11/05/2026
At Studio 11 we are feeling pretty pleased with ourselves today. Working alongside Jason Parker at Meadows we have managed to secure three planning appeal hearings for single plot self-build dwellings in the countryside within the last two months. The evidence base required to justify a hearing procedure rather than written representations for a single house is significant. We have done it three times across two districts.
This is a highly specialised area of planning work combining architectural design, zero-carbon performance, self-build statutory law, and planning policy in a way that very few practices are equipped to deliver.
Each case combines a self-build argument with innovative design under Paragraph 139 of the NPPF, an approach we have developed and refined specifically for countryside locations where conventional policy routes are limited.
If you have a countryside self-build project that has been refused or where you are looking for a practice with the expertise to maximise your chances of success, we should talk.
