Plenty of those down our lane @pansyface . That's why we couldn't understand their reasoning. Your estimate sounds a bit over the top though. From memory, ours was about £25K a few years ago - 20ft long x 12ft wide, including a wide electric up and over door, water and electrics.
Ironically , the most beautiful " historic streets" and villages are beautiful because they're not all the same ( apart from streets like the Royal Cresent in BAth ), not all " traditional" not "in keeping" . Imagine trying to get Chatsworth, Wentworth Woodworth, Woburn Abbey,Blenheim Palace etc etc etc passed the petty,small minded, nimbyists in planning now, even if you did have the land and money to build them. None of those were "in keeping" and I'm sure most were considered ugly and vulgar by many of those living nearby when they were built. Virtually everyone loves Georgian architecture, but when they were built, they were neither " in keeping , nor "traditional" they were modern. I deliver to houses which are over 600 years old and built with neither planning consent , nor building regulations and they're still standing and still beautiful. We produce some of the best architects in the world in this country and yet some of their finest work is built overseas.
I doubt if many of the planners have got any idea about history @Hostafan1 That's exactly the problem I remember someone, many years ago, who's husband was an architect, telling me about the trouble he had with a council pen pusher when trying to build something quite simple. They were objecting to his use of slate. Yeh - 'cos no buildings around here have slate anywhere... Says it all really.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I doubt if many of the planners have got any idea about history @Hostafan1 That's exactly the problem I remember someone, many years ago, who's husband was an architect, telling me about the trouble he had with a council pen pusher when trying to build something quite simple. They were objecting to his use of slate. Yeh - 'cos no buildings around here have slate anywhere... Says it all really.
Any very few have any concept of architecture. Interfering , low knowledge busy bodies most of them .
Husband submitted plans to add "upstairs" to a bungalow ( the only one on the road ) Our architect had 4 , pitched roofed dormer windows, evenly spaced, tied neatly into the original roof. The oik in the planning office looked at the exterior elevation drawing and glibly said " I think there are too many dormers: make one a velux " . He didn't even look at the floor layout to see how a velux would impact on the house. The back of the house was overlooked by nobody. Nobody had objected to the planning application. He demanded a change just because he could.
We had a similar situation when we extended the house I lived in nearby. They insisted we drop the roofline by a foot, so that it didn't appear out of line with other properties. Total billhooks. Fortunately, hubby was able to do the alterations on the drawings himself, so it cost us nothing.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The house next door to us was originally made to look like a bungalow because ours was, even though the house their other side was higher. The four bedrooms had to be downstairs in a semi basement setting as it was built into a slope. Our neighbours moved 2 years ago and the new people submitted plans to entirely dig away the slope in front of the house to make it look like a conventional two storey house. The plans were passed, with enlarged windows, as was a glass 2 storey atrium and a slate roof (unheard of in this area). Although very stunning, it is totally unlike any other house on this very long lane which backs onto farmland. I guess the planners and the guidance have changed!
I suppose that unless planning and guidance changes, places would never change ... some folk would probably like that, and some wouldn’t. It’s that thing about not being able to please all the people all the time 🙄
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Imagine trying to get Chatsworth, Wentworth Woodworth, Woburn Abbey,Blenheim Palace etc etc etc passed the petty,small minded, nimbyists in planning now, even if you did have the land and money to build them.
None of those were "in keeping" and I'm sure most were considered ugly and vulgar by many of those living nearby when they were built.
Virtually everyone loves Georgian architecture, but when they were built, they were neither " in keeping , nor "traditional" they were modern.
I deliver to houses which are over 600 years old and built with neither planning consent , nor building regulations and they're still standing and still beautiful.
We produce some of the best architects in the world in this country and yet some of their finest work is built overseas.
That's exactly the problem
I remember someone, many years ago, who's husband was an architect, telling me about the trouble he had with a council pen pusher when trying to build something quite simple. They were objecting to his use of slate. Yeh - 'cos no buildings around here have slate anywhere...
Says it all really.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Interfering , low knowledge busy bodies most of them .
Husband submitted plans to add "upstairs" to a bungalow ( the only one on the road ) Our architect had 4 , pitched roofed dormer windows, evenly spaced, tied neatly into the original roof. The oik in the planning office looked at the exterior elevation drawing and glibly said " I think there are too many dormers: make one a velux " . He didn't even look at the floor layout to see how a velux would impact on the house.
The back of the house was overlooked by nobody. Nobody had objected to the planning application. He demanded a change just because he could.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.