How we work
Plan
From first conversation to approved permit.
Every project starts with a conversation about what you want, what the site allows and what it will cost. From there we take you through survey, concept, detailed design and the planning process — and we don't hand over until the permit is in your hands.
We meet on site, listen to what you want the property to do for you, and take stock of what's there — access, light, structure, neighbours, constraints. If there's no accurate survey, we do one with 3D scanning so every drawing that follows is right.
Before anyone falls in love with a design, we check it against the Local Plan, the Development Control Design Guidance, height limitations and any scheduling or conservation constraints. You get a clear answer on what is achievable, what carries risk, and roughly what it will cost.
Two or three ways of solving the brief, drawn up so you can compare them — layouts, volumes, how the spaces connect and where the light falls. We refine the one that works until you're happy with it.
The concept becomes a full set of drawings: plans, sections, elevations, and the structural scheme prepared with our structural engineer. Interior layouts, lighting and services are coordinated at this stage so nothing is left to be resolved on site.
We prepare and submit the application to the Planning Authority and manage it through to a decision — responding to the case officer, handling neighbours' representations, revising where needed, and attending the Board if it comes to that.
With the permit granted we deal with its conditions, prepare the BCA documentation — method statements, condition reports of neighbouring properties, commencement notice — and get the project ready to build.