Our plan for The Old Laboratory development is to demolish the existing dilapidated buildings and replace them with three new three-storey, three-bed family homes built on shore plinths over the River Yealm. We will create one detached and two semi-detached properties with incredible views of both the River and surrounding landscape. Each home will enjoy outdoor amenity space, two external parking spaces, and private boat parking. The floor layouts are modern, with open-plan kitchen, living, and dining spaces, designed to maximise the living experience of the future residents while remaining seamlessly blended with the local landscape and character.
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The proposed homes have been meticulously designed to ensure that they are in keeping with their surroundings. They will appear as single-storey buildings from their access on Yealm Road, making them compatible with neighbouring plots and maintaining the existing building line against the hillside. The lower parts of the buildings will be constructed with stone showing on the elevations, to naturally blend the buildings into the rocky landscape of the shoreline. Parts of the upper storeys will also display white render, complimenting the façade of other local properties.
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The development therefore makes valuable use of a site which has stood vacant for many years, offering a more sustainable alternative to its previous uses while remaining sympathetic to local character and the waterfront setting