A small 10m x 6m brick paved parking area, it had four previous planning applications refused for various reasons. Because of these refusals the land was inexpensive, but because of the planning refusal history there was effectively a guide on ‘what not to build’ and this created the brief.

The main issues in designing a building for this site were the danger of flood risk, visual impact on the street, overlooking and blocking light to the neighbours, parking and retaining sight lines from another neighbour’s driveway. These issues informed the design so that the plan and form of the proposed house could be developed. The application was supported with further investigations in 3D daylight and shadow.

Planning permission was granted on this design, and the client sold the site with the permission making a nice profit.