Made contact and had a site meeting with the man from Potton. Perfectly nice bloke, although pronounced 'photovoltaic' slightly oddly - either that, or I've been saying it oddly and nobody's told me. He's taken away our wish list and promised some rough floor plans, although I was more interested in previous examples of how they've dealt with previous examples of long and narrow sites. I think he thought we were asking him to produce a full set of drawings in order for them to pitch their services.
One slightly worrying aspect was that he was surprised that the Council thought a two-storey on the site could be acceptable. To be fair, I don't think the Council were saying any two-storey would wash; I think we'd have to be fairly constrained about ridge heights. And as many Potton designs come across to me like a dwarf in an oversize top hat, i.e. roof-heavy, I'm not surprised he found a Potton two-storey hard to imagine on site.
He's promised a response by the end of next week.
Meanwhile, Knott hasn't responded to our request for an indication of fees to produce plans to work off. When I call up I'm told he's been on a site meeting int he Cayman Islands for the last week. Sounds like the mother of all tax dodges to me. He ought to run for Parliament.
One slightly worrying aspect was that he was surprised that the Council thought a two-storey on the site could be acceptable. To be fair, I don't think the Council were saying any two-storey would wash; I think we'd have to be fairly constrained about ridge heights. And as many Potton designs come across to me like a dwarf in an oversize top hat, i.e. roof-heavy, I'm not surprised he found a Potton two-storey hard to imagine on site.
He's promised a response by the end of next week.
Meanwhile, Knott hasn't responded to our request for an indication of fees to produce plans to work off. When I call up I'm told he's been on a site meeting int he Cayman Islands for the last week. Sounds like the mother of all tax dodges to me. He ought to run for Parliament.
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