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A contemporary new build project we’ve been working on in Devon has passed planning. The striking family home will sit at the top of a hill overlooking Bampton, a small parish town between Exmoor National Park and Exeter. Our clients are keen on outdoor living and wanted spaces that connected with the garden. We’ve designed…

We’ve recently secured planning permission for a barn conversion and extension project in the beautiful Herefordshire countryside. Originally, our client wanted to convert an existing agricultural barn into a one-bedroom dwelling of the same footprint, which we designed and prepared planning drawings for. This scheme sat under a Class Q approval. Our client then wanted…

The team have secured planning approval for a replacement dwelling on a hillside site within the Cotswold National Landscape, near Cheltenham. The existing farmhouse and outbuildings will be removed and replaced with a new home designed around how the clients want to live, while remaining closely tied to its rural setting. The design takes its…

We’ve recently secured planning permission for a new Scout hut and community hall on the edge of Cirencester, working alongside Cirencester Town Council, Terrace Chartered Building Surveyors & Built Heritage Consultants, and Wildwood Ecology. The project replaces a derelict community building on the site with a modern facility designed to support a range of local…

The team at coombes everitt have secured planning approval for a new extension and renovation project in the Cotswolds. The approved scheme will see an existing garage demolished and replaced by a comprehensive rear and side extension. The clients really wanted the existing floorplan to flow better, so part of the project will include a…

The team at coombes : everitt has secured planning approval for a contemporary single-storey extension* to a cottage in an AONB, within a conservation area and identified locally as a building of historic importance. On paper, it’s the sort of project many assume will be difficult: a sensitive setting, a heritage context and a clearly…

Planning permission has been granted for a scheme of three family homes on Priors Road in Cheltenham designed by the team at coombes:everitt. The approved proposals will see the replacement of a tired red brick building on the corner of the site with three new homes, designed to sit comfortably within the surrounding streets. Red…

coombes : everitt architects receives planning permission for the redevelopment of former industrial buildings at Prinbox Works in Cheltenham. Cheltenham Borough council’s planning committee unanimously voted in favour of the new housing project at the end of December 2025. The proposal plans to replace the commercial premises known as ‘Prinbox Works’, located between Lypiatt Street,…

Our collaboration with Castlethorpe Homes Ltd on a small residential development in Withington, Gloucestershire, has won the LABC West of England award for Best Small New Housing Development, an industry award recognising design excellence. The development, Willowside Grange, transformed a former farmstead into a collection of distinctive new homes — including a new stone farmhouse, semi-detached cottages and…

The team at coombes:everitt architects have secured planning approval for a new residential development designed on behalf of Churcham Homes Ltd. Working alongside planning consultants SF Planning, the practice was appointed to reimagine a previously approved scheme. The brief was to unlock the full potential of the historic site, Hunting Butts Farm in Cheltenham, by…