Happy New Year! We enjoyed a much needed break over the festive period and hope you did too. We kick off 2026 with the fantastic news that we received planning permission for a major extension and retrofit in Iffley Village, Oxford. As a modestly sized bungalow built...
Planning permission granted for our extension and Passivhaus retrofit (EnerPHit) in North Oxford! We’re delighted about this news following a lengthy planning process that needed bat surveys before being called into committee. While we weren’t present at the committee...
The retrofit of building fabric energy efficiency measures goes hand in hand with the installation of an air source heat pump (ASHP). ASHPs can be installed within permitted development rights. With the recent scrapping of the 1-metre rule from boundaries, it’s easier...
We helped a co-housing group in Milton Keynes to understand the environmental performance of their listed housing development and how to make improvements! This came in the form of an environmental design report where we assessed building fabric, meter readings,...
With February’s lighter evenings finally starting to make their presence felt, we thought we’d share a look at a project we began last summer that’s all about making the most of what the sun has to offer… Another feasibility study, this time the challenge was to fit a...
We’ve won an award! Our project on Ferry Road in Marston has been named Graphisoft’s New Practice Project of the Year. This new-build eco home on the edge of the floodplain meadows of the River Cherwell is what Sow Space is all about – responding to site,...
