Caves To Castles Ltd

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The planning process
What happens when you contact us for an enquiry about our service:

Lets say you require a single storey extension for a dining room/kitchen area...

First, we will make a free appointment with you at the site (this applies to the North Devon area, further afield we do have to make a call-out fee, which covers the cost of fuel). During this initial appointment, we listen to your thoughts and requirements and look at the feasibility of the project in relationship to the existing build.
We will then send you a letter stating all the relevant procedures that are available to you and also a detailed list of our costs.
If this is acceptable to you, we then come and take all the relevant measurements required to enable us to design and draw up plans for your approval.
Once you have approved your plans and acting as your agent, we can then submit them in the form of the Formal Planning Application, along with all the necessary documents to gain a Council decision. As we always state, Planning is never a foregone conclusion, but as your agent and designer, your project will be put forward to your best advantage.
At this stage we can also produce for you Artistic Impressions of the overall project, in colour, situated on its site with exterior and interior views if required (see Artistic Impression Page).
As the Planning Process proceeds, which normally takes approximately 8 to 10 weeks from the validation of your application, we as your agents, will be able to answer on your behalf any queries or questions that may arise from the Planning and other relevant departments

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Architectural Services
If you are thinking of building an extension, loft or garage conversion or an entirely new build, contact us first! We at Caves To Castles offer a complete Drawing and Design service:

Concept Designs, Full Measurements, Plans and Working Drawings, Create Artistic Impressions, and act as agents to guide you through Planning Applications and Building Regulations, at the appropriate times.

Whether your project is for a Unique or Modern Design, Traditional, Listed or in a Conservation area, or indeed just a Living Extension to your existing home... we can help all the way.

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Welcome to Caves To Castles
There are many myths about Planning, Interior and Exterior Design and consulting with a Designer for the first time may seem a daunting prospect. However, we at Caves To Castles - with nearly 50 years' experience - are here to take all the anxiety out of the process and make it as exciting and rewarding as possible. Our reputation is built on a strong foundation of quality and personal service. We not only create and design but also take on board our clients' thoughts and requirements and with this cooperation develop a totally bespoke scheme.

Today, there are no boundaries to inhibit your wildest dreams and with modern methods and materials, we can advise and design for our clients a scheme which can be modern or follow more traditional lines for not only the building design but also the interior as well. Our proven concepts and innovative approach to design, combined with attention to the smallest detail, is invaluable to our clients, whether their project be Domestic, Commercial or Industrial.

Our hands on pallette not only infuses colour to your design, but also shape and form, texture, materials, lighting and all other elements which will make the project a true work of art.

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With nearly 50 years' of experience we can offer all aspects of design for:

Extensions, Loft and Garage Conversions, New-Builds for Domestic and Commercial purposes, Concept Designs, Plans and Working Drawings, Artistic Impressions, Listed Buildings, Interior and Exterior Design, Applications for Planning Permission and Project management.

For further information please contact our design team on 01271 850507

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Barns to be converted into open market dwellings have to be treated in a slightly different way to normal house extensions and new builds etc. First of all, do they meet the criteria of all the local Planning policies? Also, with any building that has never had a dwelling use, a structural report will need to be instigated and also a wildlife survey and ecology report will also need to be in place. Armed with this information, the design process can then begin and the outcome can be very dynamic.