Design to suit plot, or find plot to suit design.

the_r_sole said:
it really is down to you to convince them of the quality of the design, some times the old school guys need to be avoided and the head of the office contacted directly (from experience), i've actually done an application where we had to wait until a certain officer went on their annual leave before submitting!
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Which is all time. Iv always done these as commercial ventures, so maybe you on behalf of clients have more time, us when we do them we dont want half a mil upwards tied up for a year waiting for some unreasonable **** to have his holiday.

All i can say is you have a great council to work with. Councils in Kent / Essex / Surrey and Sussex have all been hard work, with absolutely no chance of picking and choosing which planner or planning board it goes to.
 
To answer a couple of questions.

PlacidCasual,
Dad has bought me all the house builder bibles and stuff many many years ago :D
He's built a couple himself, including the one I'm living in. I've helped him renovate others.
I've been involved in design, construction and erection of steel framed buildings (mainly commercial) including luxury penthouse glass clad structures in London during a previous employment.
I'm pretty well versed in how things work on the actual construction side, however I do admit to not knowing much about the red tape likely to be involved.:)
The only thing that ever used to concern me were the Health and Safety officers. :D

MrLOL,
The only place I'd ever put up a kit house is abroad and for a holiday home.
I don't consider them to have any long term resilience compared to old fashion, bricks mortar and concrete.

I think the tide is turning on stuffy old school designs being in keeping with the surroundings as long as you stress the word ECO ;) We'll see.
 
When you lot have all finished please post the names of these new wave councils up because i swear to god i havent found them in the areas surrounding London.

Jake Hamilton, planner for Bromley borough, im looking at you as my last nightmare!
 
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