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Success at Grove Farm
April 2025
Great news this month: With unanimous agreement North Somerset Council’s planning committee agreed to grant outline planning permission for Taylor Wimpey’s Grove Farm site at Backwell.
Development will deliver 515 new homes, land for new primary school provision, a community hub and an extensive range of new green infrastructure at Backwell, between Bristol and Weston-super-Mare...
Are Cities Good for Us?
March 2025
"Cities are good for us, or at least they can and should be." … The team attended The Good City talk at the Arnolfini in Bristol organised by Design West last week to find out about the challenges around designing fair, sustainable and healthy urban centres for everyone.
Well, one thing that became quite clear was what a complex business city-making is, not least from a (public) investment perspective...
New Year, New Homes: Cromhall
February 2025
2025 is now in full swing and here at pad we are already working on a number of new projects across the South West with some of our long-standing clients.
Other challenging and much-needed developments that have been in the planning system pipeline for some time include revised proposals that were recently submitted to South Gloucestershire Council by Redcliffe Homes for full planning permission to deliver 47 new homes at Cromhall...
Happy New Year!
January 2025
Welcome to 2025! We hope that you had a great Christmas break and we look forward to working with many of you this year.
Following a successful 2024, we look forward to more exciting projects and planning permissions in what is set to be an interesting year, with a Government target of 1.5 million new homes in the next five years and under the revised National Planning Policy Framework...
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Permission for Meadow Gate
December 2024
As we look forward to Christmas, we are pleased that in our last newsletter of the year we can report that reserved matters approval was granted this month to Stonewood Homes for 49 new dwellings in Sandford, North Somerset.
The Meadow Gate site will also deliver additional land for education alongside the village primary school, and we look forward to including photos of the development on the ground in our revisited section in 2025...
Approved: RM for Another East of Harry Stoke Parcel
November 2024
We are delighted that Reserved Matters are now approved for another parcel of the East of Harry Stoke New Neighbourhood in South Gloucestershire.
Phase 2.2C is set to see Taylor Wimpey deliver an additional 112 new homes alongside an access from the Stoke Gifford Bypass, a key gateway to the development...
Castle Cary Gets the Go Ahead
October 2024
As we move into autumn, we are pleased to have seen a number of planning applications and Reserved Matters submissions made in recent weeks.
These include at Station Road, Castle Cary, where the Redcliffe Homes proposals finally received a resolution to grant full planning permission...
Residential Development at Cotford St Luke
September 2024
First of all, we are pleased to be assisting Hallam Land with proposals for residential development to the north of Cotford St Luke village, within the authority of Somerset Council.
These were subject to an online public consultation in recent weeks, and could see the delivery of 75 to 85 new homes, together with Green Infrastructure...
Team Day Out at The Old Printworks in Frome
August 2024
Earlier this month the pad team spent an interesting day away from the office, first visiting Shepton Mallet Prison for an immersive 'escape the cell' experience (we did...!) as well as a tour of the prison that closed in 2013.
After lunch, we enjoyed looking around Acorn Property Group's The Old Printworks in Frome to see how the site is progressing...
Sustainable New Home Proposals Submitted
July 2024
An application for full planning permission has been submitted this month for a new high-quality home within the City of Bath Conservation Area.
The proposals will see the existing 1950s house, which is of low architectural merit with considerable subsidence, replaced with an exemplar 4-bedroom sustainable home...
Coombe Dingle Homes for Sale
June 2024
The two homes in the Coombe Dingle area of Bristol, which we designed for private clients several years ago, are now on sale with Rupert Oliver Property Agents.
The bespoke homes (of 4000 and 4500 sq ft) replaced the outdated home that previously occupied the secluded site...
Reserved Matters Approved at Highworth
May 2024
Revised Reserved Matters proposals for 238 new homes, together with a variety of attractive and connected open space, had been submitted to Swindon Borough Council on behalf of David Wilson Homes.
We are delighted that approval has now been received, and will see a high quality addition to this pretty market town...
48 New Homes in Weston-super-Mare
April 2024
March saw several planning applications and reserved matters submissions.
These included at Land East of Lynx Crescent, Weston-super-Mare, where South West Strategic Developments with Grass Roots Planning has applied for outline planning permission to deliver 48 new homes...
Vision of a Contemporary Homestead
March 2024
With 2024 now well underway, we are back into a busy schedule including applications, design reviews, and land promotion work.
We have also undertaken modelling for several of our smaller architectural projects, including the proposal above for a large one-off new home designed as a contemporary homestead...
Another RM Approval in Bristol!
February 2024
We are delighted to report a second Reserved Matters approval in Bristol for Goram Homes and Countryside Partnerships in as many months.
Phase One of the former school site in Hengrove, to the south of the city centre, is set to deliver 130 new homes which includes two and three storey houses and four storey apartments...
Happy New Year!
January 2024
Happy New Year and welcome to our first newsletter of 2024. We hope that you had a great break and we look forward to catching up with you over the coming weeks and months.
We were delighted with a flurry of planning approvals just before Christmas. These included from Bristol City Council to Goram Homes and Countryside Partnerships...
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MERRY CHRISTMAS!
December 2023
Our office will be closed on Friday lunchtime (the 22nd) and reopen on Tuesday 2nd January.
This year we are once again donating to @sheltercharity and thanks to Jacob for designing our card this Christmas.
Thank you to all our clients for the continued support and here's to a prosperous and optimistic 2024!
Application Submitted for Banwell
December 2023
pad is happy to have assisted Bristol-based Woodstock Homes with the submission of an application for outline planning permission at Banwell village in North Somerset. The site can deliver up to 95 new homes, including a policy compliant level of affordable housing, substantial areas of open space including a community orchard...
Lakewood House Mendip Hills
November 2023
A visualisation of the (now approved) proposals to extend a family home on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Exciting News Alert! pad Design is now an employee-owned business, recognising that our success has been and always will be built upon the hard work and commitment of our diverse team...
Topping Out at The Old Printworks
October 2023
We were pleased to attend the topping out ceremony at Acorn Property Group's The Old Printworks site in Frome this month. It is great to see this development of 159 new homes nearing completion. Pad's role included both the Reserved Matters and working drawing stages on this brownfield site. Click here to read Acorn's Case Study of the site...
Brownfield Application in Bristol
September 2023
This month an application has been made for outline planning permission for redevelopment of the GPI site at Fishponds, Bristol. One of three adjoining sites, the proposals (formed of controlling parameters plans with supporting illustrative material, including the massing study left) will see up to 255 new homes provided set around a central open space.
Submissions & Permissions!
August 2023
Reserved Matters have now been submitted to Bristol City Council for residential redevelopment at Dovercourt Road (140 homes) and Phase 1 of New Fosseway Road (130 new homes). As reported last month, we are working on both sites alongside Countryside Partnerships and Goram Homes. Streetscenes from the New Fosseway site are shown left...
Summer is Coming!
July 2023
We hope that you are well and enjoying the summer! This month we are pleased to welcome James Essery to the practice, who joins us as an Urban Designer. This short newsletter celebrates ongoing projects with Goram Homes, and another visit to Arborfield Green in our revisited section, as well as the striking Lane End Farm (left)...
Summer is Coming!
June 2023
With the recent sunny weather and hot air balloons being a common sight in the sky over Bristol, this image - taken from our recent entry to the city's housing competition - seems particularly apt. A joint entry with Seed Landscape, the entry saw Mark, Hannah and Paulina put in a considerable effort out of office hours...
RM Approvals in North Somerset
May 2023
As usual, our newsletter provides a brief overview of several recent projects here at pad. These include two recent reserved matters approvals for residential developments in North Somerset and the granting of outline planning approval for a custom build site in the West Midlands...
Approval for Creedy Bridge!
April 2023
We were delighted in recent weeks when Reserved Matters approval was granted for Bellway's proposals at Creedy Bridge, Crediton. This will see the delivery of 257 new homes, with Public Open Space, land for a future primary school, sports pitches, up to five gypsy and traveller pitches, and access works...
Planning Permissions Start the Year
February 2023
Welcome to our second newsletter of the year. We have been pleased to see a couple of projects which we have been involved with receiving planning permission recently: Moonhill Copse (left) for EG Carter and Sovereign; and Badminton Road for Redcliffe Homes.
Planning Permission at Village Road
October 2022
Here at pad, our latest monthly newsletter provides a quick update on several of our projects and a recent photo from one of our historic sites. September saw the granting of full planning permission for re-development of land at Village Road, Cheltenham...
Home Improvements in Somerset
July 2022
This month has seen applications for improvements to two family homes in North Somerset. The first of these, known as Field House, is currently a relatively unremarkable bungalow; the proposals as shown above would see it become a striking modernised dwelling...
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