Current

Tenby

Argent architects have produced a concept design to respond to the Local Development Plan: Candidate Sites. The Major aspirations are to provide quality housing of high amenity that is sustainable and at a price that local people can afford. Community, vitality, access to work, school and local services are all highlighted along with a particular concern regarding the outmigration of young adults.

A close look at the Candidate Sites reveals the reality of our planning process. Sites are randomly offered up by owners and there is little evidence of a prior initial weighting of prospective development sites in terms of landscape, topography and orientation. No doubt this appraisal will come at a later stage but by then some of the most suitable sites will have been missed. This study at LLwynon, Stepaside seeks to respond to major LDP aspirations and is offered as a model to assist the appraisal of existing Candidate Sites.

Cardigan

Argent architects produced these offices near Cardigan, Ceredigion. This innovative eco-friendly new build project has just recieved detailed planning permission for new offices in open countryside.

The building form is of a Dutch Barn with a smaller milking parlour at right angles . This is ideal for its use, offering a grand galleried work space, with ancillary accommodation in the milking parlour.

It is a ground breaking project in that it succeeds mainly due to careful contextual design and patient negotiation with Ceredigion County Council.

Saundersfoot / Pembroke

Argent architects produced these eco-friendly house types in both Saundersfoot and Pembroke.

The simple barn like forms accommodate the houses and garages and to fit appropriately into the rural setting (think one and a half storey hay barn and single storey cow shed or tractor shed so often found in or on the edge of local villages and hamlets).The private / garden side with the larger openings is well screened from general view. These openings serve to maximise solar gain and to create a strong relationship between house and garden.

SUSTAINABILITY:

The buildings have an efficient and compact building form - small scale and low impact. Environmentally friendly features include rainwater harvesting, solar panels, timber from sustainably managed sources, and lime plaster.

Both projects have obtained detailed planning permission from Pembrokeshire County Council and the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority.