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Happy New Year!
January 2021
We hope that you had a great Christmas. After the challenges of last year, we are all hoping for an improving situation and the world gradually moving back towards normal...

Merry Christmas!
December 2020
Seasons Greetings from everyone at pad Design!
We wish you all a happy and healthy 2021...

A Milestone for Moreton-in-Marsh
December 2020
As we near the end of 2020, we are delighted that the application for full planning permission at Dunstall Farm, Moreton-in-Marsh, received resolution to grant at the committee last month...

Planning Permission at Lydney
November 2020
In what continues to be an unusual year, we are adjusting to the idea of a second spell spending yet more time over the coming weeks in our homes. We hope that you are all keeping well in this challenging time...

Progress at Barry Waterfront
October 2020
While the world remains a much changed place, we were pleased to see significant progress at Barry Waterfront this month. The proposals for the district centre, to sit alongside the superstore anchor, were submitted in late 2017...

Ettington: Concept to Reality
September 2020
The sunny weather recently has allowed us to get out and see how a number of sites we have been involved with are looking on the ground. These included Banbury Road, Ettington [left]...

Treetops: A Rural Retreat
August 2020
This month we include photos for two very different projects. [Left] is one from Treetops, a bespoke replacement home in the Green Belt which is now occupied and settling in to its surroundings...

Development Restarts
July 2020
We are pleased to see work restarting (and in some cases continuing) in the recent heatwave. At Caxton Road, Frome (above) development at The Old Printworks site is progressing well with the initial phase nearing completion...

Enjoying the Outdoors Again
June 2020
We hope that you are well, as we begin to emerge from the lockdown. After what has been a challenging few months, we are pleased to see a number of projects restarting or moving on to new phases...

A New Normal
May 2020
The last month has been a strange and difficult one for all of us. We have been pleased to continue with a number of projects, some of which have reached important milestones in recent weeks and helped us to keep some sense of normality...

A Challenging Time for Us All
April 2020
In these difficult and uncertain times we wish you all the best in staying safe and look forward to a time when we can meet again face-to-face and enjoy the places many of us are involved with creating...

Hygge Park in the Sunshine
March 2020
Now we are well into the new year, we are busy on many new and continuing projects. It has been great to see several sites which we have assisted with in recent years, such as Crest Nicholson's Hygge Park, Keynsham (left)...

Blue Skies Ahead!
February 2020
With the long first month of the year now behind us; we are looking forward to seeing how the many planning applications and Reserved Matters submissions, which we are involved with, progress this year...

Happy New Year!
January 2020
Having finished 2019 with the usual rush of planning applications, reserved matters submissions and site promotions, we are hoping that the coming months may see a number of approvals...

Festive Greetings!
December 2019
Welcome to our last newsletter of 2019. In what has been an up and down year in the development world, we have been pleased to see a number of projects reaching significant milestones - with more expected next year...

Re-development Approved at Frome!
November 2019
This month, we were delighted to receive Reserved Matters approval for 157 new homes and a neighbourhood centre at the former Butler, Tanner and Dennis Printworks in Frome, Somerset...

A Huge Reserved Matters Permission!
October 2019
Certainly the largest reserved matters submission which pad has been involved with, the detailed proposals for 763 new homes at Harry Stoke were approved this month...

Moving on Towards Autumn
September 2019
We hope that you have had a great summer; we have made several further visits to Tadpole Garden Village, which is moves closer to completion each month...

Planning Application in the Cotswolds
August 2019
pad has undertaken the architectural/urban design role, on behalf of Spitfire Bespoke Homes, for a site on the southern edge of Moreton-in-Marsh...

Welcome Shade in the Summer Sun!
July 2019
Having experienced a heat wave during the last couple of weeks, we were pleased to find some shade under one of the retained oak trees during a recent visit to Hunts Grove, Gloucester...

Welcome & Congratulations!
June 2019
pad is delighted to announce that Mark Cains has joined us as an Associate Architect...
In addition, we are pleased that Luke Gallagher has recently passed his Architecture Part 3...

Enjoying a Sunny Spring!
May 2019
Almost ready to sit out on a sunny terrace, the site of the former Dorset House in the Green Belt south of Bristol looks great in the spring sunshine...

From Vision to Reality!
April 2019
This month we have taken the opportunity to view the progress at Church Row, Gretton. Situated on the north-western edge of the Cotwolds, the development for 23 new dwellings by Spitfire Bespoke Homes...

Tadpole Garden Village in the Sun!
March 2019
We took the opportunity while the sun was out this week to take a wander around Tadpole Garden Village, and in particular the recently opened linear park The Stray...

Promotions at Pad!
February 2019
With the company's growing reputation and profile, we are pleased to report that Martin Douglas, Matthew Rutty and Ben Metcalfe have been promoted to Directors at pad Design Ltd...
