13 06 12 Willow Lodge, Knicker Hill, Keyworth

Design and planning drawings have been completed for Willow Lodge on Knicker Hill, Keyworth. The proposals include a huge new family room with sliding-folding doors, re-arrangement of the kitchen and family dining-room, new garage and utility extension and a second suite on the first floor.



The plans have been supported by Rushcliffe Borough Council in pre-planning consultation.

08 06 12 The Barn, Hickling

             A Planning and Conservation Area Consent Application has been submitted for the Barn built c 1820.

             This application is in three parts; a new garden-room kitchen extension to the north elevation, a new garage located off  the drive and a conversion of the original integral garage to form a studio for the owner. Each is described in turn as follows:

            Proposed garden-room kitchen extension. This extension is sited at the north end of The Barn and occupies the original patio.

The design intent is that of an individual pavilion extension as the character and symmetry of the original building is very attractive and shouldn’t be unbalanced. The extension sits well alongside the original building and has been kept to an appropriate size so as not to dominate.

The building also provides much need aspect and contact with the garden which the house currently doesn’t provide. The building will be difficult to see and will have no detriment or loss of amenity to any neighbours.

             New garage. This will provide accommodation for two cars and bicycles in a two bay oak framed and boarded garage. A plain tiled roof will match the garden-room extension. The building will not be visible from Main Street and will have no detriment or loss of amenity to any neighbours.

The garage is border on two sides by very high and thick hedging or conifers.

            Garage Conversion; As a new garage is proposed, this space will be accommodated into the footprint of the house. It is proposed that the ground floor will be converted to a study for the present owner with small mezzanine over, within the roof space.

Converting the garage creates only a small amount of additional roof (above the existing) and the garage doors are replaced with a smaller version of the original barn window adjacent (south elevation). A much larger, effectively two storey, roof extension in this area had previously been granted (see below).