Permitted Development Projects

Real Buildings. Real Approvals. 100% Success Rate.

Every project below started with a commercial building and a question: can this be converted? Every single one ended with prior approval granted — on time, within budget.

From a 68-unit office block in Crawley to a former high street bank in Slough, these are the deals Andrew has taken from initial assessment through to approved application. No agents. No architects at the planning stage. Just expert knowledge, precise drawings, and a process that works.

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High Street
Slough | Class MA Permitted Development (Drawings / Application / Project Support)
15 units
Residential Units Created
56 Days
From Application to Approval
£800k+
Uplift in Asset Value

The Building:
5 story former Bank with front and rear elevations on slough High Street.

The Challenge:
Maximising the number of units with limited light on one side of the building while retaing access to the lift at the front of the building for all units on the upper floors.

The Solution:
Clever layout of flats allowing access to the lift on the upper floors. We submitted application for multiple layouts on floors with limited light at one side, whilst simultaniously submitting full planning for additional windows on one side of the building. This allowed fallback option should the window applicatiion be rejected while minimising wait time.

The result:
The window application was approved and so we were able to maximise the number of units.

Turnpike House
Crawley | Class MA Permitted Development (Drawings)
68
Residential Units Created
56
From Application to Approval
£5m+
Uplift in Asset Value

The Building:
Former bank Head Office. This Six storey office building arranged over basement, ground and four principal upper storeys has a total area 39,344sq ft. and was vacant upon possession.

The Challenge:
With a building of this size caeful consideration of fire stratergy had to be integrated into the layout of the building, whilst using the exiting window locations to maximise the number of units.

The Soluition:
Working with Fire Stratergy Experts from day one meant the neccessry AOV and compartmentalisation was designed in from the bebinning.

The Result:
Appproval for 68 units, within 56 days with and without any sustainability, housing mix or social housing contribution that would have been neccessary with full planning.

Charlotte Street
Portsmouth | Class MA Permitted Development (Drawings / Application)
2
Residential Units Created
54
From Application to Approval
£40k
Uplift in Asset Value

The Building:
A two-storey retail property located on Charlotte Street, within close proximity to Portsmouth city centre and its primary commercial amenities.

The Challenge:
A deline in demand for retail units in this area meant the property had little chance of stable income as a commercial unit and low a negative return if sold.

The Soluition:
Class MA applications were submitted and approved for conversion to 2no. 2 bed flats.

The Result:
With approved blanning for conversion to residential units the buildings sale appeal and value immediatly increased.

Victoria Street
St Albans | Class MA Permitted Development (Drawings / Application)
11
Residential Units Created
55
From Application to Approval
£1m
Uplift in Asset Value

The Building:
A 4-story building solely in use as Class E. The ground floor was let to a General Practitioners Surgery and would remain so, the upper floors were vacant shared office space.

The Challenge:
A nightclub was situated a few doors down with late night opening on various nights. The council had also shown ealier concerns over the available parking facilities.

The Soluition:
Sound testing was carried out over the opening hours of the nightclub and mitigation measures advised. These sound mitigation measures were incoroporated into the planning application along with detailed layout of the on-site parking and allocations between the existing surgery and new residential units.

The Result:
Prior appoval for 11no. 1 bed flats with allocated car parking, shared with the exiting surgery.