Sample Plans

One site, two ways to build it.

The site is two buildings, and both are part of every scheme. The historic Ball Inn — a three-storey stone building with a large cellar — is retained and converted into apartments, its character kept intact. Alongside it, on the adjoining land, stands a new apartment building. The conversion is what makes this site different from a bare plot: it delivers homes no new-build can imitate, in a landmark the neighbourhood already knows.

Two fully worked routes are drawn. Variant 1 is the generous scheme — 14 larger apartments, previously granted planning consent. Variant 2 is the efficient alternative — 19 units that lift the yield while keeping the specification above standard. Full drawing sets for both are included in the investment prospectus, and the plot also lends itself to an alternative scheme of your own, subject to planning.

Variant 1 — the generous scheme
14 residential units
  • Larger, premium apartments throughout
  • The Ball Inn, converted — 3 apartments
  • New apartment building — 11 apartments
  • Planning consent previously granted
Variant 2 — the efficient scheme
19 residential units
  • Higher yield, still above-standard layouts
  • The Ball Inn, converted — 4 apartments (incl. duplexes)
  • New apartment building — 15 apartments (5 per floor × 3 floors)

The original consent (Variant 1) has since lapsed. Complete drawing packages for both variants are ready to support a renewed application — planning status details are set out in the prospectus.

The New Building

Two designs, two price points.

Alongside the converted inn, the new-build block is drawn in two forms. Variant 1 is the architectural statement — timber cladding, deep terraces and a contemporary silhouette built around fourteen generous apartments. Variant 2 is the value-engineered alternative — a robust brick-and-cladding build that delivers nineteen apartments at a lower construction cost per unit, without dropping below a good specification.

Variant 1 — the contemporary timber-clad apartment building at dusk
Variant 1 · 14 unitsThe premium design — timber cladding, generous terraces, larger apartments. The scheme that carried the original planning consent.
Variant 2 — the alternative brick apartment building with balconies at sunset
Variant 2 · 19 unitsThe efficient design — brick and cladding, balconies to every apartment, lower build cost across a higher unit count.
Variant 1 in daylight — timber-clad apartment building with stone base and glazed stair core
Variant 1 in daylight
Variant 2 in daylight — brick elevations, timber louvres and private balconies
Variant 2 in daylight
Variant 1 · 14 units

The site — previously consented layout

Red line denotes the site boundary
Roof plan — both buildings, access & 19 parking spaces
Variant 1 site plan showing the property boundary, both buildings, parking spaces and access routes

The generous arrangement, edged in red — three large apartments in the historic inn to the north-west and eleven in the new building to the south-east, joined by shared landscaping, cycle and bin storage, and 19 allocated parking spaces reached from Derby Street.

Variant 2 · 19 units

The site — alternative layout

Ground-floor situation — both buildings
with expanded parking provision
Variant 2 situation plan showing ground-floor layouts of both buildings and expanded parking

The efficient arrangement on the same footprint — ground-floor layouts shown for both buildings, with parking expanded to serve all nineteen apartments.

Variant 2 · 19 units

New apartment building — typical floor

Ground / First / Second Floor
identical layout, 5 apartments per floor
Typical floor plan of the new apartment building, 5 flats

The new-build block repeats the same footprint on all three storeys — five apartments (2–3 bedrooms, private terrace) arranged around a central lobby and staircase, giving 15 apartments in total across the building.

The Conversion

The other half of the site: the inn itself.

The stone building is not demolished — it is kept and reworked into homes. Three storeys and a large cellar give generous, characterful apartments: original chimney breasts retained, deep window reveals, private garden access at ground level and duplex layouts above. These are the units that carry the site's story, and the ones a bare plot could never offer.

Indicative interior of a converted apartment inside the Ball Inn
Indicative interior — apartment inside the inn
The Ball Inn — the stone building to be retained and converted
The building to be retained and converted
Variant 2 · 19 units

The Ball Inn — ground floor

2 ground-floor apartments with garden access
Ground floor plan of the Ball Inn, two apartments

The historic stone building's ground floor accommodates two apartments either side of a shared entrance and staircase, with the original chimney breasts retained and private garden access.

Variant 2 · 19 units

The Ball Inn — duplex upper floors

2 duplex apartments across the first & second floors
First floor — living level
First floor plan of the Ball Inn — open-plan living levels of two duplex apartments
Second floor — bedroom level
Second floor plan of the Ball Inn — bedroom levels of two duplex apartments

Above the ground floor, two duplex apartments each pair an open-plan living level on the first floor with a full bedroom floor above — three bedrooms and a family bathroom apiece, connected by a private internal staircase.

A third route · yours

Neither scheme quite fits? We'll draw yours.

The architects and planning specialists behind both schemes know this site down to the last drawing — and they can put that knowledge to work for you. Tell us your requirements — unit mix, target market, density, tenure model — and we will prepare a fresh feasibility study tailored to your brief, before you commit to the purchase.

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