Tag Archives: Planning Approval

Planning Consent for Self-build Homes in the Isles of Scilly

TEP is delighted that the Council of Isles of Scilly (CIOS), has granted planning permission for 12 affordable, detached and semi-detached self-build homes at Ennor Farm, Old Town, St Mary’s.

These will be serviced plots meeting the demand for this type of house building on the Isles of Scilly, with each home guided by design principles set out in a Design Code and subsequently, a plot passport.  Under the direction of CIOS’s Housing Delivery Team and working collaboratively with ALA Architects, KTA Architects and Campbell Reith, TEP provided ecological and arboricultural assessments to support the site design and planning application.  We also worked alongside the local Wildlife Trust to complete an impact assessment for the adjacent Lower Moors Site of Special Scientific Interest.

With land ownership and planning consent secured, it is anticipated that the CIOS will pursue government funding opportunities open to local authorities to deliver the serviced plots.

Masterplan for Ennor Farm - Image Credit ALA Architects Residential Development in the Isles of Scilly

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Supporting London’s Leisure Sector

Success for TEP as our Planning and Landscape Design Team secures planning permission for a new leisure facility in the Borough of Havering.

TEP worked alongside clients Total Swimming and Havering Council to provide a range of environmental services for the new Leisure Centre and Community Park in Rainham, East London. The chosen site, following community consultation, is in a central location and within an existing recreation ground. It is also adjacent to a Conservation Area.

TEP oversaw the preparation and submission of the planning application, coordinating consultant inputs and assessing the proposals against the London Plan and local policy.  TEP’s Planning Team also prepared other key elements of the planning application, including the Statement of Community Involvement, a Health Impact Assessment and Construction Management Plan, as well as preparing the calculations and liaising with the Council on the Community Infrastructure Levy and Section 106 contributions.   

In partnership with Box Architects, TEP also provided landscape design services on the project, which became a key part of the proposals to address the loss of greenspace as a result of the proposed scheme.  Whilst the proposals would result in a loss of 15% of the greenspace to built-form, TEP’s landscape design improves the quality of the remaining 85%.  This was achieved through a range of landscape proposals, themed around health and well-being, which works with the existing features of the site and complements neighbouring land uses, such as the adjacent primary school.  Landscape elements included a re-designed play area, sensory planting, wildflower meadows, community orchard, raised beds for vegetable growing, grassed events space, outdoor seating areas, as well as circular path routes to support health and fitness.  A key feature of the landscape design is the creation of a striking green frontage to the new Leisure Centre and park when viewed from Viking Way which facilitates walking and cycling connections to other parts of the town.  This work was supported by an Urban Greening Factor calculation carried out by TEP, which showed that even with the loss of green space the existing Urban Greening Factor of the site would be retained through the landscape improvements put forward and would exceed the London Mayor’s target for commercial developments.  

TEP also carried out arboriculture and ecology surveys and reporting (including a BREEAM assessment) to support the planning application and inform the landscape design proposals for the site. The project was successful and granted planning consent in March 2021.

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Leighton Plans Approved

Two plans totalling 1,250 homes in the Leighton area of the town have been approved by Cheshire East Council and stand to benefit from a £36.5m highways expansion project nearby.

Congratulations to Bloor Homes, Vistry Partnerships, and Cheshire East Council’s Economic Development Team (formerly Engine of the North) on the recent announcement that both the Leighton West (North) and Leighton West (South) planning applications in Crewe have been approved.

This project is the culmination of years of hard work by the project team, led by planning advisors Avison Young. TEP has a long history of involvement with this site; we were first brought on board in 2013 to carry out habitat, bat, and amphibian surveys for the scheme. Since then, we have worked closely with Avison Young and undertaken a range of assessments to support the project, including surveying the trees, invertebrates, badgers, and hedgerows. TEP also carried out landscape and visual assessments for both developments and designed a biodiverse landscape framework for Leighton West (North). By working closely with TEP’s ecologists, the project achieved an onsite Biodiversity Net Gain of well over 10% – an incredible result for this type of constrained site.

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TEP Secures Planning For NHS Trust

Sevenoaks District Council granted full planning permission for a new health and wellbeing centre in Edenbridge, Kent.

Due to a growing population, the health centre is a welcome addition to the local community as the demand for health care is set to outweigh provision by 2024. The centre will comprise a range of services including GP and social prescribing services, community health care and minor surgery.

TEP’s town planners, on behalf of the Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust, co-ordinated and managed a team of landscape architects, arborists, historic environment consultants and ecologists. TEP was also supported by Prime Transport, Bureau Veritas, RSP and Genever and Partners.

We worked closely with LSI architects through an extensive period of negotiation and consultation with the local authority, county highways and the local community.

TEP is also delighted to have a continued involvement in the project, having been instructed by the Trust to discharge the conditions, and we look forward to seeing the project complete.

If you would like to learn more about TEP’s planning services or have a scheme you would like to discuss, please get in touch: planning@tep.uk.com 

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Planning Approval at Trap Road

TEP’s Planning Team is delighted to have secured outline planning permission from South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) for 7 dwellings on behalf of This Land Ltd, at their site in Guilden Morden.

During the pre-application discussions, a planning officer at SCDC identified the site as a ‘gateway’ to the village. Recognising that the site is the first point of contact with Guilden Morden from the south east, This Land designed the site with this in mind. TEP’s town planners managed the application and took the proposals through a community consultation process, hosting a public exhibition, online consultation resources and community leaflet drops.

TEP’s arborists and ecologists also carried out the environmental assessments, which fed into the Illustrative Masterplan. This ensured the existing parkland trees on the site will be protected by a development buffer between proposed properties and the locally valued tree belt.

Prime Transport Planning also supported TEP in the planning process, by providing essential access and transport assessment advice for the scheme.

TEP is pleased to have supported This Land gain planning approval for their scheme. If you would like to learn more about TEP’s planning services or have a scheme you would like to discuss, please get in touch: planning@tep.uk.com 

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