We have had a busy start to 2013 and there have been new appointments every week since January!

Below are some of the projects we will be working on this year:

• New house designed and applied for in Kingham Oxfordshire
• Appointed to design of new industrial units in Oxfordshire 
• Appointed to design extension to very large storage building in Warwickshire 
• St Pauls in Tiverton is well underway with the design for the new service spaces in the church
• Planning permission imminent for church rooms in Tiverton
• Construction details underway for four very special houses in Tiverton
• Planning appeal has been submitted for 5 houses in Tiverton
• New house in Cricklade awaiting permission from North Wiltshire District Council
• New house under construction in Charlbury
• Blockley shop detailed and ready to go to tender
• Permission has just been granted for the new Waste Sorting Building for Budget Skips in Honeybourne
• New house submitted to Mid Devon District Council for a property in Silverton
• New stone barn under construction in Oxfordshire
• Permission granted for house extension near Sampford Peverell
• Three new houses submitted to Mid Devon District Council in Bradninch
• Two houses in Moreton in Marsh nearing completion

LABC (Building Excellence Awards)

Randell Burton win LABC award

A Listed Cottage

This building was shortlisted for two awards: Best Domestic Extension and Best Technical Development.

The cottage is a very small Grade II Listed Thatched cottage close to a main road with extensive landscaped gardens leading down to the river.

The cottage is outside the flood plain but unfortunately the available garden area was within Flood Zone 3 so conventional extensions would prove problematical.

The brief was to increase the useful floor area of the property to take full advantage of the garden and river while also removing the principle accommodation away from the very busy main road, there have been a number of instances of speeding cars coming to rest within the existing cottage.

The scheme was developed through consultation with the Planning and Conservation team of the Local Authority LABC Awards.

The design developed from the simple principle of turning the disadvantage of the steeply sloping site with in a flood plain in to an advantage that allowed the accommodation to remain above the flood zone and have the full benefit of the garden and the River.

A simple framing system was developed to support the floor plain on a single foundation that did not disturbed the cottage foundations and supported the mono pitched roof over the timber clad walls and large glazed areas affording the extensive views.

2011 new web site launch!

The new website has been created to reflect our designs and illustrate the projects we have completed over the last few years.

We hope you enjoy it - we welcome any feedback.

Retirement of David Randell

David has now retired after 5 years of planning to ensure his golf improves.

Combined Offices

Leslie Burton Ltd. and Randell Burton Ltd. combine there offices in the Cotswolds and Devon