In order to understand what we had to play with, every spare second of the autumn was spent clearing back the brambles which had taken over site in the past three decades.
Community Infrastructure Levy - The Race Against Time
Community Infrastructure Levy or CIL is a new levy that local
authorities can choose to charge on new developments in their area. The money
can be used to support development by funding infrastructure that the council,
local community and neighbourhoods want. Mid Devon Council is one of 4
local authorities who were selected to run pilot schemes. During the time
of clearance the Mid Devon Pilot Scheme was due to be brought in
during October 2013 and with CIL charges rumoured to be upward of £90 per square
metre of proposed development it was imperative that we avoided
CIL as it would make the project unviable. We were in a race against
time and with the help of family and friends we had the majority of the site
cleared by the end of November.
For more information on CIL visit
http://www.pas.gov.uk/3-community-infrastructure-levy-cil
Day one - walking down our new drive
The Mill
Cat's Sister Julia and boyfriend Si to the rescue
Many tools make light work!!
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| Cat's Dad busy with the chainsaw in the mill |
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| And finally we find the wheel pit |
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| The mill gable end before.. |
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| ...and after |
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| Friend Will enjoying his resettlement leave from the Army |
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| Demolishing the calving pens |
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| Most of the vegetation removed we begin to understand what we have bought |
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| Inside the Long Barn - one of the only places without brambles |
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| The Gatehouse |
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| The Stables |
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| The cherry picker comes to the rescue |
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