Community Project Comes to the Classroom

Community Project Comes to the Classroom

Local schoolchildren are taking an active interest in the redevelopment of two sites in the rural village at Dunsop Bridge. Plans for the repurposing of an old and disused petrol garage site were unanimously approved by local politicians and planners in May last year, together with proposals for a range of flexible workshops and craft […]

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New Future For Old Buildings

An outline planning application is currently being prepared for permission to convert a traditional Dutch barn into a stylish and energy efficient residential dwelling. Situated on the Duchy’s Needwood Estate in Staffordshire, the barn currently sits adjacent to Forest Road Farmhouse. It was built in the 1920s but has, for several years, been used simply […]

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New Hub For Dunsop Bridge Approved

Ribble Valley Borough Council has voted unanimously to approve the Duchy of Lancaster’s plans for a new and sustainable centre for the village of Dunsop Bridge. The proposals, which have been informed by feedback from the local community over a two-year period, centre on the redevelopment of a disused petrol filling station site in the […]

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Planning Success At Root Farm Buildings

Following extensive consultation with the local community, planning approval has been secured for the sympathetic redevelopment of a collection of vacant farm buildings at Root Farm in the village of Dunsop Bridge, Lancashire. The proposals include the replacement of an old steel-framed asbestos shed with four smaller new build units and the conversion of redundant […]

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Planning Success For Bantons Barn

The Duchy of Lancaster has secured planning consent for the conversion of a disused barn, stable block and cart-shed on its Wyreside estate in Lancashire into three new residential dwellings. The buildings in question are located at Bantons Farm, a steading which includes a two-storey farmhouse with an attached bank barn, as well as a […]

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