New developments
Supporting documents for planning permission
Use our simple checklist to help you with the supporting documents needed for a planning permission application.
Telegraph ‘flood risk to homes’ story is all washed up
This morning’s Daily Telegraph front page, under the banner of its campaign βHands off our Landβ, reports that the Draft National Planning Policy will promote the unchecked development of housing on floodplains. For heavenβs sake. Even in its most vague and woolly form, the presumption in favour of sustainable development would hardly promote the development [...]
25% decline in planning consents for housing
The number of residential planning permissions granted in England in the three months to June fell by a quarter to just over 25,000, says property consultant UKPA. The debate rumbles on concerning the role of the planning system in the failure to deliver consents. Without defending a chaotic and overcomplicated system in transition, the UKPA [...]
New restaurant for Greene King in Ashford, Kent
We’re doing some interesting architectural work with brewers and pub owners, Greene King. The initial site, in Ashford, Kent, is situated directly over where the rail line to the Channel Tunnel dives underground. The brief is to take the standard Hungry Horse restaurant model and adapt it to suit the very specific site conditions. Greene [...]
Protected: Wycombe Abbey School takes the nuclear option
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Bishops Stortford redevelopment gets planning go-ahead
We have now obtained planning consent for the redevelopment in Bishops Stortford, Herts, that we mentioned last month. We’ll be commencing the next stages shortly, working with a major contractor for the construction phase. We are working with Audley Developments and Lidl GmBH on the scheme, which will redevelop a former car showroom and workshop. [...]
