Omi

Hello everyone, We're looking to build in the Scottish Borders and submitted planning for the following design: The planning officer has come with a comment that it's too "suburban" and the that the gable on the front elevation is too wide and overbearing -- without giving any exact reasons why. There has not been any comments/objections from the neighbours and these are some of the houses in a nearby village (5 minutes drive from the proposed site): We've pointed these out to the planning officer on an off-the-record phone call but he does not seem to be relenting. Given the lack of any objections from the neighbours or specific reasons from the planner, this really seems like the objection is purely on the basis of the design not agreeing with the officer's personal taste. We're now waiting on a formal response from the planning office but wondered if the community here had any views/advice/comments? Many thanks in advance.

Hello everyone, I'm @Sarah A's partner and will be working on this fun little project together. Lot's of very useful information and advice here. We've also had the pleasure of meeting @Redoctober and his partner a couple of weekends ago and visiting their exemplary home in the Borders -- incidentally not too far from where we're looking to build. Looking forward to engaging with the wider buildhub community throughout this process and making our own contributions where we can. -Omi