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Small jobs count too!

May 21st, 2021

Working with Blandford Town Council and the Conservation Officer, we were pleased to have completed the project at the Town Hall Corn Exchange Building to replace a tired, broken and damaged roof lantern, with a new bespoke, double glazed Heritage Style roof light. Even small projects still need time and effort to get them over the line and complete to plan, time and budget. Its all in the detail.

AFTER PICTURES

           

 

BEFORE PICTURES

   

Planning Approval for 5 Houses

March 21st, 2021

Delighted to have obtained planning permission for 5 new detached luxury houses, on land in Ashley Heath. Working closely with Pure Town Planning consultants, this application has run for over a year, with the pandemic creating big issues with the LPA’s ability to deal with applications. But perseverance and dedication by all the team, led to the approval being issued on Friday. great end to a great week.

New Housing in Pimperne

February 26th, 2021

Planning Permission was granted earlier this year for 7 new build houses on the site of the former Post Office and neighbouring bungalow, in Pimperne, North Dorset. Simple designs, with attractive brick detailing, in a beautiful village environment. The client may be looking to sell the site on with the permission, so if anyone is interested please contact us through the website.

New Flats in Parkstone

February 26th, 2021

New development for a total of 18 flats was this week granted Outline Planning Permission, on the site of three houses in Parkstone, Poole. We worked with Pure Town Planning, and with them submitted two separate applications, thus avoiding the affordable housing threshold.

Planning Approval at Poole Quay

February 26th, 2021

Delighted to have obtained planning permission this week for a development of office space and 8no: 1 bed flats on the site of a former Public House at Poole Quay. We worked with our colleagues at Pure Town Planning, and despite a lengthy application period, perseverance and communication/negotiation with the planning officers allowed them to reach a delegated officer decision for approval.

Shore Road Project Completion

July 28th, 2020

Well 2020 hasn’t really gone the way anyone envisaged, but despite the problems that lockdown created for us all, we are very pleased that in conjunction with BCP Council and Stepnell Construction, we were able to get the Shore Road project completed at the beginning of June. Exciting new, fresh beach huts and community facilities for all to enjoy! Lets hope the summer is a long hot one!

Seafront Projects in Poole

November 27th, 2019

Works at Shore Road in Sandbanks are on going. This project involves new beach huts, beach office, changing facilities, beach kiosk and other facilities and improvements. Weather is causing disruption to the programme, but completion is due by Feb 2020.

New Offices!

October 29th, 2015

Simon has moved the business into an office space in the centre of Blandford Forum. The stresses and strains of the move are now distant memories and Simon now looks forward to building on the success of the last 4 years since MDS Ltd started trading. Feel free to pop in for a coffee and a chat, see the schemes Simon is working on currently, and discuss how we may be able to help you move your own development proposals forward into reality.

Change of Address

September 8th, 2014

We have moved premises and our new postal address details are shown on the contact page. All other methods of contacting us remain as they were!

Size does matter!

August 21st, 2013

There is news in the press today about the size of new homes being built. This is a consultation document and the link to the website can be found here.
http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/8652170.article#

Makes interesting reading!