Planning permission has been approved to convert former offices into new flats. A comprehensive refurbishment transforms a tired building ready…
Residential Projects
13 flats approved in Plymouth
Planning permission has been granted to convert and extend a former language school in Plymouth into 13 flats. This scheme…
Appeal allowed – new house – Plymouth
Permission granted on appeal for a new house in the garden of an existing house in Plymouth. The main issue…
2 houses approved in South Hams village
Planning permission has been granted for 2 new houses in a South Hams village. We were appointed to help a…
Old planning permissions can be built out!
Two recent cases show that once permission is granted and work has commenced, it is possible to build this out…
Replacement dwelling approved – Torbay
James worked with us on our planning applications for a self-build development in Maidencombe, Devon. Securing approval for our design…
Remodelled Property Approved in Beeson
Permission has been granted to extensively remodel a property in the pretty village of Beeson in the South Hams. After…
Collaboration Secures Approval on Barn Alterations
Permission has been granted to extend a traditional stone barn and to provide a large outbuilding for a property in…
HMO Approved
We have successfully worked on a scheme to create an un-restricted HMO following a previous scheme that had restrictions. With…
New Access Approved
Planning permission has been granted for a new access and a parking area to be created. Previously the scheme was…
Appeal Allowed
Redevelopment of a run down site in Plymouth has been allowed following an appeal. The issue for the appeal related…
Appeal lost??
An appeal was turned down recently to replace a Class Q barn with a re-sited dwelling. The appeal considered 4…
Appeal allowed
An appeal has been allowed for an annexe at an existing home within the South Hams. The Council had objected…
Cornwall replacement dwelling approved
Permission has been granted to replace an old and tired property in a sensitive Cornish village location. Following an earlier…
Permission in Principle allowed in Torbay
Permission in Principle was granted to change the use of a former social club into two houses. PIP is not…
Appeal allowed
Retrospective planning permission has been allowed on appeal for a raised terrace created during the covid lockdowns. A householder created…
Permission in Principle granted
Permission in Principle has recently been granted for a small development of new homes in the South Hams. The landowner…
PLANNING APPEAL ALLOWED
Planning permission has been allowed on appeal for a new access and parking area to serve an existing house in…
Appeal allowed
An appeal has been allowed for alterations to a home in Plymouth following an earlier appeal that was dismissed. A…
APPEAL ALLOWED
An appeal has been allowed in Plymouth to extend a house following refusal by the Council. We took the case…
Appeal allowed – Cornwall chalet extension
Planning permission has been allowed at appeal for a small extension to a chalet on a Cornish coastline. The Council…
New House Approved South Hams AONB
Full planning permission has been approved by the planning committee in the South Hams for a detached house. The site…
APPEAL ALLOWED
Planning permission for a new house within a garden in Plymouth has been allowed on appeal. The appeal focused on…
Offices become homes!
Office space in Plymouth has been given permission to be extended and create small homes in a former bank building.…
Planning appeal allowed in South Hams
JWP helped a homeowner wishing to extend their home in the South Hams. Following an appraisal of a refused scheme…
Adding value in Cornwall!
JWP was retained by an existing client following successful work elsewhere to review land in Cornwall that the client owned.…
Permission in Principle granted for new house
JWP have been granted Permission in Principle for a new house in the South Hams. PIP is a route to…
LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CONFIRMED
JWP has recently been granted a lawful development certificate to confirm the status of a property arranged as self contained…
New home in South Hams AONB approved
We often work as part of a design team in a collaborative way to help a project through the planning…
House in multiple occupation approved retrospectively
We were asked to help a property owner after it was discovered that a change of use had taken place…
New Home Approved in Garden near Listed Buildings
We were asked to assist on a project that had received negative pre-app consultations for a new home within a…
Hope Cove House Approved
Planning permission for a new house within the Conservation Area and Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty has recently been approved.…
Planning Approval for Office Conversions
Planning permission has been granted for the conversion of a long established office to a house in a South Devon…
Lawful development granted South Hams
At the second attempt, a lawful development certificate has been granted for a residential use in a small hamlet within…
Hillingdon approval helps new lease of life
Permission has been granted by the London Borough of Hillingdon for external alterations to a former commercial building. Prior approval…
Appeal successful on highway grounds
An appeal has been allowed in the Plymouth area which concerned parking provision. A small redevelopment scheme within a Conservation…
Mid Devon house allowed on appeal
Permission in principle for a new house outside of the established settlement boundary has been allowed on appeal. The council…
New house allowed in South Hams AONB with protected trees on site.
Planning approval has been granted following a carefully developed scheme to allow a new house within the South Devon AONB.…
Appeal allowed on Dartmoor
An appeal has been allowed in Dartmoor National Park for an extension to a property where the details were not…
Permission in principle for new home approved South Hams
Permission in principle has been granted for a new home on the boundary of South Hams and Plymouth. The new…
Permission in Principle Approved Plymouth
Permission in principle has recently been granted to allow a new house to be built within the grounds of a…
NEW HOUSE IN SOUTH DEVON AONB APPROVED
Planning permission has been granted for a new home within the South Devon AONB. Following on from earlier work a…
Dartmoor Planning Permission
Plans have been approved to allow a thoughtful extension to a traditional farmhouse within Dartmoor National Park. Working collaboratively with…
New house approved in Exeter conservation area
Planning permission has been granted for a modern house in an established Exeter conservation area. The site comprises of a…
Retrospective dwelling approved South Hams
Retrospective planning permission has been granted for a barn that was being lived in rural South Devon. The case was…
Redevelopment of garage site to housing
Planning permission has been granted for the redevelopment of a former commercial garage business to housing. The central Plymouth site…
5 houses approved on Plymouth fringe site
Outline planning permission has been granted for 5 new homes on the edge of Plymouth. The site was proposed as…
5 houses granted in Kingsbridge
Following positive pre-application discussions full planning permission has been granted for five new houses on the edge of Kingsbridge. The…
Water tank dwelling plans approved
Detailed planning permission has been granted for the conversion of a large water tank into a modern dwelling. The plans…
Land proposed for allocation in Local Plan
Land has been promoted as part of the Plymouth, South Hams and West Devon Joint Local Plan process and this…
APPEAL ALLOWED
An appeal has been allowed today for a housing development on the edge of a village in the South Hams.…
Series of flexible planning permissions granted
A former GP surgery has been given a series of flexible planning permissions to be able to appeal to a…
House approved on Plymouth borders
Planning permission has been approved for a new home in a slightly unusual position. The site has its’ access from…
50 houses approved in Plymouth unanimously by committee
Detailed planning permission was granted yesterday by the Plymouth Planning Committee Members, they voted unanimously in favour of the scheme.…
Proposal submitted in East Devon AONB for new house.
James Wells Planning Limited has recently submitted a proposal for a contemporary detached house near Budleigh Salterton. The site is…
Land proposed for residential allocation in Plymouth
Following representations made by James Wells Planning Limited land on the east of Plymouth has been proposed for residential development…
Permission granted for house with long history of refusals.
Planning permission has recently been granted for a new house on a site with a very long history and refused…
Temporary use restriction removed
Full planning permission has been granted following a request to remove a planning condition for temporary use. The temporary permission…
Appeal allowed with full award of costs
An appeal has been allowed for a scheme of domestic alterations with a full award of costs to the appellant.…
Lawful Use granted
A Certificate of Lawfulness for an existing use as a 9 bedroom HMO has been granted and confirmed as lawful.…
Self build house allowed on green space
Planning permission has been granted for a new house to be built on the edge of an existing public open…
Agricultural Occupancy Clause Removed on South Hams Farm
An occupancy restriction has been removed following an appraisal of the justification by James Wells Planning. The original purpose of…
TINY HOUSE APPROVED IN PLYMOUTH
A site with a long planning history has been given planning permission to allow an innovative home on a small…
HOUSES ALLOWED ON EDGE OF PLYMOUTH
Outline permission has been granted for a small overgrown site on the edge of Plymouth. Permission has been given for 2…
12 detached houses granted permission on Plymouth borders.
Planning permission was granted by Plymouth City Council planning committee last night for 12 detached houses, the scheme was approved…
12 house scheme in Plymouth
After extensive pre-application input the current planning application for redevelopment of a small industrial site for 12 houses goes before…
Redevelopment of Commercial Site in South Hams to 5 Houses
A site with a long standing commercial use is to be redeveloped for 5 houses. The site is currently occupied…
South Hams development of 40 houses.
We are currently involved with a development of 40 houses within a South Hams coastal village location. The scheme is…
Mid Devon scheme for 300 houses progresses.
We are currently working on a masterplan redevelopment of a large section of land to regenerate land within a town…
Prior Approval Granted for 9 Houses in South Hams.
Prior approval has been granted for 9 houses to be constructed on the site of warehouses that were in a…
Agricultural Occupancy Clause Removed – South Hams
A property subject to a long standing, and previously contested, AOC has just been released as an open market house.…
Ivybridge – 2 houses approved
Two detached houses have just been approved within the historic section of Woodlands, Ivybridge. The scheme was designed to be…
Contemporary house in Exeter Conservation Area approved.
Following careful pre-application discussion with Council officers, a large contemporary house has been approved in a prestigious Exeter Conservation Area.…
Two houses allowed in Plymouth Conservation Area
Planning permission has recently been granted for two detached houses in the heart of an established Conservation Area. The proposals…
Contemporary dwelling approved on Plymouth fringes.
Planning permission has recently been granted for a single storey contemporary dwelling on the borders of Plymouth with South Hams.…
Student HMO Approved in Plymouth
Planning permission has been approved in Plymouth for a large student use building. This follows on from previous discussions with…
Contemporary house pushes ahead in Exeter
Detailed designs are moving ahead on a unique site in the Pennsylvania Conservation Area, Exeter. This is a truly unique…
Offices to flats granted in Barnet
Prior approval has been granted for a scheme that allows offices to be converted to flats in the London Borough…
Basement flat wins permission
Planning permission has been granted following a previous refusal and dismissed appeal. Alterations to the proposal justified a fresh approach…
Appeal won – alterations to house
A planning appeal has been allowed for a householder to alter their property by raising the roof and making alterations…
Student HMO Approved in Plymouth
Planning permission has just been granted in Plymouth for a change of use to 21 bed student HMO. James Wells…
Work on truly outstanding dwelling on Cornish estate underway
The early stages of a brief to create a ‘truly outstanding’ new house within the grounds of a Cornish country…
Demolition of store allows dwelling in Plymouth conservation area
Planning permission has been obtained for for the demolition of a former store/workshop to allow a new mews style house.…
New house in Cornish Village
James Wells Planning Limited has just secured planning permission for a new house in a small Cornish village. A modest…
Exeter housing scheme moves forward
James Wells Planning Limited is actively working with the local council on a housing scheme within a prestigious Conservation Area.…
Appeal won – New house outside Cornish village
James Wells Planning Limited has just won an appeal for a new house that is outside of the defined settlement…
Contemporary dwelling approved in Plymouth conservation area
Permission has just been granted for a contemporary dwelling in a well established Plymouth Conservation Area. The permission follows on…
Home approved in South Devon AONB
Planning permission has just been granted for a contemporary dwelling in the South Hams AONB outside of the established development…
Exeter housing scheme
James Wells Planning is currently engaged on a scheme for new residential development within a well known Conservation Area. This…
Planning permission granted for change of use to flats
Planning pernmission has been granted for a period property in Plymouth to be converted to flats after a previous refusal.…
Appeal allowed – Extension to home in conservation area
An appeal has been allowed and planning permission granted for a modern extension to a period home in a Plymouth…
Enforcement notice quashed and permission granted
Planning permission has been granted and an enforcement notice quashed for a retrospective balcony on a house in Plymouth. James…
Planning appeal won- New house in conversation area allowed
Planning permission has been granted on appeal for a new house in a Plymouth Conservation Area. Following an extensive input…
Old offices agreed for change of use to a dwelling
Permission has just been granted for the change of use an old office building to residential use in an old…
New home in the AONB outside established development boundary
Planning permission has recently been granted for a new dwelling within the South Devon AONB and outside of the established…
Student HMO approved
PERMISSION GRANTED FOR STUDENT HMO USE – Approval has been given to allow accommodation above a commercial premises in a…
Demolition of house makes way for 9 flats in Plymouth
9 FLATS APPROVED ON SITE OF HOUSE – Permission has been granted for a new build containing 9 flats on the…
Disposal of redundant hospital in Plymouth
FORMER HOSPITAL SITE IN PLYMOUTH SEEKS NEW USES – Following the decommissioning of a small hospital site in Plymouth advice has…
Testing the NPPF!
NEW DWELLING IN DEVON COUNTRYSIDE – Input into a new scheme for a single dwelling within the AONB and beyond any…
Successful appeal for student scheme
APPEAL WON – Following review of a refused scheme by the Council an appeal has been granted permission to intensify…

