Farnham, Architecture + Planning
Architect and planning consultant in Farnham.
Design clarity and planning confidence, from one practice, for Farnham and the Green Belt villages around it. We bring a chartered architect and a chartered planner together under one roof, work that matters especially here, where Green Belt policy shapes almost every site.
One practice
Architecture and planning, working as one.
A Green Belt site rarely comes down to design alone, and it rarely comes down to policy alone either. The two have to be argued together: what the site can support, and how to make the case for it. With a RIBA Chartered Architect and an RTPI Chartered Planner in one practice, we build the design and the planning strategy side by side, rather than handing you between separate consultants partway through.
Local knowledge
Understanding Farnham and the Green Belt.
Farnham itself sits within Waverley Borough Council, while many of the villages just outside the town, including Seale, fall within neighbouring Guildford Borough Council. Whichever authority applies, nearly all of the countryside around Farnham is designated Metropolitan Green Belt, which strictly limits what a replacement dwelling or extension can grow to, and a case that isn't carefully evidenced tends to get refused. We've argued that exact case at appeal, and it shapes how we approach every Green Belt site from the outset.
What we do
Green Belt homes, extensions and appeals.
We work across new and replacement dwellings, extensions and renovations, and Green Belt planning strategy and appeals specifically, sites where the policy case has to work as hard as the design. Whatever the project, the offer is the same: design and planning developed together, with a realistic view of what your site can support given early.
The work
Our work in Farnham and the Surrey Green Belt.
Contemporary House, Seale, near Farnham, is a case study in exactly this kind of site: a Green Belt replacement dwelling refused locally and won at appeal, on an extensive fallback position that justified a substantial uplift in floor space. Architecture led by Tom Dames and planning led by Kerry Dames, delivered at their earlier practice.
Get in touch
Send us your site address.
Tell us where the site is and a little about what you have in mind. We'll come back with a clear, realistic view of the options.