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20/12/2024

To say that this year has had its ups and downs would be an understatement however, concluding it as the Managing Director of my own company is an achievement that fills me with immense pride.

As I look ahead to 2025, I am filled with optimism regarding the opportunities that lie ahead, particularly with the introduction of a new NPPF and a promise of substantial investments and improvements to the planning system.

I want to extend my deepest gratitude to each of you for your support and collaboration over the last year. Here’s to a prosperous and inspiring new year for us all!

09/12/2024

Are you looking to extend your home? Perhaps you want to build above your garage but you're not sure if you will be allowed? Maybe you would like to build an office in your garden?

The planning system can be difficult to navigate and overwhelming. Some projects may not even require planning permission, this can come down to the size and scale of a proposal or it might be controlled through a restrictive planning conditions from when the property was first built.

Let us take the stress out of it all by using our expertise to project manage the planning process for you. If you're not sure where to start, then we're happy to discuss your project and set out what options you have - we can be involved in as much or as little as you need us to be.

01/10/2024

Wind Turbines - beauty or blight?

In 1883 Josef Friedländer unveiled the first electricity-generating wind turbine at the Vienna International Electrical Exhibition. A few years later in 1887, James Blyth installed the first working wind turbine in his front garden in Scotland.Later in 1891 a Danish scientist, Poul la Cour, living ...

26/09/2024

Throwback Thursday - property and flooding

With all the rain we've had this week it is hard to forget a project that I dealt with in 2014. The site was a family home located on an island in the River Thames, near Windsor. Shortly after Christmas, in the early part of 2014, we had an unprecedented amount of rainfall, water tables were saturat...