More Homes in East Cheshire
More homes is a feature of Cheshire East Council’s revised local plan strategy, due to be approved by the full council later this month before...
ICE News and Comment
Quality Award nomination for ICE Architects
ICE Architects are excited to announce that the new build property they designed at Church Lane, Henbury, Macclesfield is nominated for a Built in Quality...
New Homes needed in Cheshire East
The number of new homes needed in Cheshire East is 36,000, according to the Council’s draft local plan. The planning inspector examining Cheshire East Council’s...
Energy Efficiency, Off-Site Build, and Bi-Fold Doors
I enjoy visiting the Grand Design Show at the NEC. It’s good for talking to suppliers about niche products and innovative technologies. It’s also an...
Using Space and Visioning
Key elements implicit in ICE Architects’ design strategy are ‘using space’ and ‘visioning’. On Thursday, at the RIBA Design Leadership Summit 2015 in Manchester, Alison...
RIBA Royal Gold Medal
One of my favourite architects, Dame Zaha Hadid, has been awarded RIBA Royal Gold Medal for architecture This is fantastic news. It makes her the...
Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings
Permitted Development Rights for the Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings This year ICE Arch Ltd has been successful in gaining – Prior Approval for...
Manchester’s new ‘Vertical Villages’
Manchester City Council has unveiled proposals for the city centre which could include a raft of new towers, multi-billion pound new neighbourhoods, and so-called “vertical...
Build-in energy efficiency
As a home owner, some of your biggest expenses on an on-going basis are energy costs such as electricity, gas, oil, water heating, space heating...
Osborne unveils planning reforms
Among other changes, the government has announced it is scrapping the requirement on new-home developers to offset new-build carbon emissions by making a contribution to...