Plans to build two new homes in Staunton-on-Wye at cottage

The application, prepared by Owen Hicks Architecture, aims to build the homes on land next to Orchard Cottage in Staunton-on-Wye.

The site, measuring approximately 2,573m2, is part of a larger agricultural field situated at the eastern end of the village.

The proposed development includes two homes, each with generous gardens and a landscape buffer featuring orchard planting between the boundary with the Grade II-listed Orchard Cottage.

One home will be a single-storey, two-bedroom dwelling, while the other will be a two-storey, three-bedroom house.

The field currently has access via a gate along a private driveway serving Middle Hill, but this will remain for agricultural purposes.

A new shared vehicle access is proposed along the northern boundary of the site for the two new homes.

The plans include new tree and hedgerow planting to help screen the proposed dwellings from view.

An existing hedgerow section will need to be removed for the vehicle access point, but this will be mitigated through new orchard tree, native species hedgerow, and wildflower planting.

The design of the proposed homes takes influence from surrounding building typologies and the site’s rural setting.

The designs are based around traditional agricultural barns.

Unit one comprises two parallel ‘barns’ joined by a flat roof link, with each range clad in different materials—one timber and one stone—to give the appearance of two separate structures.

Unit two takes influence from the barn adjoining Orchard Cottage, with a similar form and material palette.

The first floor is a roof-in-roof arrangement, with the lower roof height helping the dwelling to appear less domesticated.

No windows are proposed at first-floor level on the front elevation.