by David Padmore | Mar 20, 2016 | News
Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) Order 2016 (SI 2016 No. 332), which comes into force on 6 April. LAUNDERETTES TO RESIDENTIAL USE The wording of Class M has been amended to include launderettes among the types of building...
by David Padmore | Jan 9, 2016 | News
Home Design Studios were tasked with producing designs for the refurbishment and extension of a somewhat dilapidated and untidy three-bedroom semi-detached property in Girdlestone Road, Headington, Oxford, for use a House of Multiple Occupation (HMO). The remit was...
by David Padmore | Aug 21, 2015 | News
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015) came into force in Great Britain on 6 April 2015. They set out what people involved in construction work need to do to protect themselves from harm and anyone the work affects. Whatever your role in...
by David Padmore | Aug 20, 2015 | News
PLANNING restrictions on home extensions are to be relaxed for another five years under Tory plans to help families stuck on the housing ladder to improve not move. Rocketing house prices have led to a rise in the number of extensions being built because owners cannot...
by David Padmore | Aug 19, 2015 | News
. . .your responsibilities and liability? Did you know that you as a new owner of a listed building inherit full responsibility and are wholly liable for any work done by any previous owners that has not been carried out with the correct listed building consent, and...