Lee Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Hello everyone, My situation is this: I own (with my wife) part of an old farmyard of just over an acre, in the Cotswolds AONB, about 4 miles from Cirencester. We bought it just over 3 years ago. The plot consists of our brick house which was built in 2000, as a replacement for a large wooden shed; 4 stone built cottages that were converted from agricultural buildings to holiday lets, about 20 years ago; and a metal dutch barn. The stone cottages are now let to long term tenants. The barn is on a section of land of about 1/3 acre, looking south-west over fields. It is about 400 sq m and built of iron girders and rusting corrugated iron. I would like to knock it down and build a more or less traditional Cotswold house with various outbuildings to provide privacy for me and the neighbours. Funding will come from selling my house, which may need a bit of work done to it first. Working full-time, I doubt I will want to do much of the work myself. I have spoken to Flemming, Durisol and this ICF company, http://www.passivebuildingstructures.com, who are building a house a few miles away in Ampney St Mary. I met them all at the Swindon Self Build Centre. I plan to contact MBC too. I like the idea of a passive house, but it's not as important to me as getting the design right. The first serious step is starting a planning application at the Cotswold District Council (CDC). Their pre-application planning costs £500+vat but I don't know if this is useful. My feeling is that I'm best to contact a local architect to ease the process. I also found this company, www.plan-a-planning.co.uk that could be be useful? Any suggestions gratefully received. Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Hi and welcome . Beautiful place, Cirencester. Take a seat, and the answers will follow . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Greetings. I'm now going to look up where the Cotswolds are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell griffiths Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Hi, we to are near Cirencester, we have a plot in the water park that we are attempting to get consent for a replacement dwelling. We have used PLAN A before, and they managed to get us a certificate of lawfulness for a timber cabin we have on site, we are now using them for our full application, which is turning into a monumental battle. But this is on a piece of land we were told we would never get consent to build on, so we do seem to be progressing. Did you like what you saw in Ampney St Mary ? I met the guys at screwfix and they told me to pop in but so far have not had chance. Russ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oz07 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Maybe planning consultant rather than architect in first instance. Should be able to get free consultation with a few and look at strategies from there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 1 hour ago, Russell griffiths said: Did you like what you saw in Ampney St Mary ? It will be a large house on about a 1/2 acre plot. Nice quiet location. The ground floor will have cotswold stone cladding (with no mortar) and the 1st floor will be larch. The roof will be a mixture of wood and metal so it will not be a traditional style house. There are pictures of it, half completed, on the website - at the bottom of the page: http://www.passivebuildingstructures.com/index.php/how-we-build-passive-structures/insulated-concrete-forms-for-walls The owner is the brother of the person who owns the building company. He is very pleasant and was happy to show me around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 Thanks for the Plan A recommendations. I was also looking at this architect, http://www.cotswoldarchitects.com, who will give a free site visit and quote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeSharp01 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 21 hours ago, Lee said: I like the idea of a passive house, but it's not as important to me as getting the design right. Welcome to THE forum. With a good architect achieving a passive house with great design should not be a problem and all the technologies - EG: MBC + Stone cladding are available and well tried. @TerryE's new house demonstrates this admirably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 On 31/12/2017 at 13:31, Onoff said: Greetings. I'm now going to look up where the Cotswolds are! That ispart of the genius. No one quite knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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