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Julian Malin – Bungalow Extension and Windmill Installation – Stoke Golding, Leicestershire
Julian and Lynn wanted us to design a side extension for their bungalow. We designed a large area split into a small washroom and a much larger living area that the family can use as recreational area. The designs met this brief and also provided a lovely visual connection to the countryside surrounding the property.…
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Rupert Robinson – Listed Building Consent, Planning Application for Maintenance Works and New Driveway – Axminster, Devon
Rupert Robinson needed listed building consent for his Georgian semi-detached townhouse for maintenance works to the roof, windows and existing rendering. Planning permission was approved to replace the existing single glazed sash timber window frames with double glazed hardwood sashed frames, to improve the energy efficiency of the building. Listed building consent and planning permission…
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Andrew Horton – Rear Single Storey Extension – Carlton, Nottinghamshire
Andrew asked us about creating a single storey rear extension on his house, he was looking for a design that provided extra space for a dining room and a reconfiguration of the small galley kitchen to provide more space. The space available at the rear of the property was severely limited and had a garden…
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Shailesh Naik – Porch Extension and Refurbishment – Wigston, Leicestershire
Shailesh came to us asking about creating more space in and modernising his home. The design we drew up included an extended porch, a reorganisation of rooms, including knocking down a wall to create a large lounge/kitchen at the back of the house and sliding doors on the back of the house for garden access.
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K. G. – Planning Permission for Solar Panels – Banbury, Oxfordshire
K.G. tasked The Design Social with the simple job of getting planning permission for some solar panels to be placed on his roof. Permission has been granted.
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Mick Ramsey – single story extension – Stourbridge, West Midlands
Mick Ramsey asked us to help with the design and planning application of a single-storey extension to his home to create a larger kitchen and dining area for his family. We used specific designs to capture the characteristics of his home, including bi fold doors which capitalise on the beautiful garden view. The ground levels…
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Jo Milne – Retrospective Planning Application – Wallasey, Merseyside
Jo asked us to help out with a retrospective planning application for a garage that had been built over 10 years ago. Jo was wanting to sell the property so needed a quick turn around on getting planning approval. With the help of Wirral council approval was granted within 1 month, freeing up the property…
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Luke Morris – Planning Application for rear extension – Glenfield, Leicester
Luke Morris approached us to design and get planning approval for a large rear extension. This was a creatively challenging project, one reason being that the extension stretched along a large portion of the rear of the property, combining a snug area, utility room, kitchen and dining area into a larger area. This area was…
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Optical People – Interior Design of new opticians – Hinckley, Leicestershire
Ravi Saigal approached us with an ambitious project to transform a massive empty retail unit into two units, a large opticians with several sections for maximum efficiency and a secondary unit that will soon be leased out. We agreed to help with the drawing up of this project and despite some challenges met along the…
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Declan Nicholas – Planning Application for rear extension – Nuneaton, Warwickshire
Declan Nicholas approached us to help design a rear extension that would combine his kitchen and dining area into a larger living space for the family. This extension also had to provide a partial first floor extension to provide a new third bedroom. The site had unique constraints for this project as the extension’s potential…
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Chris Marley – Planning Application for rear extension – Hinckley, Leicestershire
Chris Marley approached us to help design a rear extension that would combine his kitchen and dining area into a larger living space for the family. We also had unique constraints for this project as the extension’s potential size was restricted due to respect for the neighbours privacy. Despite this, The Design Social worked hard…
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Leawood Trails – Rural Business Planning Application – Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Liz Burman has worked with us in the past, and as such approached us with a new project relating to her dog day care business. She owns a field used for training and exercise of the dogs they look after, and so wanted planning approval for an insulated timber cabin, usable for housing and training…
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Josef Keeling – Rear & Side Extension Planning Application – Honeybourne, Worcestershire
Josef Keeling and Peter Morris wanted a new extension to the rear of their property after experiencing many common problems with their existing conservatory, such as heating and lighting issues during the summer and winter months. As such, they approached us to help redesign and expand it to allow a larger kitchen area, as well…
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Lavina Trehan – Planning app for stair installation – Northampton
Lavina contacted us through Checkatrade to get help with providing a drawing for planning and building control, which detailed how a lightwell for a basement conversion could be constructed. We liaised with Lavina’s structural engineer to coordinate the architectural appearance with the structural requirements for building regs. We provided these drawings and the project is…
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Marie Fox – expansion and extension of annexe building – Peatling Magna, Leicestershire
Marie Fox owns an annexe building connected to her existing property, that due to time and the materials of the building, had fallen into disrepair due to damp seeping into it. Because of this, she approached us to help redesign, expand and extend it into a comfortable and usable building once again. We suggested several…
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Andy Manning – Extension of kitchen area – Wolvey, Leicestershire
Andy Manning had wanted to build an extension to his kitchen area for a while to allow greater living space to his home, and approached us to get planning approval for it. This was actually quite a technically challenging project, partly as the extension needed to be built off the back of the house, in…
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Adam Withers – Planning Application for front and side extension – Earl Shilton
Adam Withers has been running a hairdressing salon from his home for many years, and needed an extension on the property to allow for a more professional space. He approached us to draw up an extended and more spacious salon area to allow space for more customers, as well as a two storey front extension…
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Martin Mynett – Planning Application for rear extension – Groby, Leicestershire
Martin Mynett approached us to help design a small 3m x 4m permitted extension onto the rear of his property to provide more living space for his family. We also applied for a Certificate of Lawful Development so that the property could potentially be sold later on. In order to do this, we liaised with…
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Andy Bromwich – Rear extension planning app – Barwell, Leicestershire
Andy Bromwich approached The Design Social, looking for an imaginative solution to convert a quirky one up, one down dormer bungalow into a 3 bedroom family home with an open plan lounge and kitchen extension In spite of the space constraints on site, we delivered a proposal that fulfilled the brief to the clients satisfaction
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Brett Naylor – Old barn conversion to hobby farm – Wigston Parva, Blaby
Brett & Aimee Naylor got in touch to ask for help in getting a unique development idea through to planning approval. The property is on the edge of a heritage conservation area and consisted of a derelict barn from the 50’s and an overgrown and unloved half an acre of scrubland. The Naylors wanted to…
