News from Shields Buildings

Do I need to apply for Planning Permission?

This is a question we get asked a LOT! In short much will depend on the location of the proposed building within your property. It is often quite hard to get your head around it, but here are the main guidelines.

So what’s new?

The Office –

A super warm building with a low profile roof. With wooden windows and door stained black, the walls have been left natural to give a great contrast which is easy on the eye.

Sheds and Workshops with pent or low profile apex roof –

Robust everyday buildings

Our buildings are used for many different purposes – 

The most usual being workshops, studios, an additional room or home office, but how about a life boat house or an ice cream kiosk?! On a recent visit to Dartmouth, John Shields was delighted to see two of his older buildings still being put to good use, the RNLI Dart Lifeboat Station at Dartmouth and an ice cream kiosk just along the estuary at the National Trust property of Greenway, Agatha Christie’s much loved holiday home which the Trust describe as ‘the loveliest place in the world’.