Re-Format

Proposals for a new building at the New Blendworth Centre have received planning consent. The Centre is based near to Horndean and is a day provision for people aged over 19 with varying degrees of learning difficulties and disabilities. The existing buildings on site facilitate space for indoor activities; the Centre offers the opportunity for its users to join together in recreational and educational activities during the week. However these buildings are dated and not fit for purpose. The new modern facilities, comprising a multi-purpose dining area, offices, changing and meeting rooms, are much better suited to the Centre’s needs and, aligned with the broader environmental agenda, more sustainable to operate.

The contractor has broken ground at our replacement dwelling on the South Downs Way. The rural setting and magnificent views over the downs will make a wonderful family home. Contractor - Phoenix Project Management Landscape - Nicholas Dexter

A planning application has been submitted for a scheme utilising existing barns to form a new dwelling. Located near Basingstoke, the existing site is bordered by paddocks and Upton Grey cemetary, on the edge of the Upton Grey Conservation Area. The existing buildings consist of 4 redundant barn structures in a loose farmstead arrangement. The proposals seek to re-use and discretely re-clad three of the barn structures, connected via a delicate timber colonnade, to form a spacious yet comfortable home.

We welcome you to our 2024 annual review, capturing some of the projects and news from the past year. Now available on our website. https://lnkd.in/e9uZKJq5

We welcome you to our 2024 annual review, capturing some of the projects and news from the past year. Now available on our website. https://lnkd.in/e9uZKJq5

Critical restoration works are underway at St Luke’s Chapel in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Replacement structural components have been delicately spliced with the existing, due to extensive water damage within the roof’s primary structure. Forming the most important visual element of the building, as well as the most functional, the magnificent roof structure has been saved and will now live on within the proposed modern home conversion. See more images of the proposed building on our website - https://lnkd.in/ekSQKvjF Contractor - FAMELLA BUILDING CONTRACTORS LTD

Another success in the South Downs National Park! A replacement family dwelling near West Harting in West Sussex, has been given planning consent. The site constraints, principally of the site topography and visual prominence in the area, proximity to the designated Ancient Woodland and the perceived overbearing of the previous refused application have been instrumental in the development of the proposals. The designs aspire to meet Passivhaus principles, conserve energy use through fabric first methods, and reduce embodied energy in construction. Architecture - Re-Format Arboricultural Consultant - Duckworths Arboriculture Ltd Civil Engineers - CGS Civils Ltd Ecological Consultant - Wychwood Environmental Ltd Energy & Sustainability Consultant - Blewburton Ltd Landscape Architect - Ramsay & Co Landscape Architecture Lighting Impact Assessor - DFL-UK Planning Consultant - de Courcy Town Planning Consultants

The scaffold is now being struck at the McCarthy Stone retirement scheme in Wichelstowe. Works are progressing well and the site is due for completion in the summer. The proposed retirement community development comprises 44 McCarthy Stone retirement apartments and 81 assisted living apartments that will be handed over to Anchor. The site is located south of Swindon, within Wichelstowe District Centre, sitting adjacent to the Wilts & Berks Canal. The proposals are designed to respond to the specific site conditions, the surrounding character of as-built and proposed developments and the overall masterplan for Wichelstowe.

Wishing all our clients, professional colleagues, friends and followers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We will be closing the office from Tuesday 24th December until Thursday 2nd January. We look forward to hearing about new exciting plans in 2025, and progressing all the projects we have been a part of in 2024. A wintery scene from the New Blendworth Centre, Horndean. Planning drawings have recently been submitted for replacement facilities at the centre which offers a day provision for those aged over 19 with learning difficulties.

We are pleased to have won a planning appeal against the South Downs National Park Authority, to redevelop the historic Dunford House, near Midhurst in West Sussex. The Planning Inspector’s decision secures the future of this Grade II-listed building, granting permission to convert it into a modern wellness hotel, events venue, and heritage information centre with public access. The Planning inspectorate recognised the project’s balanced approach to preserving cultural heritage and enhancing the site’s historic significance. The planned development will replace unattractive 20th-century extensions with sympathetic new designs, including a new contemporary events space, ensuring the long-term viability of the property while protecting its rich associations with Victorian MP Richard Cobden.