Please improve the readability of "Please find attached our revised design following on from our site visit with you last week.

Once we have your approval on the basic design we can then prepare some visuals and then review the “Design and Access”  Statement document

The Site Plan

The latest proposed site plan follows the direction and discussion to reduce the amount of the land the driveway occupies. To do so we now run the driveway between the existing tree and the house. This will require the patio paving you have to the west of the existing house to be revised to allow for the path. I have currently shown an enlargement to the front driveway to allow for a better swing into this area. The arc of which will need to be properly accessed for vehicle access to make improvements. The line of the new drive does go across the root protection area slightly and this and the measures we take to protect the tree will need to be discussed with the Arboriculturist the ground for the new dive may need to be raised on a drainage mat which will spread the load to protect the roots. It may also be necessary to look at permeable paving in this area rather then resin bound gravel but again this needs to be discussed.

A new courtyard is formed with the new garage located tight the rear boundary with a 2meter slight line gap to the existing property and the new drive opening up to allow for access to each space and then to connects to the front doors of the annex, which forms the third side of the courtyard. The annex is located as close to the rear boundary as we dear giving space for a higher hedgerow and room for future maintenance access to your new property from within your own grounds. This does result in some of the view you were concerned about being interrupted as the quick visuals we have prepared for you indicates, however we feel that a good proportion of the view remains and the goal of leaving as much of the garden in front of the annex is achieved.

The New Design for the Annex 

The current aesthetic for the proposal put to you is clearly modern. We took your que over the importance of the view to sculpt the plan so that the angle of the south wall opens up the view lines from the existing property as much as is practical, without compromising the form of the living space too greatly. In our meeting you expressed an interest is developing the scheme to a Passivhaus standard although this does not restrict you going with a traditional design I have used this as motivation for design ques on the attached design. To elaborate for Passivhaus design one of the important criteria is to manage the internal temperature and make sure over solar over heating is not a problem. So if the design seeks to introduce large amount of glazing on the East, South, and west elevations then in the design you look to shade these to mitigate the problem. So you will not on the proposed design deep projecting roof line on the south and west elevations. This allows the bedrooms and living rooms to enjoy views out but in a manner which is managed.

I have then engineered a terrace finish rapping around the building below the canopy which will give an enjoyable external space to site. I believe the ground levels falling away as you get closer to the site boundary and this terrace and some steps in a few locations (to be determine when we get a thorough site survey) will accommodate the decline. We will need to be careful with the height of the building as your intention is to keep the West boundary hedge low to ensure the views are retained across the landscape. I have proposed some new trees to the West boundary along side the building which will help to conceal the building and work to form afternoon winter shading.     

The building is proposed with a flat roof as discussed which can be designed to be a green roof. 

We have shown an aluminium cladding finish which would have a standing seam to clad the roof edge and then be taken on the external wall to form features to break up the elevations around the entrance doors on the east elevation and to fully clad the North wall.

The new floor plan is designed to form two flats, a studio flat and a single bed flat both with separate entrances. The plan is set with the bathrooms back to back which might allow us to possibly use Roof Blue water to flush the toilets. The studio flat has a small kitchenette located adjacent a store room in the one bed flat (and possible electric chair charging location) a connecting door is proposed here to allow for direct access from one flat to the other."