A new residential development in St Albans will soon offer contemporary homes in the town, providing much-needed accommodation for local people. Planning consent has been granted for 37 dwellings to be built on the site of a former builders’ merchant. The scheme in Cape Road will reuse the brownfield site to deliver high-quality, sustainable and
Defining sustainability for a rural location can lead to conflicting interpretations. In such debates, test cases can help shine a light to steer a proposal towards consensus. In the following project, Motion gave prominence to previous sustainable travel measures and drew attention to appeal outcomes for similar schemes, allaying concerns that a development would be
A solid understanding of traffic planning, highways and drainage issues, combined with a dogged determination to address concerns, resulted in a successful appeal outcome for Reside Developments, who plan to build 125 homes on land in Hampshire. Sustainable travel measures will help to promote non-vehicular trips to and from the site. A comprehensive range of
Planning consent has been granted, subject to Section 106 obligations, for a new development at Grove Crescent Road in Stratford. The mixed-use regeneration scheme will deliver 22,000 square feet of workspace for local artists and creators, 397 purpose-built student homes and improvements to the public realm. The development will be car free, with residents encouraged
