Kensington The old picture house, Thorne

Chapter 3 of 7 · February – October 2011

Paper and permission

Architect, drawings, planning

Jem Southgate of Works Architecture drew the house hiding inside the cinema. Then came bats, a design review panel, a model on film, and months of planning — until the letter that said we could begin.

  1. 6 January 2011

    The planning dept pt1

    Kate phoned the planning dept up to see what being in a conservation area actually meant. They told her that there would be no way that they would let us knock it down. I couldn't understand this because it's not a liste

  2. 3 February 2011

    Isn't the internet wonderful?

    So, after a few facebook messages and bandying around this blog address, a certain Kenneth Austin has been in touch with me. Whoever told him about this, I owe you a big thank you! You see, Kenneth informs me that he is

  3. 21 February 2011

    Measured survey

    We got C R PARROTT to do a measured survey of the existing building. They are a local company and were very competitively priced. Here are the drawings.

  4. 21 February 2011

    Our architect

    We've appointed Works Architecture to be our architects for our project. How we got there was a bit weird! The only architect we know is a friend of mine that I hadn't seen for years, that I used to go to school with. A

  5. 8 April 2011

    The planning dept pt2

    Ok, so yesterday we meet the planning department again and showed them for the first time our plans. Happily, they liked them! There are a number of points they are going to help investigate, and for us to provide more i

  6. 11 May 2011

    Quick update

    ok, so we're going to put in our application in the next few days. We've had to wait for advice on a few technical things and a structural survey on the affects of demolition on the frontage (which is none...) before we

  7. 16 May 2011

    The planning application is in!

    ok, so we put the planning application in on Friday afternoon. We now have to wait for it to be validated. This means that DMBC planning dept will look at it and tell us if it's complete. This will happen over the next w

  8. 17 May 2011

    Planning model video

    This model was used to show the Design Review Panel. We've not seen their official comments yet, but apparently it was received very favourably! They all want to come and see it when it's done anyway!

  9. 20 May 2011

    Kids, eh?

    On Wednesday night, a gang of kids forced entry into the cinema. Me and my buddy Steve had to chase them off. Then I had to repair the door that they'd forced open. To cut a long story short, I contacted the police, and

  10. 24 May 2011

    Planning application is validated, 8 weeks to decision

    We've just got notice from the DMBC planning dept that our application has been validated. This just means that they consider our application to be complete, and they now have 8 weeks from today to give us their decision

  11. 29 May 2011

    A look inside...

  12. 4 June 2011

    Doncaster Design Review Panel

    Tuesday 10 th May 2011 Kensington Cinema Conversion, Thorne Pre-Application The Panel received a presentation from Senior Design and Conservation Officer Peter Lamb on the proposal to convert and develop the site of a fo

  13. 10 June 2011

    Bats!

    Well, as part of the planning process our plans get sent to various depts in the council. We got the ecology one back, and they said that because of the age and 'abandonment' of the building we'll need to have it check o

  14. 9 July 2011

    Dindow!

    ok, in our original designs, we have a full height (about 4m) window in the dining area that opens up outside. In the plans, it pivoted to create a canopy. Only thing is, we didn't know how / if it could be made. But now

  15. 15 October 2011

    Pictures

    I showed my dad around the cinema, and he took a few photos. https://picasaweb.google.com/112123649667463044391/13Oct2011?authkey=Gv1sRgCL3avM3akpqlywE&feat=email#slideshow/5663090916996202130

  16. 15 October 2011

    WooHOOOOO!!!!!

    We got it! HulloMail-20111014-130732 by gwynap

  17. 18 October 2011

    The trials and tribulations of getting planning permission

    Planning permission takes 'up to' 8 weeks right? That meant we should have got a decision by 19th July right? Well, what happens is you submit your plans and this gets sent off to the various departments. Some come back

  18. 18 October 2011

    There we go!

  19. 6 May 2013

    All we wanted was a bigger garden...

    Yeah... we've said to lots of people that the main reason we wanted to move from our existing house is that we wanted a bigger garden for our kids to run around in, and it's absolutely true! To find ourselves doing what