Country House Clause

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

Robert Adam-designed Palladian mansion project hits the market in one of the biggest country instructions of the year

Retiring farmers need new homes to facilitate farm succession, argues the CLA

Clive Chapman Architects use the Country House Clause to win planning permission for a 327 square metre single-storey project

Studio Bark gets the thumbs-up for an eco take on the Country House Clause

Surrey planners have granted permission for an ultra-modern take on Lutyens under Paragraph 55 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

An eco-minded country house in Somerset has been granted the rare NPPF 55 status for "exceptional and innovative houses in open countryside"

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.

A new rural eco house, designed by architects Farrells for developer Jarvis Homes, has been awarded planning consent in Kent;

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…

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.