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Help to save a beautiful home

Help to save a beautiful home

by Steve Byrne | Mar 23, 2013 | buildings, environment, low impact living, natural building

This beautiful home is, according to Pembrokeshire Council Planners “harmful to the rural character of the locality”, and must be demolished. This despite the fact that it is situated in a private spot, not overlooked, and built from natural materials. The...
Low Impact Development – in Northern Ireland?

Low Impact Development – in Northern Ireland?

by Steve Byrne | Mar 9, 2013 | low impact living, natural building, permaculture, smallholding, the farm

In theory, low impact building is something that you hope people would welcome: low cost shelter that uses minimal resources, that people can put together themselves, and which doesn’t stand out like a sore thumb in the landscape. It could be cheap to heat, to...
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