The challenge was to design and achieve planning consent for a new oak-framed barn and to convert a stable block into office space on a prominent site just outside Maldon in Essex.

The new barn is adjacent to a listed building and the stable block is part of the barn’s listed environs. In addition to the sensitive design required on this site, a change of use from agricultural to commercial was required.

Consent was granted in 2014 and the building is complete and fully operational as offices and a national training centre for Innasol, distributors of bio-fuel boilers.