It is a sad day when I have to admit defeat and accept that it is now no longer possible to act as architect and agent to submit planning applications to Dorset Council.
That’s the number of applications for listed building consent and/or planning permission that have been granted so far this year.
At the Dorset Council planning agents forum this week we were made aware that planning is evolving rapidly.
A few exciting updates. I have been invited to work on two potential new projects, one on the border between South Somerset and West Dorset and the other in Cattistock.
Good outcomes on Monday include two unanimously supported items at Bridport Town Council Planning Meeting and, quite unrelated, being told by a client I am a marvel.
‘I can’t tell you how thrilled we are with the work that has been done and everyone is out now! Many thanks, we really are delighted with what you have achieved for us.’
It is sad to see a beautiful Grade II* house that I worked on change hands especially when so much painstaking work has been invested only to be changed by the next occupant.
This wonderful iconic building with its clock tower under a domed lantern was designed by William Tyler Architect also responsible for the now redundant Dorchester prison.
As fast as one building project is complete, another begins and it has been like this for as long as I can remember without a break regardless of recessions or the Pandemic.
Providing that there is a rapport between the client and architect and both are open to new ideas at all stages then usually a harmonious outcome can be achieved.