Business Excellence 2019

Acquisition International - 2019 Business Excellence Awards 5 Drawing on more than five years’ experience in the market, Arthur Stone Planning And Architectural Design Ltd are an independent firm of Chartered Town Planners and Architectural Designers and work extensively throughout Scotland. ounded in 2014, Arthur Stone is able to offer a comprehensive planning and development service from pre-application advice and design solution to achieving local authority consents and full management service through to project completion. Originally created by its two female founders, who were keen to show that they could succeed in a male dominated market, Arthur Stone has since flourished, and today has a team including three additional town planners, four architects and architectural technicians and two administrative staff. This makes the firm the largest planning consultancy in Fife in competition with other companies who have been in the market for between 20 and 30 years. Since inception the firm has gained extensive experience in gaining permission for clients to build houses in the countryside which is becoming more and more popular with first time self-builders. Arthur Stone also has a sister company, Arthur Stone Eco Homes, which specialises in all manner of eco home solutions from Passive houses to new homes using the latest add on technology such as ground source heat pumps, photo-voltaic tiles, air-source heat solutions etc. Through these two companies the Arthur Stone team aim to design bespoke homes for their valued clients which massively reduce their energy spending costs and dramatically reduce their carbon footprint. The team enjoy creating a beautiful one-off design to its client’s individual specifications and working in the very latest technologies to allow them to meet their ecological goals. The team take great pride in thier modern approach to planning and our lack of stuffy, corporate attitude and work with clients on a friendly, no nonsense basis with fixed fees and no escalating costs. This service offering is particularly important in today’s market, as the current planning system can be daunting and confusing at times. Arthur Stone’s expert team take great pride in being able to provide a stress-free service working from their clients’ initial ideas to achieving a design solution and the relevant consents. As the client’s representative, the team will deal with any correspondence from the Local Authority and negotiate on their behalf. Arthur Stone Planning and Architectural Design Ltd Seeking to offer clients’ a one-stop-shop, Arthur Stone integrate the skills of other professionals including, building surveyors, transport engineers and conservationists and have an-in-house own structural engineer to ensure that clients can find everything they need when they work with this dynamic and innovative company. Looking to the future, Arthur Stone has many exciting developments ahead, including the growth of its workforce and enhancement of its premises to ensure that the firm is able to provide its award-winning service offering to even more clients over the years to come. “Arthur Stone’s expert team take great pride in being able to provide a stress-free service working from their clients’ initial ideas to achieving a design solution and the relevant consents.” F Company: Arthur Stone Planning And Architectural Design Ltd Contact: Allie Arthur Website: arthurstoneplanning.co.uk