Landscape Planning

Colvin & Moggridge have gained planning permission for Seymour Farm near Mont Orgueil Castle on the East coast of Jersey. A new classically designed house by Hugh Petter (AA). We were responsible for siting the house and all aspects of the landscape and garden design.  The READ MORE

Colvin and Moggridge recently achieved the rare coup of gaining full planning permission from Malvern Hills District Council for the erection of 40 extra-care apartments and houses on a village site in rural Worcestershire. A fundamental understanding of the existing landscape READ MORE

Colvin and Moggridge together with Yiangou Architects and Hunter Page Planning have submitted a detail planning application for Phase 2 of the extra-care retirement complex for Albion Lodge Developments Ltd in Hanley Swan, Worcestershire. The proposal for 18 extra-care apartments READ MORE

Colvin & Moggridge are pleased to have worked with the award-winning architect Mary Arnold-Forster (http://maryarnold-forster.co.uk) on the setting of a single-storey two-bedroom house and weaving studio in Gairloch’s crofting township of Lonemore, in the West Highlands of READ MORE

A team led by Mark Darwent of Colvin & Moggridge has obtained dual success in gaining full planning permission for 16 extra-care apartments and outline permission for an additional 24 extra-care dwellings on behalf of clients Albion Lodge Development Ltd. The extra-care READ MORE

Planning consent has recently been granted to transform an early 19th century thatched barn, in the grounds of Christ Church, into a new visitor centre. Facilities, housed in contemporary extensions on either side of the barn, will include an interpretation centre with new READ MORE

Building a new house in the open countryside is virtually impossible. The only glimmer of hope: Para 55 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). Para 55 bypasses the stringent planning legislation by permitting only the building of new houses considered to be READ MORE

The Court of Appeal has overturned the decision of the High Court to quash the Planning Permission granted to Cherkley Court by Mole Valley District Council. Three Court of Appeal Judges unanimously agreed that the High Court quashing order should be set aside. Cherkley Court is READ MORE

Colvin and Moggridge are advising on the landscape rejuvenation around this important Palladian mansion during its conversion into a 5* Hotel with underground Spa and outdoor Swimming Pool. Built for the 3rd Duke of Marlborough by Leadbetter in the 1750s and ornamented with READ MORE

Alderbrook Park is an important country estate located in the Metropolitan Green Belt and the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). This wonderful ancient landscape was first enriched by architect Norman Shaw in the 1880s and then by the garden design of Percy S READ MORE