<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/392/our-housemar12" rel="attachment wp-att-393"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-393" title="Our-house(mar12)" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Our-housemar12.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="150" /></a>Yippee!!! We received notification today that we have been given planning consent. There are a few conditions but nothing that surprises us. We have to say what the houses will be clad in; give plans of the hard and soft landscaping; write a scheme for archaeological investigation; and construction of the drive which must protect the roots of the trees.

So we can now move ahead with the next stages: purchase the land; select a timber frame company; make sure we comply with the conditions; select a company to start putting in the services and the foundations.