Stephen and Aine approached us to create their dream forever-home for their growing family, on a steeply sloping rural site. The green belt location meant that a high quality, unique design was needed to achieve planning permission under Paragraph 79/80. Our design approach lead us to chose a rough stone ground floor that feels like it belongs to the landscape. The pitched roof first floor was chosen in reference to the buildings and sheds on nearby smallholdings. All spaces in the house, including the four spacious bedrooms, have great connectivity to the outdoors and this amazing site. Our collaborative approach to working with a landscape designer and planning consultant, along with our experience of designing Paragraph 79 houses meant that were able to achieve planning permission on the first submission.