Draft Drawings Nov 2023
Drafts of the Planning Drawings showing the proposals for the church hall.
We have developed option 3 as discussed with the lower dormer to the west elevation facing Cross Hayes which we hope will be seen in a favourable light by the conservation and the planning officers.
The south elevation to the entrance foyer and office space above has been shown with glazing to match the hall gables as suggested, and all brickwork has been omitted.
The rear (east) elevation to the library shows a larger dormer/gable to enclose the head height needed over the stairwell and landing, and the upper room has been enlarged to span from north to south since the roofline has changed slightly.
The courtyard landscaping shows a low level planter/bench which has been placed to mark the slight change in level between the flat paved area directly outside the hall doors, and the slope of the vehicular route from the road into the courtyard.
The finished floor level of the new hall has been raised by 100mm (relative to the church lobby) to help reduce the landscaping needed in the slope of the courtyard.
Do let us know your thoughts at this stage about any amendments you would like, and we are happy to discuss any of the design decisions on the phone if this is easier.
We will make sure the heritage, design and access statement is revised accordingly ready to submit along with the equivalent drawings of the existing buildings.
PROGRESS October 2023
On the outside, it may appear we haven’t made progress as we would like on the new parish hall. On the contrary, the New Hall Sub Committee has been working hard past few months to navigate through the paper works and bureaucratical side of the project, although we do have a long way to go. Now that the COVID shenanigans are mostly behind us we are able to make progress on design of an appropriate new hall for the parish to replace the rather dilapidated clubroom we have at present. After taking advice from the Diocese, in late July we invited 3 architects to submit firm priced proposals to support us in the design, liaison with planning authorities and in due course oversee construction for the new hall. During the proposal preparation phase each architect visited the site and was given sight of documents & designs prepared earlier. The proposals were received in early September and after examination for quality. We reduced the list to two viable candidates. We then visited example buildings designed by them. Based on the submissions and example buildings the hall sub-committee has selected an architect to partner us through the process.
His first task is to conduct a concept phase to:
It is intended to hold a discussion weekend with the Parish in December to ensure we have met our needs before proceeding with the formal planning application, detailed technical design and construction phases.
Request for Pre-Planning Application Advice submitted 6 Feb 2023
Our architects have made the first formal submission to the local planning authority (LPA). This known as a Request for Pre-Planning Application Advice or Pre-App for short. It seeks to gain advice from LPA on matters which we should address as part of our formal application for planning permission. Since it is an initial submission it is possible that the LPA may require changes to the design.
In addition to a covering letter it consists of a
Heritage Design & Access Statement and an
Options Appraisal. The former is the main document and provides a word description of our plans and should be read alongside the diagrams below.
Parish Progress Brief December 2022
Example Architecture by our Architect Partner
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