A very belated Happy New Year!
- By Simon Hoyle
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- 16 Feb, 2019
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...so much to catch up on...
Kisharon SEND School
Construction of the Kisharon Special Education Needs and Disability School in North London is progressing well. The basement is now complete and the super structure is quickly taking shape! We have been working very closely with the Client reviewing internal therapy provisions and ensuring that at the point of opening the services offered to pupils will be at the forefront of the sector - including a sensory hydro-therapy pool and immersive room amongst others!
Smarden Community Store and Post Office
A planning application has been submitted and we eagerly await the decision which will enable this project to progress to site. Fund raising progress has been exceptional with £70,000 pledged in just 3 months. Further public events are programmed over the coming months to keep people up to date and give them a taste of what the new venture will offer. For further information visit - www.SmardenCommunityStore.co.uk or their facebook page https://www.facebook.com/SmardenProposedPOandCommunityShop
Planning Granted In Maidstone & Biddenden!
We had planning permission granted for a two storey rear extension in the Maidstone area. The extension will provide much needed living space for our Client and their young family as well a two extra double bedrooms. We are now developing the detail design for building control submissions and tendering.
Whilst in Biddenden permission for a single storey rear extension and porch was also granted permission providing an extensive kitchen and dining area for our Client overlooking their extensive garden.
New Projects
Several new projects are well under way - watch this space for updates!
If you have your own project that you'd like to discuss contact me... Simon@iS-Architects.co.uk
Watch this space for progress photos.
We took on a very small
project in January for an expectant couple. Their brief was to provide a snug, with
space for a sofa bed so visiting grandparents could stay, a wet-room and ‘baby stuff’ storage
space as part of only a 6sqm extension. The challenging part was that this
would be on the principal elevation of an elevated plot where the planners have concerns about prominence, mass and scale.
We won consent for a small entrance extension which provides a wet-room and storage space either side of the new front door. Remodelling a small downstairs bathroom and storage cupboard provide the required snug.
The project has taken 15 weeks from the initial meeting to planning consent including (an extended) 13 week statutory period with the local planning authority.
Four Houses is historically four sandstone cottages which have been amalgamated to form one property. The extension comprising two blocks of similar form provide two functions – the garage block with a rainscreen of thin strip timber over a rubber waterproof membrane runs parallel with the main A-road providing an acoustic screen to road noise shielding the newly formed courtyard gardens. The living block which has a zinc wrap, divides the garden adding private courtyards to the existing open and exposed spaces. Large extents of glazing on the East and West façade allow the courtyards to merge through the house extending the living & entertainment space further.
The ground floor provides a generous double height vaulted kitchen, dining and entertainment space with supporting utility and gardener’s room. From a first-floor gallery access to a guest bedroom with ensuite and the master bedroom with dressing room and ensuite is gained, views from the master bedroom extend across the open countryside.
Together the three similar forms of sandstone, metal and
timber provide modern & practical living spaces reconnecting with the
landscape in which they sit.
Fingers crossed for planning permission in two weeks...
