Country House Clause
In Pictures: ‘Country House Clause’ home on the Kent Downs plays with C17th form
Charles Holland Architects has been granted planning permission for a playful new "Paragraph 79" house in Kent's AONB, which offers a "mannerist inversion" of its Grade II*-listed neighbour
Global elite eye up 68,000 square foot stately home scheme in Oxfordshire
Robert Adam-designed Palladian mansion project hits the market in one of the biggest country instructions of the year
New planning rulebook promises to facilitate ‘building attractive & better-designed homes in areas where they are needed’
The revised National Planning Policy Framework has been published
Country landowners call for Paragraph 55 shift
Retiring farmers need new homes to facilitate farm succession, argues the CLA
Northants Passivhaus gets the green light under Paragraph 55
Clive Chapman Architects use the Country House Clause to win planning permission for a 327 square metre single-storey project
Off-grid country house gets Para 55 approval
Studio Bark gets the thumbs-up for an eco take on the Country House Clause
John Pardey wins first ‘Country House Clause’ project on appeal
Surrey planners have granted permission for an ultra-modern take on Lutyens under Paragraph 55 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
Country House Clause win for CaSA’s Somerset Passivhaus
An eco-minded country house in Somerset has been granted the rare NPPF 55 status for "exceptional and innovative houses in open countryside"
‘Country House clause’ win for AR Design Studio in Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire's planners have invoked the "Country House Clause" - Paragraph 55 - to give the green light to a contemporary three bedroom house in the Green Belt designed by AR Design Studio.
First ‘Country House Clause’ eco house gets the nod in Kent
A new rural eco house, designed by architects Farrells for developer Jarvis Homes, has been awarded planning consent in Kent;
Another ‘country house clause’ triumph for Adam as Norfolk mansion gets the go-ahead
Securing permission for a scheme under 'Gummer's Law', which allows the building of new country houses if - and only if - they are considered to be of ‘exceptional quality or innovative design’, is…
‘Country house clause’ triumph for Warwickshire mansion
It's not often you see planning granted for new-build houses in open countryside, especially not for ones that sprawl over nearly 10,000 square feet.