C&S Architects

08/05/2021

So good to see our three eco houses with their scaffolding off and nearing completion. Highly insulated with air source heat pumps for heating and hot water, a green roof and SUDS drainage system mean they have an 'A' energy rating and a very low carbon footprint. Built on a very challenging brownfield site in Edinburgh following a hard fought Planning Consent. If you have a plan we can help make it a reality!

01/06/2020

C&S Architects are delighted to confirm that retrospective Planning Consent has been approved for Hippy Chicks Scotland Limited to continue their poultry breeding business in Howwood. Following conflicting advice from the planning department at the outset of the business planning consent was hard fought but was vital to the future of the business. We wish Hippy Chicks Scotland Limited all the best for the future. Many thanks also to Innovent Scotland Limited for their vital input. If you have a difficult Planning problem and you think we can help why not give C&S Architects a call and we will do our professional best to assist you.

30/03/2020

At C&S Architects we set up home and remote working nine years ago never anticipating that those actions would prove to be useful in the case of a worldwide pandemic. As a result however C&S Architects can continue to operate within the government restrictions to offer a professional service to both current and future clients. If the current requirement to work from home has caused you to rethink your work ethos and if you are considering making a permanent change to work from home now is a good time to consider how best to achieve that goal. Whether it is a garage or loft conversion, reconfiguration or extension of your home or a garden office C&S Architects can help you make it a reality. We can advise if Planning Consent or a Building Warrant is required and have those in necessary permissions in place to allow the works to progress when the current restrictions are lifted. Contact us if your are interested and we will arrange a telephone or video conference to discuss.

24/01/2020

C&S Architects are delighted to be assisting Hippy Chicks Poultry Limited in regularising the planning status of their business. Despite advice given by the local authority to the contrary when the owners contacted planning prior to starting their business the use of their land for housing and rearing poultry is not "permitted development" and after ten years in business they are required to regularise the use by obtaining Planning Consent. The law requiring this application could in fact apply to anyone with a few chickens ( or indeed rabbits or pigs ) in their back garden so it does seem harsh that this small scale, hobby business which has been quietly and caringly carrying out its business of rearing and protecting rare breed hens for so long now requires to apply for consent. Breeds such as the Old Sussex were once the mainstay of farmyards across the country but have been marginalised by the now common brown hen which was genetically modified ( by big business ) to lay an egg a day and the Auracana which lays beautiful blue shelled eggs are now endangered and preserving the purity of their blood lines has never been more important. If you would like to help protect these species by supporting Hippy Chicks Poultry please go to Renfrewshire Council Planning Department website and support this application by clicking on this link :

http://pl.renfrewshire.gov.uk/online-applications/simpleSearchResults.do;jsessionid=12E89F0F1232EAFADF9C6677361EC9B9?action=firstPage

Many thanks for your help.

General information on the planning service, including how to contact your local planning office and location details.

05/06/2019

Thornbrae Dog Grooming Studio is now open for business and C&S Architects wish Jim and Ronnie all the best in their new venture. Why don't you come along to their Open Day on Saturday 8th June at 1.00am to see their beautiful new work place and perhaps book your dog in for their next trim!

01/05/2019

An important event for everyone so why not register to attend? Your planet needs you.

15-16 May 2019 | SEC Glasgow

25/04/2019

On the same day that David Chipperfield Architects won Planning Consent for the first new concert hall to be built in Edinburgh for over 100 years Edinburgh City Council also approved C & S Architects proposals for three mews style Eco Homes in Thorntree Street. Clients appointed C & S Architects to design a very low energy solution for the site that would attract the support of the planners where previous designs had been refused. If you have a difficult site or are looking to develop a low energy project why not contact us?

19/04/2019

C & S Architects are delighted to see works start on Thornbrae Dog Grooming Studio in Howwood. The Studio will be open for business next month so watch out for further updates. C & S Architects have guided Thornbrae Dog Grooming through the Planning and Building Warrant process and look forward to delivering a unique environment for home working as well as an asset to the dog loving people of Howwood village. If you are looking to realise the potential of your property for commercial or domestic purposes why not give us a call.

04/04/2019

Just finishing a small church extension in Dumbarton. Let us know if you are considering any form of Building work and we will guide you through the design to completion and handover.

18/11/2018

The V & A Design Museum in Dundee is well worth a visit. Stunning outside and in!

Contact us if you are planing a design project.

26/09/2018

Well worth a visit to the beautifully refurbished Willow Tea Rooms on Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow. One of the first opportunities Charles Rennie Macintosh had to design furnishings, interiors and exteriors.

Let us know if you are thinking of a refurbishment project!