13th August 2020

Site Appraisal In The Weald Of Kent

Interesting site appraisal visit earlier this week in Kent. A land promoter failed to secure outline consent for multiple dwellings on this edge of settlement site then had an appeal dismissed. The application was destined to fail IMHO as the team hadn’t sufficiently got to grips with the site’s defining character in formulating their case….

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13th August 2020

Chichester Proposals Submitted To Planning

We have today submitted proposals to Chichester District Council for an exceptional new Paragraph 79 dwelling. The proposals have undergone a high degree of scrutiny by the LPA and various consultees through extensive pre-app engagement. The scheme has also benefited from and been fully endorsed by The Design Review Panel along the way. It’s been…

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13th August 2020

Sympathetic Landscaping

Despite suffering with terrible hay fever from summer grass pollen, Richard can’t resist letting the surrounding meadows go to seed during May and June at Crossway. Whilst this does create heavy work mowing in the months of July and August, its well worth the hard work, to see this splendid Passivhaus bedded into the surrounding…

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15th May 2020

Scots Pines Para 79 Application

Hawkes Architecture have submitted plans for a modest Paragraph 79 isolated dwelling set within working farmland near Ashbourne in Derbyshire. The house has been designed for a family who have been involved with farming their whole lives. Working with Hughes Planning and Squires Young Landscape Architecture, these elegant, modest and sensitively conceived proposals have been…

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17th April 2020

Green Belt & AONB House Granted Consent

Sevenoaks District Council have approved our plans for a new dwelling within the Metropolitan Green Belt and Kent Downs AONB. Set within woodland near Knole Park, the dwelling replaces a former WWII structure. Strict parameters guided the form of the building in order to comply with principles of the Green Belt designation. We’re grateful to…

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1st April 2020

Construction Of Lake House (Para 79) To Begin Soon, Hopefully !

Despite the Covid-19 lockdown we are busy working with the design & construction team to get ready to start work as soon as it’s deemed safe to do so. We are determined that 2020 will not put a dampener on realising our client’s dream of living by their lakes!

1st April 2020

What Is Para 79?

2020 marks the 23rd anniversary of this great policy yet many architects and planners continue to struggle to grasp the intricacies and nuance within Paragraph 79. Find out more about this amazing planning policy by reading our page or by watching Richard’s short video.

31st March 2020

Valley View In The AONB

Hawkes Architecture, in collaboration with Ridge Planning and DLA Landscape Architecture are delighted that our plans for a new paragraph 79 house set within the Cotswolds AONB have been submitted to Tewkesbury District Council. The proposed dwelling replaces a small agricultural tied dwelling which is set within a significantly extended   landholding. The bold striking…

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31st March 2020

Bergbyr (Para 79) Submitted To Planning

We have submitted plans to Daventry District Council for a new edge of settlement Para 79 / Para 131 new dwelling near Rugby. The house is adjacent to a Scheduled Ancient Monument, an old Motte & Bailey. Two previous schemes had been developed for the site by a previous design team and presented to OPUN…

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