 apartments to be […]