PINE WALK
Lyme Regis, Devon - 4 Bed Dwelling
We were appointed in 2022 to secure planning permission for a replacement dwelling within the AONB of Dorset.
The residence is constructed over five varying floor levels to suit the site topography and has been designed specifically to read as one coherent form, providing a four-bedroom dwelling, with respective living areas, including a ground floor workshop and office.
The client has chosen the main living areas, e.g. kitchen, lounge and dining area to be raised in the design from a traditional ground-floor approach to the first floor.
This new house boasts a low environmental impact, using sustainable technology that reduces its carbon footprint. By including super-insulation, photovoltaic panels, an air source heat pump, mechanical ventilation with heat recovery and fantastic airtightness levels, it requires 90% less energy to heat than an average home.
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The new development incorporates the client’s vision of building a net zero carbon house integrating sustainable construction measures.
Renewable energy opportunities included:
· Energy efficiency in construction and use of building materials.
· Natural lighting and ventilation.
· Incorporation or utilisation of recycled building materials from the existing house.
· Maximising natural carbon storage on-site by retaining and enhancing the existing landscape and trees
· Maximising the potential to improve local biodiversity, including boundary treatments, such as soft landscaping, grassed areas and exterior permeable surfacing.
· Green roofs assist in absorbing CO2, use and buffer rainwater (helping to slow down the rate at which rainwater enters the drainage system), and have a cooling effect on both their surroundings and the building underneath.
· Additionally, bees and other pollinators can use blooming Sedum in the roof as their food resource and resting place, thus encouraging the crucial job they perform in pollinating a third of our food crops.
· Human well-being is also positively affected by more greenery in the local environment.
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Client - Private
Status - Completed 2023
Planning Consultant - APW Planning
Energy Assessor - MGA Consulting
Structural Engineer - Allwood Timber
Ecologist - EcoLogic Consultant Ecologists LLP
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£0.5m - £0.99M
