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CATALOGUE CABINS
PLANNING & DESIGN
THE PROCESS
Generally the first step is to seek planning advice. Planning consultants in the locality of your site are generally the best equipped to help, they will have the best grasp of the local development plan and have a good idea of the local council’s interpretation of planning policy.
Alongside getting advice on what you are allowed, you need to determine what you want. This is where we can help... some customers have already sketched floor plans and picked out the kitchen. Others need more guidance, either way we are there to offer advice in both design and specification to achieve the outcome that best suits your needs. We will arrange a meeting with you, either in our yard in Shropshire so that you can see the team at work and drink tea in our handcrafted log office, or on your site so that we can look at the specifics of your project. In this initial meeting we will come up with a design brief to produce your initial draft plans. Once you have your draft plans we will go back and forth until you are completely happy with the design.
If permission is already in place or your cabin qualifies as a permitted development then at this point we can draw up a contract, take your order and begin construction.
If you require planning, your drawings will need to be submitted to the council for approval, once permission is granted, we can then proceed with the project.
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