It’s been a long wait and indeed it’s come right down to the allowable council deadline, but we’ve been given the go ahead. Planning has been approved! Celebrations all round. It’s conditional upon us getting the building materials (bricks / tiles / render / windows) approved, but fundamentally we can move on to the next stage – building regulations. Doubtless more obscene sums of money to be shelled out but it’s all begin to feel a bit more real at last!