Kim Sankey

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October News

‘Those who cannot change their minds, cannot change anything’ George Bernard Shaw. It is important as an architect to be flexible and considerate of the impact of development on others.  Our local environment is so precious that we need to be very sensitive to incremental change.  This requires us to demonstrate our willingness to work with all parties in an open and collaborative process. Sometimes the facilitator of change and sometimes the sounding board for clients needing an options appraisal, it is never boring working in this field.   Ultimately the most rewarding part of the job is the realisation of […]

Park Lodge SouthSomerset

Weekly Blog – 38

This week we have received planning permission from South Somerset District Council for alterations and the erection of a two-storey extension and cladding of and re-refenestration of existing extensions at Park Lodge in East Coker 7 months after validation. The application was held up by a bat survey which can only be carried out during a small window between March and September.  The Building Regulations package is in production with a view to building in spring 2022.

Weekly Blog – 37

Tackling multiple projects simultaneously can prove quite difficult, but fortunately, we have a team of reliable colleagues who are managing their own areas of expertise. We are part way through a survey of a house near Stogumber, designing alterations to numerous listed buildings and writing reports to support these with input from our building surveyor, tree consultant and historian. Loads of applications in the system but almost all ‘stuck’ with extensions of time being requested daily.  It seems as if the projects which were scheduled for commencement this year will be waiting until 2022 due to the long lead-in time […]

Something wonderful will happen

Weekly Blog – 35

This week we welcome our new associate Adrienne Ridler-Lee to the team to complement Peter’s skills in writing statements of heritage significance.  Adrienne has an established background in estate management having worked previously for local property agents Symonds & Sampson. We are on track to submit six applications for listed building consent in three different authorities this month; East Devon, Dorset and South Somerset.