A shock today

Just as we were approaching the long awaited result of our planning permission we have had a strange request, the planning dept have asked for detailed external drawings of the existing property.

Why? We do not have a clue, our architect Roy has never been asked before in these circumstances and has been explaining to the council that we really do not want to go to the expense of a full set of drawings for a building that we will hopefully be knocking down.

Roy has asked if we can supply photos of the existing house and a sketch with all the dimensions instead of the full drawing, we await their answer.

Reading between the lines, I wonder if the planners or the Parish Council have an issue with the roof on the new house. It is very high, in fact it is huge and very dramatic but it is the style for the type of house we have dreamed of so really hope they do not ask for any revisions as I believe it would ruin the look.

We can only wait and see, in the meantime we hope to hear tomorrow whether or not they will accept the photos.

Perhaps they will shed some light on the reasons for the request, or maybe not!