This week the team have been busy concentrating on our individual projects, with a focus on getting various applications ready for Planning and Listed Building Consent. A CPD through the RIBA gave us new insight on slate, with 95% of slate not being acceptable or fit for purpose on our buildings, which illustrates the importance of why slaters need to get sufficient training to prevent various problems with the roofs such as checkerboarding and too much moisture leading to moss growth and deterioration. Fine examples of excellent slating on buildings can be seen on Grade II Listed Physics Laboratory at […]
Kim Sankey
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Such a lot has happened this past month. We have designed two outdoor kitchens to swimming pools, one submitted for planning and one in the pipeline. This is surely a sign that staycations are becoming the preferred way of relaxing and socialising. Many new enquiries have been generated through the website, our colleagues in GTH and also from existing clients so we are as busy as ever. The most rewarding community project we are currently preparing for planning is the installation of solar car ports for Bridport Town Council as part of their commitment to the Climate Change Emergency. We […]
A week of highlights, we have a new addition to our team – Adrienne Mathias has joined us to write heritage statements. Her background in Symonds & Sampson Property Management team means that she is familiar with buildings of different periods and construction and she is currently completing her MSC in Conservation and Management of Historic Buildings at the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester. She is shadowing the other members of the team until the end of the month when she completes her dissertation. The other highlights include outings to new commissions in Bridport and Broadwindsor with Jon Waterhouse, […]
After much discussion and considering all the options we have decided to close the Angel Architecture order book until January 2022. This is something we would rather avoid but such is the volume of work at the moment, both for existing clients who have already appointed us and those in the pipeline, waiting for an initial inspection, we only want to provide the best possible service in a reasonable timescale. These clients will know that, firstly the planning system is overloaded and secondly, the availability of resources to build out schemes is becoming a huge problem combined with the increase […]