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DLP Planning Ltd operates from nine offices across the UK, specialising in providing town planning and development advice to a broad range of private and public sector clients throughout the UK and abroad. We have extensive and wide ranging experience in all forms of planning and development, from small scale domestic projects to major strategic growth proposals, in urban and rural areas. This project brochure sets out examples of the range of work we undertake, demonstrating the scale and nature of the development projects we cover. DLP Planning Ltd is part of the DLP Consulting Group, a multidisciplinary consultancy focussing on all aspects of planning, masterplanning, architecture, transportation and civil engineering related to development and the built environment.
2.0 New settlements - Twinwoods, Bedfordshire - Barton-le-Clay, Bedfordshire 3.0 Strategic promotions - Allington Lane, Eastleigh - Beccles, Suffolk 4.0 Residential development - Land off Dunston Road, Chesterfield - Newlands Road, Luton - The Gables, Wavendon - Unilever, Stowmarket
7.0 Education - Tapton, Sheffield - Endcliffe, Sheffield 8.0 Renewable energy - Ketton, Solar Farm 9.0 Retail - Clough Road, Hull - Manchester Road, Walkden 10.0 Leisure - Aspects Leisure Park, Bedford - Aubrey Park Hotel, St Albans 11.0 Heritage - Hinwick Hall, Bedford - St George’s Heartspace
5.0 Urban regeneration - Gatecrasher, Sheffield - Swan Heights, Reading
12.0 Bespoke architecture - Captains Court, Northampton - Oakhurst, Aspley Guise
6.0 Commercial - Millbrook Proving Ground, Bedfordshire - AMRC2, Sheffield - Silbuster Ltd new headquarters, Monmouth
13.0 Rural development - Sandy Lane, Crich - Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire
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1.0 Sustainable urban extensions - Bidwell West, Houghton Regis - RAF Brampton, Huntingdonshire - Morton Hall, Bury St Edmunds
Mixed use expansion site | Houghton Regis This outline ‘hybrid’ application forms half of a historic allocation for an ‘urban extension’ to the north of Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire. The project involved 2 years of preparation, including local community engagement and pre-application advice with Central Bedfordshire Council through a Planning Performance Agreement (PPA). The development will provide a sustainable mixed use scheme over 125ha and will deliver up to 1,850 dwellings, including 555 affordable units, 2ha of employment land, a local retail and community centre alongside a 2-FE lower school. There will also be an extensive network of green infrastructure
and open space, incorporating sports pitches, sustainable urban drainage, heritage trail, play areas and an urban park. The development also includes the protection and enhancement of the adjacent SSSI and former quarry wildlife site. This development will play a significant role in the delivery of housing to address a shortfall in supply, along with contributing to social and economic growth within the urban conurbation of Houghton Regis, Dunstable and Luton. The outline application constituted EIA development and incorporated an Environmental Statement, overseen by DLP
Planning Ltd, which involved the collaboration of a number of subconsultants undertaking various technical roles in support of the application. Due to the site’s location within the Green Belt, very special circumstances were advanced, demonstrating that the benefits of development, by virtue of both strategic infrastructure provision and historic allocation, outweighed any harm to the Green Belt. The application was not ‘called in’ by the Secretary of State and work on the discharge of conditions to enable the early release of the first phases of development has now commenced.
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1.0 SUSTAINABLE URBAN EXTENSIONS
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Former barracks redevelopment | RAF Brampton Outline ‘hybrid’ applications were submitted for the comprehensive redevelopment of the former RAF Brampton air base. Formerly an operational military base, the site comprised in excess of 60,000sqm of offices, stores, welfare facilities, barracks and other defence related buildings set within parkland and included the Grade II Listed Brampton Park House. The site had been identified as being suitable for a residential-led development as an extension to the settlement of Brampton since the Ministry of Defence announced its closure. The hybrid submissions, allowing early release of development, formed three separate applications: A southern parcel providing 437 dwellings, public open space and a community building; a northern parcel providing 63 dwellings, a care home and an 18-unit retirement village, convenience store and local centre; and a full application for a separate land parcel towards the north of the site, for the provision of 30 new dwellings and the sensitive refurbishment and conversion of the site’s Listed Buildings into two residential units. The development was subject to viability testing, and involved negotiation with a registered provider to supply 210 affordable homes onsite. The application received a resolution to grant and, following agreement of the Section 106 (S.106), planning permission was issued in February 2016. A reserved matter submission for the first 210 dwellings (including all of the affordable housing) was submitted by DLP Planning Ltd in April 2016.
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1.0 SUSTAINABLE URBAN EXTENSIONS
Project Name RAF Brampton Local Planning Authority Huntingdonshire District Council Client Brampton Park Ltd & Metropolitan Project team • Woods Hardwick Ltd • Hayden’s Arboricultural Consultants • The Landscape Partnership
Housing growth site | Morton Hall Following the work of DLP Planning Ltd in securing an allocation for 500 dwellings in the St Edmundsbury Local Plan in 2010, planning permission was obtained by DLP for the final phase of the Moreton Hall district of Bury St Edmunds. The scheme was steered through the Council’s Vision (2031) document by DLP, and the Practice also successfully collaborated on the subsequent preparation and adoption of a Development Brief, which opened the way for a hybrid planning application. The Council resolved to grant planning permission, subject to the completion of a S.106 agreement. The submitted application delivers the principle of the development in accord with an overall masterplan prepared by be1 Architects, and this provides for a first phase scheme (detailed) for 150 dwellings. The development also paves the way for the construction of the ‘Eastern Relief Road’, opening up one of Bury St Edmund’s major, future employment sites as well as providing for a new secondary school intended to serve not just Moreton Hall but the whole eastern half of the town.
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1.0 SUSTAINABLE URBAN EXTENSIONS
Project Name Morton Hall Local Planning Authority St Edmundsbury Borough Council Client Taylor Wimpey Project Team • be1 Architects Ltd • Aspect Landscape Planning Ltd • Matrix Transportation & Infrastructure Consultants Ltd
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New village proposal | Twinwoods Business Park Acting on behalf of two landowners, Bedfordia Developments Ltd and Marcol Industrial Investments LLP, who between them own circa 900ha of land, DLP Planning Ltd was instructed to advise on the promotion and delivery of a ‘new settlement’ of up to 6,000 new dwellings and ancillary development to meet the long term housing and growth needs for Bedford Borough up to and beyond 2032. Working with a widely drawn project team, comprising masterplanners, landscape architects, consultant engineers, ecologists, environmental planners and community engagement specialists, DLP prepared a detailed submission setting out the basis for the proposal in spatial and planning terms and to 6,000 dwellings, provision of explaining how the development would sit within the strategy options a bypass for the nearby villages Milton Ernest and Bletsoe, advanced by the Council in its primary and secondary schools, ‘Issues and Options’ consultation exercise which forms the start point advanced health care facilities, for the preparation of a new Local employment uses, a local centre, a reserved. network of 100022432 green spaces, Plan for the Borough. Ordnance Survey © Crown Copyright 2015. All rights Licence number recreation/leisure spaces and a mix of different landscape areas. A detailed opportunities and constraints analysis was initially The indicative masterplan undertaken to inform a first stage supported the comprehensive masterplan for the proposed ‘Call for Sites’ submission and settlement, this comprising up
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was additionally supported by various technical summaries demonstrating the credibility and deliverability of the proposal. A key factor has also been the ongoing programme of proactive engagement with the Local Authority and its officers, statutory bodies, residents, community groups, and other key technical stakeholders.
Client Marcol Industrial Investments LLP & Bedfordia Developments Ltd Project Team • Matrix Transportation & Infrastructure Consultants Ltd • The Landmark Practice • Barton Wilmore
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2.0 NEW SETTLEMENTS
Project Name Twinwoods Local Planning Authority Bedford Borough Council
Neighbourhood gateway | Barton-le-Clay DLP Planning Ltd has been instructed to promote a 75ha area of land at the edge of the settlement of Barton-le-Clay, some three miles north of Luton, as a sustainable, mixed use development scheme. The development proposal has been submitted to the local
planning authority, Central Bedfordshire Council, via the recent Call for Sites exercise, and this is presently being reviewed as the Council moves forward with its preparation of an up-to-date Local Plan following the finding by an Inspector that the former emerging local plan was unsound.
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NORTHERN EXPANSION
NEW HUB
Representations have also been made to the Authority’s published Landscape Character Assessment. A site development masterplan has been prepared for consultation purposes and this has been the subject of discussions with the local community and other stakeholders. The masterplan proposes a mixed residential development, including market, affordable and low cost housing, land for self-build housing and a retirement village including a CCRC. Supporting the residential development the proposal provides for a new village centre, including a supermarket and associated retail and community space, a new primary school and extensive play/recreation facilities. Land will also be made available for new employment space to capitalise on Barton’s access to both the Luton urban area and the strategic road network. The masterplan also sets out significant highway improvements including a new junction layout at the northern access into the village and new east/west links and pedestrian and cycleway networks.
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Project Name Barton-le-Clay Gateway Local Planning Authority Central Bedfordshire Council Client Chancery Land Options Project Team • be1 Architects Ltd • Matrix Transportation & Infrastructure Consultants Ltd • The Landmark Practice
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Former coal yard development | Land off Dunston Road, Chesterfield This project is for the regeneration of a former coal yard on the urban edge of Chesterfield in Derbyshire. The site was formerly used as a coal stocking yard in the 1970s, 80s and 90s, and was used to clean, blend and bag up to 5,000 tonnes of coal per week. More recently the site was used for the storage, salvage, maintenance, refurbishment and hire of heavy plant and machinery. With the exception of a belt of woodland extending across the majority of the site frontage, the site was allocated as an ‘Existing Business and Industrial Area’. However, in the planning application prepared for the land, it was successfully demonstrated that there was no reasonable prospect of the site being developed for employment use. Extensive pre application
discussions were carried out with the Local Planning Authority to demonstrate: • the benefits associated with the development of the brownfield site for housing and the significant contribution this would make to increasing the supply and rate of delivery of housing in the Borough; • the remediation and improvement of the land; and • the creation of an attractive sustainable residential environment. As well as collating, submitting and managing the application, DLP Planning Ltd made representations to the Council’s Planning Committee where the scheme secured a resolution to grant permission subject to a S.106 legal agreement.
Project Name Land off Dunston Road, Chesterfield Local Planning Authority Chesterfield Borough Council Client Sustainable Spaces Ltd Project Team • HLM Architects • Sustainable Spaces • Eastwood and Partners • Fernie Greaves • Transport Potential
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Development corridor | Newlands Road, Luton DLP Planning Ltd were instructed to carry forward the project following an unsuccessful application by a previous agent. Initially DLP was asked to advise on a strategy for the site, including the basis for an appeal against an adverse decision by the Council. DLP instructed Counsel (Peter Goatley of No5 Chambers) and, in an Inquiry which sat for nine days, DLP was successful in rebutting five of the six reasons for refusal, which led the Inspector to accept the principle of development. The appeal was dismissed on design grounds only, and this formed the basis of further
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discussions with the LPA over the scale and form of a revised development scheme. This then led to a second application of some 294 dwellings. The approved scheme comprised a mix of one and two bed units over the 2.7ha site which were arranged in a series of three-to-four storey apartment blocks with undercroft parking and landscape planting to the site’s roadside edges. The development scheme also had to address a series of development constraints, such as the noise and air quality impacts of the nearby M1 motorway, as well as the need to divert a significant gas main
which traverses the site. Planning permission was subsequently granted by the Council. The site at this stage was smaller than that considered on appeal as a consequence of the withdrawal of a pair of semidetached houses. However, this land was later acquired by the applicant company and a further application to increase the coverage of the site to provide 394 residential units was submitted and subsequently approved.
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Project Name Newlands Road, Luton Local Planning Authority Luton Borough Council Client Templeview Developments Project Team • be1 Architects Ltd • Matrix Transportation & Infrastructure Consultants Ltd
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Residential allocation | The Gables, Wavendon
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This development saw full planning permission being obtained for 34 dwellings on the site of a former haulage yard on the western boundary of the city of Milton Keynes.
design constraints. Despite its allocation, Council Officers raised a number of barriers to a viable scheme design including density, access, landscaping and dwelling mix.
The site had been allocated for development as part of a wider strategic land allocation in the Milton Keynes Core Strategy, however, the site was challenging due to a number of specific
The planning application was refused by Officers under delegated powers. However, in the context of a potential appeal and after considering the planning balance, further
negotiations were undertaken with Council Officers and a revised application was made. This was granted planning permission with Planning Committee members unanimously supporting the scheme and praising the design in terms of density and appearance, as well as its approach to meeting parking standards.
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Project Name The Gables, Wavendon Local Planning Authority Milton Keynes Council Client Lea Valley Developments Ltd Project Team • be1 Architects Ltd • Matrix Transportation & Infrastructure Consultants Ltd • Aspect Landscape Planning Ltd
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Town regeneration site | Unilever, Stowmarket At Stowmarket, Suffolk, DLP Planning Ltd secured planning permission for the redevelopment of the former Unilever industrial site near the centre of the town. The site was a prominent area of land of about 1.75ha with access directly from the High Street, which partly fell within the Conservation Area and setting of a number of Listed Buildings. The development proposal raised complex issues regarding the retention and conversion of Listed Buildings, demolition and decontamination, noise arising from the adjoining railway, as well as viability issues and the importance of good design.
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DLP worked closely with the client, the technical team and the local Planning Authority through a Planning Performance Agreement (PPA) to secure a mutually acceptable solution that was viable and delivered against the constraints. Support for the scheme was gathered from the Town Council, who expressed their desire to see the redundant industrial land put to good use and permission was subsequently granted once a satisfactory balance of the planning and viability issues had been agreed.
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Project Name Former Unilever Depot Local Planning Authority Mid Suffolk District Council Client Taylor Wimpey East Anglia Project Team • Frances Verity Perspectives • Last & Tricker Partnership
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Gatecrasher redevelopment | Sheffield DLP Planning Ltd led on the preparation of a full detailed planning application on behalf of City Estates for the redevelopment of the former Gatecrasher Night Club site in Sheffield. The site was previously destroyed by a fire and had remained as a derelict eyesore upon the cityscape for a number of years. The proposed mixed use development on Arundel Street comprised 38 cluster flats and 90 studio flats with ancillary facilities, retail/commercial units (A1, A2, A3, A4 and B1 uses) at the lower ground and ground floor level as well as a landscaped courtyard. In a prime location in the Cultural Industries Quarter and near Sheffield Hallam University, the development, when complete, will regenerate the cleared site and a neighbouring empty factory, enhancing the public realm and contribute towards much needed housing provision in the city centre.
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5.0 URBAN REGENERATION
Project Name Gatecrasher, Sheffield Local Planning Authority Sheffield City Council Client City Estates Ltd Project Team • JP Mooney Ltd • Cartwright Pickard Architects • ARUP & Partners • Matrix Transport and Infrastructure Consultants Ltd
High-rise development | Swan Heights, Reading DLP Planning Ltd was instructed by Lochailort Reading Ltd to promote a mixed-use development at a site within central Reading. The scheme proposed the redevelopment of a former car showroom site to form 352 new high quality one, two and three bedroom apartments in three towers of up to 28 storeys in height. It also included a reception, concierge, library, clubroom, community rooms, business centre, resident’s fitness centre, storage, onsite car and cycle parking as well as associated ancillary community and commercial uses. The project involved engagement with a range of key stakeholders (including Design Council CABE) given that the scheme included a landmark building on the town’s skyline, whilst also creating a vibrant new street frontage to Kings Meadow Road. The site has since been allocated as a landmark development in the Council’s Development Plan, and its location in the centre of Reading and less than a two minute walk to Reading railway station is a key factor to this designation.
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Project Name Swan Heights, Reading Local Planning Authority Reading Borough Council Client Lochailort Reading Ltd Project Team • Adam Architecture • Robert Bird Group (Construction Engineers) • Stuart Michael Associates (Consulting Engineers) © Copyright of ADAM Architecture
High-tech business park | Millbrook Proving Ground, Bedfordshire DLP Planning Ltd was first instructed to appraise opportunities for the development of substantial new business space adjoining the existing Millbrook technical test facility.
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On the basis of its appraisal of constraints and opportunities, DLP was instructed to assemble and oversee a professional team to prepare a planning application for the development of four separate sites for circa 25,000m2 of business space (B1), in accordance with an overarching masterplan for the site. Extensive discussions were entered into with the Planning and Highways Authorities, and this led to the arrangement of a Planning Performance Agreement (PPA) with the Council. Allied with this, DLP also led on a community engagement exercise involving three parish councils and local residents. A full scale public exhibition was also held at the site, which was attended by over 300 people. The application was put before Council members, and DLP with the client addressed the Committee resulting in a resolution to grant planning permission.
The grant of planning permission is a significant step in the client’s plans to enlarge the business, drawing upon the site’s unique facilities, to create a hub for high-technology research and development for the automotive industries, such as the development of fuel-efficient, lowcarbon and electric vehicles. When fully built, the development scheme will create close to 2,000 jobs and inject £60m (direct GVA), into the local economy. The site is
identified as a ‘Key Employment Site’ in the Central Bedfordshire Development Plan. Since the grant of planning permission, DLP has led on the preparation of a detailed Design Code to guide the subsequent detailed planning applications and has also assisted Millbrook in discussions with Network Rail over plans for the East-West Rail Link.
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Project Name Millbrook Proving Ground, Bedfordshire Local Planning Authority Central Bedfordshire Council Client Millbrook Proving Ground Ltd Project Team • be1 Architects Ltd • Albion Archaeology • The Landmark Practice • Matrix Transportation & Infrastructure Consultants Ltd
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Advanced manufacturing and research campus | AMRC2, Sheffield DLP Planning Ltd was commissioned to advise on the preparation of an application for the creation of an Advanced Manufacturing and Research Campus (AMRC2) on 18.6ha of land off the Sheffield Parkway with the potential to provide 100,000m2 of floorspace. The outline application was subject to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), and an Environmental Statement was prepared to support the planning application. The plans were given unanimous backing by Sheffield City Council’s Planning Committee in October 2015, subject to a referral to the Secretary of State due to the proposals representing a departure from the Development Plan. The application site included land within the Green Belt, although this is subject to review through the preparation of the Local Plan. Very special circumstances were required to be demonstrated to justify the release of the land for development at this time, including: • The overwhelming educational and research need to provide stateof-the-art teaching facilities and opportunities for applied research for the University’s fast growing Engineering Faculty; • The significant economic benefits of the development, when operational, to provide a direct contribution of more than 1,500 jobs and £90m to the economy, with a potential impact in excess of £200m and 4,000 jobs when taking into account indirect and induced benefits; • The creation of highly skilled jobs to support the objectives of the Strategic Economic Plan; and • Consideration also had to be given to the proposed HS2 route in this location to serve Meadowhall Station. The development proposals had support from global, regional and local interests including Bruce Katz, of the Washington DC based Brookings Institution. The Campus is seen as the anchor for the Sheffield–Rotherham Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation District, which is being promoted as part of the Sheffield City Region investment in worldleading advanced manufacturing research.
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Project Name AMRC2, Sheffield Local Planning Authority Sheffield City Council Client The University of Sheffield Project Team • Bond Bryan Architects • Pinsent Masons LLP • Curtins • Aecom
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New commercial headquarters | Monmouth, Wales This project sought full planning permission for the development of a new headquarters for Siltbuster Ltd on 3.72ha of Greenfield land in Monmouth, Wales. The proposal featured 3,340m² of commercial floorspace with associated car parking and open storage area (Use Class B1 and B8). Previously, in August 2015, DLP Planning Ltd managed to secure temporary consent for use of part of the site for B8 storage to facilitate the move due to the expiry of the lease on the firms existing storage yard. The company’s past premises were split between three sites within a nearby business park in Monmouth, all of which had reached capacity. The granting of planning permission was therefore a significant step in the client’s plans to enlarge the business, address the loss of the existing storage yard and enabled them to design a bespoke commercial site for their specific business needs. Siltbuster Ltd is responsible for employing highly skilled workers and this development will allow the client to double it’s current workforce. The application site formed part of a larger strategic site within the Monmouthshire Local
Development Plan allocated for a mixed used residential and B1 employment development. However, the application managed to successfully demonstrate the benefits that the expansion of Siltbuster Ltd could have for the area in terms of job creation and retention and the Council agreed that this benefit far outweighed the policy restriction to B1 use only. To the immediate north east of the Siltbuster site sat the proposed residential scheme of 370 dwellings, which formed an influential backdrop when considering the location and positioning of the different parts of the commercial premises within the site. Due to the site’s greenfield location on the western edge of Monmouth, landscape and ecology were particularly important factors for
consideration. DLP was responsible for producing a Construction Environmental Management Plan and a Lighting Design Strategy to ensure that the protected species found on site were afforded careful protection. A number of hedgerows cross the site and the majority of these have been incorporated into the design. The consent follows 12 months of negotiation with both Monmouthshire County Council and the major housing developer responsible for the neighbouring residential development. The application was decided at Committee in February 2016 where members decided to strongly support the Case Officer’s recommendation for approval. DLP is retained to undertake further planning work both on the site and Siltbuster’s adjoining land holdings.
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Project Name Siltbuster Ltd New Headquarters, Monmouth Local Planning Authority Monmouthshire County Client Siltbuster Ltd Project Team • GSH Architects • Quad Consult • The Richards Partnership • Abbey Sanders Ecology © Copyright of GSH Architects
Halls of residence | Tapton, Sheffield The scheme comprises 107 residential units on the former University of Sheffield Tapton halls of residence site, in the Broomhill area of Sheffield. The site is within a Conservation Area and the development retains historic buildings, including stone boundary walls, a coach house and other domestic buildings. The former experimental gardens of the University are also retained as an arboretum with footpath access provided onto public open space.
redevelopment proposals from 2005 onwards. The redevelopment is a significant improvement to the area, and will consist of 63 houses and 34 apartments in addition to a further 10 apartments from the conversion of retained historic buildings. Following detailed viability testing of the scheme, the District Valuer agreed that no affordable
The proposals take into account the complex planning history relating to the site, which had been subject to various
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housing should be provided by the development. Financial contributions to off-site open space provision and secondary school places are subject to a S.106 Agreement.
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Project Name Tapton, Sheffield Local Planning Authority Sheffield City Council Client Taylor Wimpey & Escafeld Estates Ltd Project Team • John R Paley Associates • Baker Shepherd Gillespie • Paul Howarth Highway Consultants Ltd © Copyright of by John R Paley Associates (developer Taylor Wimpey Ltd)
Student village | Endcliffe This scheme sought to create a wide range of accommodation types and supporting facilities in a central community area and allowed for improved management of the student population and an enhancement to the existing available facilities through the provision of a central hub building. DLP Planning Ltd oversaw an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Planning Statement in support of a full detailed planning application. The scheme aimed to replace a number of student houses owned by the University in the area as well as other halls of residence in more remote locations away from the University. The proposal comprised the development of some 3,700 new bed spaces while retaining 1,300 within existing accommodation, creating a 5,000 bed Student Village. The site falls within the Broomhill and adjacent Endcliffe Conservation Areas. The northern part of the site also fell within an Area of Special Character including two Listed Buildings at Crewe Hall and its associated stable block. However, it was demonstrated that neither of the buildings were directly affected by the proposed development. The area had been associated with student residences for the University of Sheffield for a considerable period of time, and the proposals were a significant improvement in the appearance of the existing built form. The replacement buildings varied between two and six storeys in height, and included serpentine blocks which made use of sloping land, to avoid excessive height.
Project Name Endcliffe Student Village Local Planning Authority Sheffield City Council Client The University of Sheffield Project Team • Faulkner Browns • Matrix Transport and Infrastructure Consultants Ltd • ECUS Environmental Consultants • ARUP & Partners
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Cement works | Ketton solar farm, Rutland This development comprised two successive phases of solar PV arrays, located upon the site of an operational cement works. The combined schemes have the potential capacity to supply power to approximately 3,575 homes. The sites falls within the Ketton Quarries Site, which is in an area of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) designated for its geological value. DLP Planning Ltd undertook extensive negotiations with Natural England and the Local Planning Authority. DLP was able to demonstrate that the SSSI designation, as defined, was not reflective of any landscape, environmental or geological features discernible on the surface of the site, but was limited to subterranean geology. Consequently, the scheme received the full support of Natural England and was approved under delegated powers. The Rt. Hon Amber Rudd MP, former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, formally opened the site in July 2015.
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Project Name Ketton solar farm, Rutland Local Planning Authority Rutland County Council Client Lark Energy Project Team • Matrix Transport and Infrastructure Consultants Ltd • Greenwood Environmental • Morgan Tucker Consulting Engineers
Retail impact assessment | Clough Road, Hull
This project, on behalf of Juniper Overseas Ltd, sought the creation of two bulky goods retail units through the change of use of an existing car service/MOT workshop and car showroom. The development involved the broadening of the range of goods which could be traded from the adjacent existing retail unit. The site and surrounding area, located to the north of Hull Town Centre, is characterised by its mix of commercial and
bulky goods retail provision. The proposal creates two high quality retail units and will bring vacant commercial floor space back into active economic use. The application was accompanied by a retail impact statement which considered the likely impact of the additional floor space and wider sales range on existing retail provision in the Hull area.
Project Name Clough Road, Hull Local Planning Authority Hull City Council Client Juniper Overseas Ltd Project Team • DarntonB3 Architecture • Matrix Transport and Infrastructure Consultants Ltd
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Sequential retail test | Manchester Road, Walkden A Sequential Assessment was carried out on behalf of James Hall & Co Ltd in support of a planning application for a change of use from sui generis car showroom to an out-of-centre convenience store (450m2). The Sequential Assessment included the identification and assessment of all available units within, on the edge of, and outside Walkden town centre, some 600 metres west of the application site. Due to the high vacancy levels within the town centre it was necessary to investigate the top-expenditure leakage out of Walkden and to study Spar’s business model in order to highlight the local economic benefits of the new convenience store, as well as to justify why the identified vacant units were not sequentially preferable. The application was approved under delegated powers.
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Project Name Manchester Road, Walkden Local Planning Authority Salford City Council Client James Hall & Co. Ltd
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Riverside re-development | Aspects Leisure Park, Bedford This development sought the reuse of redundant buildings and an extension to the existing cinema, to provide three new cinema screens and a modern foyer and other facilities. The scheme includes a number of new A3 units and an enhanced public realm. The proposals also make use of the open riverside frontage to provide vistas along the embankment. A sequential test was undertaken in relation to another potential cinema redevelopment site within the town centre.
The full detailed planning application was approved unanimously at Planning Committee. This was testament to the quality of the public exhibition and extent of stakeholder engagement undertaken, including a school competition for a new logo, judged by the Mayor, which was well received by local users of the Leisure Park.
Project Name Aspects Leisure Park Local Planning Authority Bedford Borough Council Client Fordgate Project Team • Matrix Transport and Infrastructure Consultants Ltd • Barton Wilmore
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This project comprised the preparation of full detailed and Listed Building planning applications and Scheduled Ancient Monument (SAM) consent for the redevelopment and extension of an existing hotel to provide additional facilities, accommodation and leisure space to enable the hotel to provide enhanced services for weddings and corporate events. The planning application comprised the demolition and replacement of a number of outlying and outdated structures with bespoke modern kitchens and function rooms. The site provided a number of significant planning constraints, including its location within the Green Belt, a 16th century Listed Building and the remains of an Iron Age hill fort. Extensive pre-application discussions were held with St Albans City and District Council and Historic England, with the scheme being judged to improve the setting of the Listed Building and the SAM, in addition to providing significant economic benefits. Notwithstanding this, the Case Officer recommended refusal on the grounds that the development represented inappropriate development in the Green Belt. Nevertheless, Council members rejected the Officer’s advice and unanimously resolved to approve the applications, agreeing that that there would be no harm to the openness of the Green Belt.
Project Name Aubrey Park Hotel Local Planning Authority St Albans City and District Council Client ESO Capital Project Team • be1 Architects Ltd • KDK Archeology ltd • Ares Landscape Architects (Landscape input) • Delta Simmons (Geotechnical Surveys)
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Listed Building in the Green Belt | Aubrey Park Hotel, St Albans
An Impressive Mansion and Ancillary Buildings Totalling Approximately 74,067 sq ft (6,881 sq m) Change ofAsuse Grade II country house | Hinwick Bedfordshire Currently Used A C2of Residential College Offering Significant Development Potential Hall, For Various Uses Within Grounds Of 45.84 Acres (18.55 Hectares)
This development project required the negotiation of planning permission for the change of use of this Grade II* Listed Building at Hinwick Hall, near Rushden, from C2 (Residential Institution) to C3 (Single Dwelling). The building is of mid-Sixteenth Century origin and is located in the open countryside on the border of Bedford Borough and East Hinwick Hall, Hinwick, Wellingborough, Bedfordshire Northamptonshire District Near Councils. DLP Planning Ltd acted on behalf of the new owners of the Hall, and the scheme enables the property to revert to a ‘family home’ after it had been used as a non-residential institution for many years. The swift approval of the application was a direct result of active engagement with Planning and Conservation Officers at Bedford Borough Council, Historic England, the Parish Council and other bodies. Following the consent, Hinwick Hall has now been sold as a private residence, with the inspiration for the proposal coming from a 1911 floor plan from ‘Country Life’.
Project Name Hinwick Hall, Bedfordshire Local Planning Authority Bedford Borough Council Client Private Client
St George’s Campus is located at the heart of the University of Sheffield’s city campus. This scheme required an application for full planning permission and Listed Building Consent for the demolition of workshops and labs, alterations, improvements and repairs to the Sir Frederick Mappin Building and the Central Wing to provide academic and administrative space and a glazed atrium to form a new entrance to St. George’s Campus from Portobello Street. The Mappin Building and associated railings are Grade II Listed Building and were added to the heritage list in 1973. The site is situated within the St George’s Quarter of the City Centre in Project Name St. George’s Campus, Sheffield Local Planning Authority Sheffield City Council Client University of Sheffield Project Team • Castle Owen Construction and Property Consultants • Bond Bryan Architects • Humble Heritage • ARUP & Partners
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Sheffield adjacent to the Grade II Listed St George’s Church. DLP Planning Ltd was pivotal in negotiating a position with the Council to produce a viable form of development on a site which is Grade II Listed. Full planning permission and Listed Building Consent was granted with unanimous support from Council members. The proposal satisfied the need to upgrade the teaching facilities and meet the requirements for the University of Sheffield’s growing Engineering Faculty. The overall public benefits of the scheme and
the improvements to the function of the buildings, as well as the character and appearance of the new-build elements, were considered to comply with the requirements set out in local and national planning policy.
11.0 HERITAGE
Heritage asset re-development | St George’s Campus, Sheffield
Contemporary dwelling | Captain’s Court, Northampton This scheme involved a full planning application for the development of a single modern dwelling within the setting of a Grade II Listed Building. DLP Planning Ltd prepared a Planning Statement and Design and Access Statement to support the application. The case for a bespoke architectural home of modern design centred on creating a clear separation between the old and new, enhancing the importance of the setting of the nearby historic building. DLP successfully argued that the proposed design created less than significant harm to the Listed Building (the statutory test). This was accepted by the Local Planning Authority which granted planning permission with no objections from any consultees.
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Project Name Captains Court, Northampton Local Planning Authority South Northamptonshire District Council Client Private Client Project Architect • Life Space Design Studio
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Project Name Oakhurst, Aspley Guise Local Planning Authority Central Bedfordshire Council Client Private Client Project Architect • Zac Munro architects
DLP Planning Ltd was approached by a private client who had received negative pre-application feedback regarding the principle of a replacement dwelling of a different style and design to the
original dwelling, due to it being within the Green Belt. DLP established a strategy for a redesign of the dwelling, preparing a detailed Planning Statement and substantial input into the Design and Access Statement. The development proposal sought the replacement of the existing four bedroom detached bungalow with a contemporary sustainable Lifetime Home to allow the client the ability to continue to live locally and meet their needs for future life, incorporating a lift and renewable technology. DLP was able to successfully argue that the contemporary design approach was proportionate to the dwelling it would replace
and that, as the site was within the ‘infill boundary’, the material increase in the size of the replacement dwelling would be commensurate to the existing built form. Furthermore, the building’s sustainable credentials and the use of sympathetic materials and colour palette similar to the local vernacular style allowed the dwelling to assimilate into the street scene despite its progressive architectural design. These arguments were accepted by the Local Planning Authority, which granted planning permission with no objections received from any statutory consultees or local residents.
12.0 BESPOKE ARCHITECTURE
Replacement eco-home | Oakhurst, Aspley Guise
Barn conversion | Sandy Lane, Crich This project comprised the conversion of a dilapidated agricultural barn to a single dwelling house. The barn was previously used as a cattle shelter and feed store. The barn was located in a remote rural location near Crich in Derbyshire and in close proximity to the UNESCO Derwent Valley World Heritage Site. The conversion was secured under Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015. The application successfully demonstrated that the barn had been in active agricultural use on or before 20th March 2013, was part of a wider established agricultural business, the proposed curtilage was relative to the scale of the building, a suitable access could be formed and the location and siting of the building was an acceptable location for residential use. Through the use of Permitted Development Rights, DLP Planning Ltd secured for the client a residential dwelling from a low quality agricultural building in a secluded, attractive location in the Derbyshire countryside.
Project Name Agricultural Barn at Sandy Lane, Crich Local Planning Authority Amber Valley Borough Council Client Private Client Project Architect • Grayscale architecture + design
Project Name Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Local Planning Authority Fenland District Council Client Private Client
This project comprised the conversion of an agricultural barn to a single dwelling in a rural location within the administrative boundary of Fenland District Council. The barn, previously used as a grain feed store, had fallen into severe disrepair and its use for the storage of grain was determined to be no longer required. A prior approval application was made and subsequently granted under Class Q (a) (b) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (GDPO) for the barn’s conversion. In issuing the decision notice, the Council accepted that the proposal met the requirements of Class Q of the GPDO and that the location of the building was suitable for the conversion into a residential dwelling. As a result, DLP Planning Ltd secured the conversion of a dilapidated agricultural building into a bespoke and isolated residential dwelling in the Cambridgeshire Fenlands.
13.0 RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Agricultural building to residential | Parson Drove, Cambridge
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