'We had a battle with the planners to gain approval' - one couple's journey to build a barn-style self-build
Briefly

"Forty years ago, I bought nine acres of land and some run-down farm buildings purely as somewhere to keep my daughter's horse. Back then there was absolutely no chance of building in the open countryside, but years later the planning rules changed..."
"The planners set restrictions on both the height and size of the overall footprint, which they said should be smaller than the commercial buildings it replaced. We chose to work with the same architectural technologist who had designed our conversion, and he came up with a U-shaped courtyard plan for the new house."
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