Studio Four News

We are delighted to be informed that our project at Gambledown Farm in Sherfield English has been shortlisted in 2 categories for the RICS 2019 South East Awards. Judges will shortly be visiting the project and winners will be announced mid May....

Our Romsey office have been working with a private client for a few months and have successfully achieved planning permission for the removal of a large extension to a private house and the addition of a new one. This along with some works to the existing house will...

As another busy year comes to a close, it's time to shut the Studio Four computers down until 2019. Our staff Christmas Card Competition produced the usual excellent selection of ideas and the voting was very close, but Claire Lingham's design (above) was the winner. ...

Studio Four were pleased to give one of our client's an early Christmas present in the form of a planning permission for the creation of a new build house in the countryside. The new dwelling is of a traditional style to reflect the client's taste and provides a large...

Following the dramatic piling exercise for the new Penlee lifeboat station for the RNLI (see our Staff Photo Competition News item), the Glulam frame is now well underway, despite the recent stormy weather. The station is being constructed by local contractor Symons...

Following a feasibility study looking at a number of options, Studio Four has designed a new extension to Andover War Memorial Hospital to accommodate a relocated Andover Health Centre. The new building is combined with a covered entrance canopy to the existing...

Planning and Listed Building consents have been received for conversion of an existing historic cart shed at Longstock, on behalf of the Leckford Estate. The proposal is to convert the existing shed into a modern 2-bedroom dwelling, featuring a fully-glazed...

Thursday afternoon saw the first phase of Southampton's new Children's Emergency Department handed over for its clinical clean. This unit brings together a number of children's Emergency functions that are currently spread around the hospital. Combining the Children's...

The proposed development site Plot 4a is formed from land formerly of ‘The Grange’ on the Farnham Road approach to West Liss. The site is included within the Liss Neighbourhood Development Plan 2011-2028 as a designated site for redevelopment in order to meet the...

Construction works have commenced on site to provide an additional floor to a three storey building along Shirley High Street. The additional level will contain 10 new 2-bed flats with access to private balconies. The building has been partially constructed off-site...

Planning approval has been granted for a new developed of 10 dwellings on The Avenue, Southampton. The development will result in the creation of two pairs of new semi-detached 4-bed houses fronting the main road, in the style of existing properties in this prominent...

Significant refurbishment and internal alterations have been completed at Winton URC. Works included a new lift, improved entrance foyer, new kitchens, café area with spill-out space, new accessible toilet and a large decking area to the side of the church for...

Construction work commenced this year for a new dwelling on an awkward-shaped vacant urban site, that was the victim of persistent fly-tipping. Despite the size and shape of the plot, the building offers a well-proportioned 3-bedroom dwelling with a private walled...

Construction work on a stunning new-build domestic property at Thornton Avenue in Warsash, just outside Southampton, has commenced. The building is currently at first floor level and has another storey to be constructed. The whole property will enjoy fantastic...

We were pleased to receive some photos from site of one of our domestic projects near Newbury.   Planning Permission was received in August 2017 for the reconfiguration and extension of an existing bungalow. The proposal reutilises the existing bungalow structure but...

In partnership with BCM we have obtained planning permission for the conversion of an existing modern agricultural building into an office. The site lies within the South Downs National Park and permission was granted under the Class R permitted development rights...

We have just submitted planning for a large extension to a private house in Winchester. The proposal is to remove the existing large low quality extension and create a new structure that will provide a large kitchen / dining and living space at ground floor, as well...

Full Planning permission has now been granted for three new 3-Bed dwellings on Previously Developed Land owned by the Aster Group in the Test Valley. Test Valley Borough Council has approved the new houses on the site of a former garage parking area. This is the...

Studio Four was appointed in May 2017 by a private client to obtain Planning and Listed Building consents, and subsequent Building Regulations approval, to convert an existing double garage into a new annexe, within the curtilage of a Grade II listed cottage.         ...

Planning Approval has now been granted for a new ten bed medium secure Learning Disabilities Residential Unit for Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust at their Tatchbury Mount Campus in Calmore. The proposed building's form is complex, as it reacts to the brief, the...

Congratulations to our Kinga Berkesi on becoming an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists.

After a years efforts to obtain planning permission for a self-contained annexe on the site of an existing house in the South Downs National Park, we have finally secured permission. The proposal converts two existing outbuildings and connects them with a glass link....

We have recently submitted an application to replace an existing low quality dwelling with a new build traditional house in the South Downs National Park. The design provides the client with a 4 bedroom house and also creates a new private access to form a better...

Our contemporary house in Winchester is nearing completion on site. The project involved the removal of an existing bungalow and creation of a new build 4 bedroom house. Glazing is positioned to take advantage of views towards St.Catherine's Hill for more information...

Planning Permission for works to a Grade II listed barn in the South Downs National Park have now been granted. This is our second successful application on the site, after receiving planning permission to convert the existing Cart Shed on the site.