There are two 3000sqft houses with five bedrooms and one 2600sqft house with 4 bedrooms.

The design and planning process was undertaken by the Harrogate office.

Designed as a mirrored pair of Sussex vernacular homes, the houses take advantage of the long site and are set back substantially from the quite road, sharing a central access driveway allowing the existing mature trees to the front of the site to be retained.

Careful consideration of the local planning policies and a design that is sensitive to the local architectural style and character of the immediate area allowed for a smooth route through planning and positive feedback from the Pre-Application meeting with the planners. This scheme demonstrates that while it may be considered ‘garden-grabbing’ by some the planners can be supportive of well thought out and reasoned applications.

Following a positive Pre-Application in November 2011, this scheme to replace a single house with two new 3,500sqft Sussex vernacular homes in East Grinstead on behalf of Tkei Homes has now been submitted to Mid Sussex District Council.

The pair of new semi-detached houses constructed for Gold Property Developments in Buxted, Uckfield, East Sussex have now been completed. For more details see the Projects page. The client came to BWP Architects with planning permission in place and we were commissioned to prepare the construction drawings only.

We also prepared a series of alternative designs, one of which is shown below, to improve the elevational treatment but the client wished to proceed with the current design in order to minimise any delays to the construction period.

Well, the final money is now in and we’re delighted to report that between us we managed to raise a total of £935…. not too shabby for doing very little (apart from itching alot and listening to complaints from the children….)!