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Hi, @BozzaThat's impressive investigation! We want to use ICfs, and do as much as possible ourselves, so we thought simplifying the shape would make it easier and cheaper. It also greatly simplifies the roof shape, which in turn gives more room for solar PV. We also think the simple rectangle, without plastic cladding, better matches the neighbours. The other specific change we made was to make the staircase a single straight flight, so upstairs should always be accessible. I do take your point about a downstairs shower though. We'll have a think! @ProDave That's the main selling feature of the plot. Really useful! Very much our barn, and I look forward to filling it! We own all the (very long) plot, but the planners refuse to increase the red area. which makes the garden a bit small, but have to compromise on plots really. Access is only shared with the electric company who have a wayleaf to maintain a small transformer on a pole. Splay has been approved for the existing plans, so not a problem. I assume the length is because the access is on a private lane with very little traffic. Thanks for the responses,

Hi, @BozzaThat's impressive investigation! We want to use ICfs, and do as much as possible ourselves, so we thought simplifying the shape would make it easier and cheaper. It also greatly simplifies the roof shape, which in turn gives more room for solar PV. We also think the simple rectangle, without plastic cladding, better matches the neighbours. The other specific change we made was to make the staircase a single straight flight, so upstairs should always be accessible. I do take your point about a downstairs shower though. We'll have a think! @ProDave That's the main selling feature of the plot. Really useful! Very much our barn, and I look forward to filling it! We own all the (very long) plot, but the planners refuse to increase the red area. which makes the garden a bit small, but have to compromise on plots really. Access is only shared with the electric company who have a wayleaf to maintain a small transformer on a pole. Splay has been approved for the existing plans, so not a problem. I assume the length is because the access is on a private lane with very little traffic. Thanks for the responses,

Ours is the empty bit in the middle of the photo. @Adsibob Sorry, my plan's not very clear, I just quickly added some rectangles into the kitchen mainly to see if there was room for an island. We're actually thinking of (about) 6 high units along the utility side of the kitchen, and then worktop along the window and TV walls. @Bozza Not much in the way of views I'm afraid, even when we deal with the front hedge. Haven't got any photos from in the plot, but I've attached an aerial view. The current permission is for about 180m, which seems a good sort of size, so we're keeping our changed application to that Just the two of us, and we've been retired since we built our current house in France about 15 years ago, so not expecting to move again after doing this one! @FuerteStu We've included a terrace on the application, but we didn't want to make the actual building any larger in case it caused problems. We're pretty anxious until we get our application approved. Once this is approved, we thought PD would work for a conservatory outside the lounge / utility and even a "boot room" outside the entrance hall, covering the Kitchen rear outside entrance door. Thanks everyone, suggestions much appreciated GLP-12 Photo - Neighbouring Houses.pdf

That's a good idea about the stairs. Was thinking closed. We've drawn them as 1m wide, so quite a bit of room, although I do like a generous cloakroom! I'll have a look at a section view and see how the headroom works out. Would prefer just one door into the TV room. Thanks

We hadn't thought too much about the other 2 bedrooms. We're intending to use Bedroom 3 as on office, and bed 2 will only be for overnight guests. Our reasoning was to prioritise bedroom 1. Bedroom 3's large enough I think for some cupboards, but agree that two is a bit compact. Thanks for the comments,

Hi, It is a bit uninspired! It's actually going to be part "services", and we thought having it full of storage and a long worktop would be really usefull. We've accumulated a lot of "stuff"! It also keeps the posi span down a bit. But basically we couldn't think of anything better! We're not keen on windows in bathrooms or the utility. Prefer the look of nice bright led lighting. You're right about the TV room, but we couldn't see how we could change that without moving the cloakroom, which didn't seem to fit any other way. There is the back door directly into the kitchen which we would use ourselves, and we don't get many visitors to the front door! Thanks for looking GLP-02 Site Layout.pdf

Hi everyone, These are the plans we're intending to submit soon. As you can see, we think in straight lines! The plot came with "reserved matters", but we thought the design could be improved, so we've produced these. The original was a sort of slim tee, with gables on the roof, so we've lopped off the top of the tee so that we've got a nice, simple, rectangle. Hopefully the planners will approve! The plot faces South, so although it's not ideal we've put the largest windows at the rear facing the garden. The plot's long and very narrow (16m), with a 3m wayleaf along the East side, so this seems the best orientation for the house. I've run the rather brilliant "simplified Method" spreadsheet I found here, and the sizes seem ok for overheating, although they'll need guarding. Any reviews very gratefully accepted................. GLP-05F Plan First Floor.pdf GLP-05G Plan Ground Floor.pdf