RHG Conference Presentation
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Richard spoke at the RHG Conference on 28/09/17 about Housing for Older People in the Countryside.
His slides are available here for you to view. CLICK HERE
Update: Planning
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St Albans Revised Application
Our improved scheme for the site in St Albans received another successful planning approval.
The proposals for Beechcroft Developments are for retirement housing on the site of the former Maryland Convent.
Bishops Waltham
We have recently submitted a planning application for this site in Hampshire.
Bishops Waltham pond, Abbey Field and Abbey Mill with its surrounding land lie just south of Bishops Waltham centre with the imposing ruins of the medieval bishop’s palace immediately to the east, the embankment of the old railway to the west and open fields to the south.
The scheme proposes a care “village” with a 66 bed care home and 39 units of Assisted Living accommodation. There is also family housing on site, with 12 affordable dwellings and 19 family houses for private sale.
Retirement Housing Group
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Richard has recently delivered, (on behalf of the Retirement Housing Group RHG), evidence to the All Party Parliamentary Group APPG on Housing and Care for Older People. The group, chaired by Lord Best and Peter Aldous MP is currently hearing evidence for its enquiry into Rural Retirement Housing - HAPPI 4.
Richard will also be talking on Rural Retirement Housing at the RHG Conference on 28th September.
Update: Planning & On Site
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St Albans
We can now announce that St Albans District Council has granted planning consent for our scheme on Townsend Drive, St Albans. The proposals for Beechcroft Developments are for retirement housing on the site of the former Maryland Convent.
Four Winds
Our planning application for this house in Harrow for a private client was successful. We have now begun the working drawings for the major extension of this attractive 1906 Arts and Crafts House in Harrow on the Hill. The designs preserve and enhance the existing building while creating a large pool and leisure complex at basement level.
Tenterden
We have recently submitted a planning application for a mixed assisted living and care home scheme for APM, Cognatum and Barchester Healthcare. The sloping site is to the west of Tenterden town centre. The scheme comprises 22 new assisted living units plus a resident managers office, and a 56 bed care home for the frail elderly with specialist provision for dementia patients.
A substantial area around some existing badger sets will be left undeveloped, cultivated as a wild flower meadow and safeguarded for the future.
Site Updates:
Leatherhead
Progress on site at Leatherhead is going well, with the show apartments getting ready to be launched in the summer. Block A has the timber frame completed and the roof is watertight, the Block B timber frame is rapidly going up, whilst the foundations for Blocks C and D are already completed.
Winchcombe
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We have recently submitted a planning application for 53 assisted living dwellings and a 52 bed care home on this splendid, but very sensitive site on the edge of Winchcombe. Traditionally designed in Cotswold stone, the new buildings are informally grouped to create a series of village spaces relating to the town and the adjacent grounds of Sudely Castle. Near the site entrance is a group of listed but derelict farm buildings which are to be restored for community use, while to the east and north riverside gardens will be created along the site boundaries.
Read MoreThe Tower of London and other new projects
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Dealing with 3 million visitors each year in a hugely important set of buildings which were designed to make entry and exit almost impossible is a monumental challenge. Add to this the fact that the Tower is also a place of education, a place of work for the many staff of Historic Royal Palaces, home for dozens of families and a place of protection for the world's most famous collection of jewels.
RM Architects have been appointed to carry out a series of logistical studies, identifying problems arising in the fulfillment of these widely varying functions and possible initiatives which will overcome those problems while preserving the historic fabric and enhancing the perception of this utterly unique place.
Read MoreStaff news
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Rayan Azari currently has eight of his photographs included in a spectacular ‘pavilion’ display as part of an exhibition on Syria at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto.
Read MoreLeatherhead gains planning consent
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We are delighted that Mole Valley Council has granted planning consent for our scheme on Randalls Road Leatherhead. The proposals, made on behalf of Bewley Homes and Beechcroft Developments, include 78 houses and flats and a 62 bed care home grouped around a large public open space.
Read MoreNew staff and promotions
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Asua Ellimah has recently re-joined us as a Senior architect having worked with the firm previously between 2012 and 2014. Prior to that Asua worked with Richard and Yarema for a number of years at Sidell Gibson.
Valeria Cabrera is an Italian architect , specializing in work on historic buildings having trained in Rome, Istanbul and London.
Caveh Bahreyni Toosi qualified as a medical doctor and worked in that role for a number of years in Iran and China before deciding on a career change and training as an architect, first in Northern Cyprus and then in the UK. He recently completed his Part 1 qualification.
Read MoreNew Luxury Residential Projects
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In the ‘luxury residential’ sector we have recently been appointed to work on three individual properties. In Ashley Gardens, Victoria we are completely transforming a standard mansion block flat to create a series of open plan living areas and four separate bedroom suites; in Oatlands Avenue, Weybridge we are converting and adding a major extension to an arts and crafts detached house, and in Roxburgh Park Harrow we have recently been commissioned for a major extension and conversion, doubling the size of a locally listed house built in 1906.
Read MoreRMA Polish Office
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Grazyna Reichel, having been part of the UK team for several years, has recently moved with her family, back to Poland and has set up an office in Gdynia on the Baltic coast. Grazyna will continue to work with us on UK projects from her new base and will also seek for projects in Poland.
Read MoreNew listed building planning application
/We have recently submitted planning and listed building applications for the extension of the Tiger, the grade 2 star listed church hall of All Saints Lindfield. The front part of the building is an exceptionally rare timber frame Wealden house from the end of the fourteenth century and previous extensions date from the sixteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Our proposed addition is intended to provide extra space for the church’s vital youth work.
Storrington wins gold for best landscaping in What House? Awards 2015
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We are delighted that our Orchard Gardens scheme in Storrington was recently awarded gold in the Best Landscape Design category at the What House? Awards 2015. The judges described it as 'an eloquent scheme sensitively designed and executed within a historic setting', and praised its 'elegant simplicity'.
Read MoreMedstead gains planning consent
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Our planning application for a scheme consisting of 20 retirement cottages in Medstead on behalf of Beechcroft Developments has recently been granted.
Read MoreRayan wins Middle East in London photo competition
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Congratulations to our team member Rayan Azhari who recently won the annual Middle East in London photo competition with this spectacular shot of Latakia, Syria.
Read MoreArthur Street featured in FX magazine
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Our Arthur Street scheme was recently featured in FX design magazine.
Read MoreRandalls Road Letherhead
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After a busy summer we have submitted a planning application to Mole Valley Council in the joint names of Bewley Homes and Beechcroft Developments. The proposal includes 50 family dwellings, 35 assisted living units and a 64 bed care home all grouped around a large public open space.
Read MoreMaryland St Albans
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We have recently submitted a planning application on behalf of Beechcroft Developments for 48 retirement dwellings on the site of the former Maryland care home close to the city centre in St Albans.
Read MoreThree Peaks Walk for Alzheimer's Society
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Thirty years after having first completed the Yorkshire Three Peaks Walk I once again took to the hills earlier this summer for a second go. Having triumphed for a second time I returned to the same pub for a well deserved pint. How time does fly! This was all in aid of Alzheimer’s Society and, with my son, my daughter and my brothers alongside, we raised over £4500 which is wonderful news.
Read MoreJentex Village
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A regeneration proposal, unanimously approved by Thanet District Council on 16 September, will provide the village of Cliffsend near Ramsgate with a radically new type of mixed development combining family housing, community facilities, state of the art accommodation for older people and a base for the provision of outreach care to nearby villages.
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