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Some of you asked me about progress on this at the meet on Tuesday. The current situation is that the council asked us for additional information, relating to the observations made by their conservation officer. There were no objections, and the architects and our planning advisor were delighted because this meant it is just between us and the conservation officer, and everything was open for negotiation. Today there was a meeting between our architects, our advisor and the conservation officer, which apparently went really well. It appears that there won't be any objection by her to some of the important stuff, and therefore we are willing to compromise on some of the less important stuff. Here's a photo of the building, it's really old and apparently they consider it quite important in relation to the look of our little town. We have to keep the shopfront and the general overall appearance. Our front door will be the actual shop door, and the original front door (to the right) will actually become the window in the downstairs bathroom. Our bedroom ensuite, kitchen/living/dining will be upstairs. The photo is taken from the planning application, so that's why there are red lines on it.

Sounds hopeful Osc - hope it goes well for you xx

Oh that does sound hopeful - I am pleased for you Osc - so far so good!

Hopefully it'll be all passed soon Osc, it sounds very promising.
I can't wait to see it all when it's finished, from what you were saying the other day it'll be lovely when it's done. Was anything decided on the window on the side?

JoM wrote:Was anything decided on the window on the side?

Yes apparently the conservation officer won't mind if it is made bigger, just not as big as on our original application. That would be on the gable end wall to the right of the old front door, shame you can't see it, but it has a nice view down to the harbour and out to sea.

The application will be resubmitted with the additional information as requested and the revised plans, and if it is all successful a decision will be made within four weeks of the submission. It'll probably be a few weeks before it is submitted though.

All that sounds good Osc, and a view down to the harbour has to be worthwhile

dont they make everything drawnout and complicatted
still it keeps them in work
hope its sorted soon osc

that sounds really positive Osc, fingers crossed the next application goes through without a hitch and you can get going...

I think that it is a cracking idea for the building to be lived in having outlived its original purpose. So many of them go to rack and ruin once the shop part closes.

Good luck with it Osc, it's nice to know that you are working with a forward-thinking planning officer.

Sounds really positive osc, fingers crossed you get through the next stage without any problems