{"id":2518,"date":"2021-06-29T08:34:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T08:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwa-studios.com\/?p=2518"},"modified":"2021-06-29T08:34:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T08:34:09","slug":"para-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wwa-studios.com\/para-79\/","title":{"rendered":"The challenge of Para 79 Dwellings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container padding-botton-none nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1996.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>One of the most exciting and challenging projects we are working on at the moment is the feasibility of a para 79 house in the Cotswolds.\u00a0 It is in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the countryside in Oxfordshire.\u00a0 Paragraph 79 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) states that isolated homes in the countryside should be avoided, but sets out a number of exemptions to this.\u00a0\u00a0One such exemption is if a design is of exceptional quality that is truly outstanding or innovative.\u00a0\u00a0Of course, we all know that design is such a subjective issue and what we might consider truly outstanding, may very well not be to someone else.\u00a0 The Planners in our team have been looking at the constraints of this particular site.\u00a0 While the plot is not especially large,\u00a0 the local council has identified key views through the site into the wider AONB.\u00a0\u00a0In addition, there is a large Listed Building in the near vicinity.\u00a0 We wonder whether these issues are deal-breakers, or are they exactly the sorts of issues that the exemptions within paragraph 79 of the NPPF were designed to overcome?<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>We have found very little information on successful para 79 schemes across the country. No one seems to be collating this data to see if successful schemes are defined by their similarities, or their differences.\u00a0 We have therefore considered writing a paper to look into this subject.\u00a0\u00a0These exemptions to development in the open countryside have been around for many years now and paragraph 79 supersedes the similarly worded paragraph 55 of previous versions of national planning policy.\u00a0 There is however, still ambiguity over what constitutes a truly outstanding or innovative dwelling.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h3>Tetsworth Barn<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><p>We recently obtained planning consent for a replacement dwelling at Tetsworth Barn where we had previously obtained consent for a conversion under Class Q of the General Permitted Development Order.\u00a0 We were debating at the time whether to try and get consent as a replacement building, or as a para 79 dwelling.\u00a0\u00a0Ultimately, we decided to attempt to obtain planning as a replacement dwelling due to the ambiguity associated with para 79.\u00a0 Our success in obtaining planning permission provides credence to this decision.\u00a0\u00a0Still, we will always wonder whether we would have been successful if we had instead championed the dwelling as truly outstanding and innovative. For more information about Para 79 policy, the RIBA have published a helpful 3 minute read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.architecture.com\/knowledge-and-resources\/knowledge-landing-page\/using-paragraph-79-to-design-innovative-country-houses\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwa-studios.com\/about\/\">Joshua Downey<\/a> &#8211; Graduate Town Planner<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container padding-top-none nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1996.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[85,89,98],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The challenge of Para 79 Dwellings &#8211; 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