Application for the conversion of office space into a self-contained flat

Our clients sought retrospective planning permission to convert ground floor office space into a two-bedroom flat. The application proposed no external changes, focusing purely on internal reconfiguration. The building sits in a prime urban location, close to High Wycombe town centre. Previously housing offices and medical facilities, the building offered an opportunity for new residential […]

Appeal against a refusal to remove a planning condition removing permitted development rights

The site and background This case concerned a dwelling in Buckinghamshire converted from a former agricultural building and located within the Metropolitan Green Belt. When planning permission was granted for the conversion, and later for an extension to the residential curtilage, the council imposed a condition removing permitted development rights for extensions and outbuildings. The […]