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Demolition Begins 💣
This week I started taking down the turkey shed. We have several buildings to demolish but have started with the main barn this week and will then move on to taking the other barns down throughout the year. The budget will be very tight for this project and following costings from the builders we need…
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Asbestos Removal
It has been an exciting week on-site as we have had the first proper bit of demolition occurring. While we were only required to remove the asbestos from the turkey shed as part of the planning, we decided it was best to remove all the asbestos from around the land. This decision ended up being…
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Asbestos Condition Approved
After a three-month wait, our planning condition for asbestos removal has finally been approved! 🎉 We faced some delays initially because our previous asbestos company let us down by not providing the necessary reports. Thankfully, Colchester Asbestos Services stepped in and quickly supplied everything we needed. The previous company had given us a competitive quote,…
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Clearing out the chicken cages
While we await the green light on the asbestos planning condition discharge, we decided to roll up our sleeves and start clearing out the barns that need their roofs removed. The barn at the far end of the plot houses the enormous chicken cages you see in the picture. We’ve been quite fortunate to have…
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Green Clearance
A tremendous amount of effort has gone into the initial stages of clearing the site. While preserving nature is paramount, we had to cut back extensive brambles and bushes to access the barn and facilitate future maintenance. The fact that we were unaware of the barn’s existence when submitting our Pre-app plan highlights just how…