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Your architect and the planning application process
Typically, navigating the planning application and consent process can be one of the most daunting aspects of redeveloping your property. For most people, the planning process is something they haven’t experienced before and are unlikely to go through again. This is an area where someone who has experienced the process many times can help you [...]
The Future of the High Street – Why Mary Portas misses the mark
We read Mary Portas report on The Future of the High Street with great interest last week. Whilst it was good to see the issue get some coverage in the national media, we have some grave reservations about the direction and conclusions of her report. Perhaps, the worst thing was that, having read the report, we are utterly uninspired by the recommendations.
How to brief an architect
Writing an initial brief can be beneficial to the progress of your project for a number of reasons β for both you and any third-parties you engage in the process. Your architect can assist with the brief People often as us how to brief an architect. Most architects are happy to collaborate on the brief [...]
How to design house plans: why an architect can help
When you’re thinking about how to design house plans, engaging an architect can prove invaluable whether you’re adding an extension, fundamentally redesigning your home or making alterations to a house you want to purchase.
CAD technician required at Anthony Rickett Architects
Anthony Rickett Architects urgently requires a CAD technician, primarily to work on retail fit out schemes. You must have excellent AutoCAD skills and be able to work accurately and autonomously to demanding deadlines. Interested? Send your CV to dan@rickett.co.uk or call 01327 361268 for more details.
Daily Telegraph scary planning story doesn’t add up
House prices ‘will be cut by planning rulesβ leads the front page article in todayβs Daily Telegraph. Apparently the Planning Officers Society has declared that the potential for land being released for development under the draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) will blight the values of existing properties. Why would this effect be any greater [...]
Telegraph ‘flood risk to homes’ story is all washed up
This morning’s Daily Telegraph front page, under the banner of its campaign βHands off our Landβ, reports that the Draft National Planning Policy will promote the unchecked development of housing on floodplains. For heavenβs sake. Even in its most vague and woolly form, the presumption in favour of sustainable development would hardly promote the development [...]
Dan Rickett at Grand Designs Live
Dan Rickett will be attending the Birmingham NEC Grand Designs Live show on Saturday morning, 8th October. He’ll be on the RIBA professional advice stand. If you want to quiz a top architect about any aspect of building, renovation or development, this is your chance. The show runs from 7-9 October. You can find out [...]
National Planning Policy Framework: it won’t work
We should welcome the reduction in the number of National Planning Policy Framework documents. However, the wider inclusion of people and communities will become a barrier to progress unless accompanied by strictly enforced guidelines. The planning system cannot deliver homes, business and industrial units etc. The private sector will do that – if the planning [...]
25% decline in planning consents for housing
The number of residential planning permissions granted in England in the three months to June fell by a quarter to just over 25,000, says property consultant UKPA. The debate rumbles on concerning the role of the planning system in the failure to deliver consents. Without defending a chaotic and overcomplicated system in transition, the UKPA [...]
