Studio Four News

We have completed the second stage of a deliverability report for Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital. Working with Hampshire Together – ‘Modernising our Hospitals and Health Services’, we’ve been assisting in exploring the long list of options, focusing on...

This week our first group of Studio Four staff spent the afternoon volunteering at the Outdoor Centre in Eastleigh for local charity Youth Options. Jez and Alex were able to design and construct a new log store for the site, while Lauren and Claire cleared the...

Studio Four’s in-house garden designer has continued to develop the Practice’s garden and landscape design services – with projects including domestic properties, hospital grounds, memorial gardens, nursery/school playgrounds and outdoor teaching spaces. Often,...

We’re putting our new 3D printer to good use already, with a scaled model of the Wells-by-the-Sea lifeboat station underway (and which is currently also under construction in real life!) We plan to offer this service as an option on most of our future projects, taking...

With assistance from Atlas Planning Group we have now obtained planning permission for a contemporary new dwelling on the outskirts of Winchester. The site obtained Class Q permitted development in 2019, and this was replaced by approval for a new build dwelling on...

We are delighted to announce that we were successful at Planning Committee last week for another new-build dwelling within the Test Valley. The site benefited from an existing 'Class Q' approval to convert the existing modern barn into a dwelling. Working with Atlas...

Our extension and internal alterations at a local school is now underway on site and progressing well. The scheme will provide new Creative Teaching Spaces that include; a Training Kitchen – featuring a teacher demonstration workbench and separate cooking area; an Art...

Working with Tony Langridge Consulting, Planning permission has been obtained for a new 3-Bedroom chalet bungalow on another PDL site in Aster Group’s Wiltshire property portfolio. This follows similar successful applications in Test Valley, Dorset and Somerset. More...

We are pleased to have obtained Planning Permission for major external works at the listed Bala Lake Hotel in Snowdonia, for the John Lewis Partnership. The hotel lies by the shore of this scenic glacial lake at the edge of the Snowdonia National Park. As well as...

We have recently submitted a planning application for the major refurbishment and alterations to a bungalow. The building has been extended over the years, but in a piecemeal fashion; resulting in a cumbersome internal arrangement. Our proposals rationalise the layout...

We are delighted to have obtained planning permission for an agricultural-to-residential conversion in the South Downs. As the site lies within a National Park, Class Q permitted development rights were not applicable and so the conversion of an agricultural building...

We will shortly be submitting a paragraph 80 planning application within the South Downs National Park with the assistance of Atlas Planning Group. The policy allows for the conversion of an agricultural dwelling into a house if certain criteria are met. See below for...

Following class O approval (conversion of office to dwelling), we obtained planning permission in August 2020 for a new build dwelling on this site near Braishfield for our client. The new build is sited further into the site and provides a greater degree of...

Studio Four Architects Ltd have recently acted as Design and Build Architect for Brymor Construction, on works to complete phase one of the remodelling and transformation of the Pyramids Centre on Southsea seafront for the site’s operator BH Live working in...

Studio Four have submitted a planning application for a new build 5 bedroom dwelling in the Test Valley. The site benefited from an existing Class Q approval to convert the existing modern barn into a dwelling.Working with Atlas Planning Group and Indigo Landscape we...

Studio Four has recently obtained Class Q planning permissions for two redundant farm buildings on an agricultural estate near Romsey. Working with Advoco Planning and Braden Chartered Surveyors we have secured permission for conversion of two structures on the site;...

With assistance from Atlas Planning Group we have recently submitted a planning application for a contemporary new dwelling on the outskirts of Winchester. The site obtained Class Q permitted development in 2019, and this was replaced by approval for a new build...

Studio Four Architects have been appointed by the contractors Brymor to assist in completing the design for a Design and Build project in Poole. Work continues on site for the new build block of 64 flats with commercial units and car parking at ground floor level. The...

We are delighted to announce a series of recent staff achievements. Alex Cooper and Danielle Tucker are now architects having passed their respective RIBA "Part 3” courses (professional qualifications). Alex achieved a Merit at the University of the West of England,...

We have now successfully reached the End of Defects period for CIM Services Ltd’s offices in Nursling, Southampton and despite the ongoing lockdown restrictions, the clients have now moved in and settled well into their new offices. Studio Four were appointed to...