Knightstone Housing Association Office Scoops Built Environment Award
Barton Willmore the UK’s leading independent planning and design consultancy alongside Knightstone Housing Association accepted the Weston Civic Society Award this week (1 October 2014) in...
View ArticleA ‘Hat -Trick’ of Planning Consents for Barton Willmore
Barton Willmore is delighted to have secured planning permission on behalf of Cheshire Fire & Rescue Service for three new fire stations throughout Cheshire. The two new fire stations are located...
View ArticleFOUR CALL-IN CLAIMS, THREE ACV’S, TWO JUDICIAL REVIEWS AND AN ONGOING TVG CLAIM…
With the festive season upon us and 2014 drawing to a close, I found myself reflecting on what the past 12 months has brought to the team here in Leeds, reviewing some of the challenges that we have...
View ArticleGuest Blog: Gareth Reeves from Oxford Brookes Uni shares views on future of...
Two weeks ago Barton Willmore visited Oxford Brookes University hosting a day of workshops, lively discussion for students studying towards a career in planning; launching the Barton Willmore Reading...
View Article210k homes a year….and the rest
I’m on route to the biggest housing rally for a long time, ready to back Homes for Britain in their call to political parties to end to the housing crisis within a generation. When it comes to house...
View ArticlePositive Planning – are we up for the challenge?
In a Westminster Hall debate on 5 March DCLG Minister Brandon Lewis said ‘plan-making can be challenging, because it involved difficult decisions’ – this rather pessimistic view on planning has...
View ArticleWorld Class Training Facility for Reading FC given go-ahead
The UK’s leading planning and design consultancy Barton Willmore has secured a resolution to grant planning permission from Wokingham Borough Council for their transformation of the historic 120 acre...
View ArticlePlanning for Power: Spring 2015
In this edition of Planning for Power, we hear the latest energy news and insight from our specialist energy team. Claire Kent covers the long awaited National Planning Policy for Waste and the...
View ArticleGENERAL ELECTION 2015: WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY?
With a General Election pending it has become a cliché to say that this is the most difficult election to predict in a generation. Is it more of the same, or can we expect another revolution? Well –...
View ArticleChester Zoo to open new ‘Islands’ zone in July 2015
Our Manchester office is delighted to announce that Chester Zoo is to unveil the biggest development in the history of UK zoos in July, a complex and unique project that Barton Willmore successfully...
View ArticleUK’s largest zoo extension opens – Eight years of work by Barton Willmore...
The UK’s largest zoo extension has opened to the public at Chester Zoo. This marks a significant day for Barton Willmore, the UK’s largest independent, integrated planning and design consultancy, which...
View ArticleAmbition of Rural Productivity Plan is right, the challenge will be...
Mark Sitch responds to George Osborne’s Rural Productivity Plan as discussed in the Daily Telegraph today (20 August). “There’s no doubt that the aspirations set out in the Chancellor and Secretary of...
View ArticleLessons learnt when securing a Development Consent Order
In July this year, a Development Consent Order (DCO) was secured from the Secretary of State for an Underground Gas Storage facility at Preesall on behalf of Halite Energy Limited. This is the first...
View ArticleBarton Willmore appointed by Abertay Housing Association (AHA) to deliver...
Barton Willmore has been appointed by Abertay Housing Association (AHA) to help deliver approximately 70 new social rented houses and flats on a prominent site in the Fintry area of Dundee. Barton...
View ArticleBarton Willmore secure planning permission for affordable contemporary...
Barton Willmore have designed and secured planning permission for a new contemporary affordable housing development in Knowle, Bristol, on behalf of Knightstone Housing. The new development, located...
View ArticleBarton Willmore shape and submit plans for new ‘urban quarter’ in Reading
Reading based planning and design consultancy Barton Willmore have submitted plans on behalf of RFC Prop Co Ltd, a partly-owned subsidiary of Reading Football Club, for a new high quality, sustainable...
View ArticleWALES PLANNING ACT (2015) DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT PRE-APPLICATION CONSULTATION
The Wales Planning Act introduced the requirement to undertake pre-application consultation on ‘major’ planning applications for energy, minerals, waste, some residential and commercial developments....
View ArticleWALES PLANNING ACT (2015) DEVELOPMENTS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE
The Wales Planning Act (2015) introduced a new planning regime in Wales for developments of national significance (DNS). We have produced a guidance note in response. Download now
View ArticlePlace-making, Place-shaping, Place-keeping? Is London leading the way?
Across the development industry we frequently challenge ourselves with the question of ‘what makes good place?’ In February 2016 we convened a roundtable of top developers, investors and thinkers to...
View ArticleHousing top priority for the next Bristol Mayor
In late April Mayoral Hustings began in Bristol, as our minds turn to the role that George Ferguson has played in our city over the last 4 years, and what the next successful candidate may bring....
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