In order to fulfil its long-term flood-risk management responsibilities while protecting and enhancing local biodiversity, the Lower Severn Internal Drainage Board’s (LSIDB) programme of improvements to its ageing infrastructure installations continues. The land drainage pumping stations at Saul and Elmore Back have been upgraded so that they no longer form a barrier to eel migration.
A combination of transport planning and sustainable drainage expertise from Motion helped secure approval for Silverleaf Group, who plans to build up to 35 dwellings in East Sussex. The development will provide much-needed housing, including some affordable homes on land at Coopers Green, Uckfield.
Planning permission has been granted for ‘green’ warehouse developments at two sites in central London. Located in Brixton Hill and Greenwich, the schemes are some of the first to be implemented by Bloom and will transform under-utilised real estate into ultra-urban warehouses to enable businesses to thrive and become more sustainable.
A resolution to grant planning permission has been received for the demolition of an existing Jewson hardware store for a mixed-use, 25-storey residential tower at Ilderton Wharf, Southwark. The new development comprises three towers of nine, 23 and 25 storeys and will deliver 170 apartments, including 61 affordable homes and a replacement builders’ merchant on
