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This week was spent surveying, in the fog, and doing some detective work which is quite normal for determining the history of buildings.

The office is buzzing with exciting new projects – three surveys and one additional enquiry this week alone. It is a great privilege to be joined by daughter No 2 as a part-time assistant which is a fruitful partnership, bringing interior design skills to the practice and Vector Works.

There’s reason to celebrate this week as we have successfully achieved the refusal of two major planning applications in South Somerset, Castle Cary and Keinton Mandeville. Their reason for refusal of 46 and 30 dwellings respectively focused on the adverse impact to agricultural land and wildlife outside the settlement boundaries.

The run up to Christmas is always a busy time, juggling the existing projects with the avalanche of new enquiries.

This week has seen the very swift turn around of two projects both in pre-app status, one in Dorset and the other in Somerset.

The pressure is on now that there are only three weeks to Christmas.

This week we have seen two applications approved, one by Dorset Council and the other by Somerset Council.

What a surprise to see snow in Dorset on Thursday which grounded most people and caused such havoc on the roads. Not since November 2017 has there been this much snow.

Sending out projects for tender (competitive prices) is always a hectic operation in the office. Collating drawings, schedules, specification and forms simultaneously with Building Regulations information. Currently we have one job on site, which was…

The Practice has probably seen the greatest variety of work in 2024 but applications for listed buildings will always occupy the greatest amount of staff time and energy.