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The Paddocks is a scheme of three new five-bed homes that have been granted planning approval in Cheltenham. We designed the contemporary homes with cues from the surrounding Cotswold landscape, using Cotswold stone at ground floor level, alongside composite timber cladding and natural slate roofs. As the site sits within Green Belt Development, scale, massing…

Planning has been approved for a residential extension project in the heart of the Cotswolds. The scheme, in Cleeve Hill, includes a new link building connecting a previously converted barn with an existing annexe. The link will bring two parts of the property together, helping to create a more private and enclosed courtyard garden at…

We recently received the good news that a submission for six apartments near The Park, Cheltenham, has secured planning for our client MD Construction. The new apartments will replace a four-bed detached home in a conservation area. The site’s urban setting meant when we were designing the scheme we had to significantly consider the impact…

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…