nest has been formed with the aim to: Improve, expand & develop for clients looking for a professional design and architectural services. Ethos: "As an architect, is it wrong to appreciate and respect this more than the built environment?" Nature 1st / Building 2nd

2. Introduction
• What, Why & Who is nest?
• Professional services nest offers.
• Professional portfolio spotlight.
• Why I do it.

3. What is nest ?
nest has been formed with the aim to: improve, expand and
develop my professional design and architectural services
to both existing and future clients. design
DESIGN - ARCHITECTURE - PLANNING

4. Why nest ?
“As an architect, is it wrong to appreciate and
respect this more than the built environment?”
A fresh ethos to architecture:
#NATURE 1st #BUILDINGS 2nd

5. Who are the people in nest ?
• BA(Hons) Architecture
• Prof. Dip. Architecture with Advanced Environmental & Energy Studies
• Code for Sustainable Homes Assessor (CSH)
• 6 years experience as an Architectural Consultant.
Robyn Cumine
• Bullock Consulting (Mechanical & Electrical Engineering)
Environmental Building Assessor, Pembrokeshire – 2008 - 2010
• Acanthus Holden Architects & Planners
Architectural Assistant & CSH Assessor, Pembrokeshire – 2010 – 2013
• CK Planning Ltd
Architectural Consultant, Pembrokeshire, Wales - 2013 – Dec. 2016
Chris Kimpton
Director of CK Planning – BA(Hon) Town Planning.
Over 30 years experience as a professional Town Planning Consultant.
18 years practicing in; Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion.
New Partnerships
Vacancies:
Town Planners / Architects /
Architectural Technologists.

6. Professional services nest offers:
Prepare Planning Applications:
• Full Planning (Domestic & Commercial)
• Householder
• Listed Building Consent
• Change of Use; Buildings & Land
• Sustainable Energy (Wind turbines & Solar)
• Retrospective Planning
Resolve planning problems:
• Planning Appeals, against refused applications
• Overcome ‘bad planning history’ on sites
• Neighbour objections
• Council negotiations
• Listed Buildings
• Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority
Other:
• Site/property development appraisals
• Agricultural occupancy conditions
• Certificate of lawfulness applications
• Prepare and submit Building Regulations
• Land Registry Plans

7. Client Brief: Link the traditional cottage & converted outbuilding, and extend the
cottage to provide a master bedroom and new kitchen (Pembrokeshire County Council).
professional Portfolio spotlight.
Small

8. Small
Traditional cottage linked to a new contemporary extension, providing a home office and
playroom (Pembrokeshire Coast National Park).
professional Portfolio spotlight.

9. Medium
Design Brief: Convert the traditional stone barn in to a second-home, suitable for both
family use, and a high quality holiday let (Pembrokeshire Coast National Park).
professional Portfolio spotlight.

10. Large
Design Brief: Re-design existing planning approval for 6 barn conversions
to improve desirability for marketing (Pembrokeshire County Council).
“This project has immense
potential to create a traditional
and carefully designed residential
complex, providing stylish country
living combined with a quality of
finish expected of modern day
living.”
professional Portfolio spotlight.

11. Medium
“As the proposal stands, the
planners would not be
supportive on the grounds that
it is not considered that the
original form and cosmetic
appearance ….. Would be
retained”.
May 2013
(Pembrokeshire County Council)
Design Brief: Restore derelict Grade II Listed Cottage, currently on a Building’s at Risk
Register (Pembrokeshire County Council).
professional Portfolio spotlight.

12. Portfolio spotlight.
Medium
Fresh vision required for a
derelict Grade II Listed
Georgian Cottage.
2016.

13. Portfolio spotlight.
.
Planning Permission Approved with Nest Design & CK Planning.
December 2016

14. Large
Design Brief: Re-design the Grade II Listed Walled Garden to support and enrich modern day living.

15. Portfolio spotlight.
Large
“Planning Permission Approved
for a Natural Swimming Pond
and Timber Spa Cabin”
October 2016.
(Pembrokeshire County Council)

16. Why I do it …
"I have been lucky enough to have Robyn as my architect and planning advisor for two major
development projects in the last year. I am very pleased with how she has come up with designs that
are sensitive to the surrounding architecture and environment, whilst introducing refreshingly
contemporary aspects that enliven and enhance both the spaces. And in both cases, she has
succeeded in getting the plans passed without any appeals, which is something I certainly wasn't
expecting to happen so smoothly."
Client, Pembrokeshire, 2017.