Contemporary home wins LABC regional award

September 22, 2026

A collaborative residential project we worked on with developer and contractor CBuild Ltd and director Tim McGrath, has just won the LABC West of England Award for Best Individual New Home! Th brief from our client was to design a sustainable, striking family home…

New homes in Green Belt secure planning in Cheltenham

August 27, 2026

The Paddocks is a scheme of three new five-bed homes that have been granted planning approval in Cheltenham. We designed the contemporary homes with cues from the surrounding Cotswold landscape, using Cotswold stone at ground floor level, alongside composite timber cladding and natural slate…

Planning approval for residential extension project in Cleeve Hill

August 25, 2026

Planning has been approved for a residential extension project in the heart of the Cotswolds. The scheme, in Cleeve Hill, includes a new link building connecting a previously converted barn with an existing annexe. The link will bring two parts of the property together,…

Planning permission granted for apartments in Cheltenham

July 29, 2026

We recently received the good news that a submission for six apartments near The Park, Cheltenham, has secured planning for our client MD Construction. The new apartments will replace a four-bed detached home in a conservation area. The site’s urban setting meant when we…

Planning secured for new home in Devon

May 20, 2026

A contemporary new build project we’ve been working on in Devon has passed planning. The striking family home will sit at the top of a hill overlooking Bampton, a small parish town between Exmoor National Park and Exeter. Our clients are keen on outdoor…

Planning approved for barn conversion in Herefordshire countryside

April 27, 2026

We’ve recently secured planning permission for a barn conversion and extension project in the beautiful Herefordshire countryside. Originally, our client wanted to convert an existing agricultural barn into a one-bedroom dwelling of the same footprint, which we designed and prepared planning drawings for. This…

Contemporary farmstead approved in the Cotswold National Landscape

April 20, 2026

The team have secured planning approval for a replacement dwelling on a hillside site within the Cotswold National Landscape, near Cheltenham. The existing farmhouse and outbuildings will be removed and replaced with a new home designed around how the clients want to live, while…

Planning granted for new community hall in Cirencester

March 31, 2026

We’ve recently secured planning permission for a new Scout hut and community hall on the edge of Cirencester, working alongside Cirencester Town Council, Terrace Chartered Building Surveyors & Built Heritage Consultants, and Wildwood Ecology. The project replaces a derelict community building on the site…

Planning secured for extension and renovation project in the Cotswolds

March 9, 2026

The team at coombes everitt have secured planning approval for a new extension and renovation project in the Cotswolds. The approved scheme will see an existing garage demolished and replaced by a comprehensive rear and side extension. The clients really wanted the existing floorplan…

Contemporary extension granted planning approval in AONB

February 16, 2026

The team at coombes : everitt has secured planning approval for a contemporary single-storey extension* to a cottage in an AONB, within a conservation area and identified locally as a building of historic importance. On paper, it’s the sort of project many assume will…