Springholm Affordable Housing Development Ready for Site Start 28/3/2023Douglas BodellNo CommentsOur affordable housing development in Springholm, Dumfries and Galloway for Wheatley Group is due to commence on site soon.
We were delighted Grant of Planning Permission and Building Warrant Approval was recently received for our affordable housing development in Springholm, Dumfries and Galloway for Wheatley Group .
The development will provide 47 affordable homes in total, with the designs based on Designing Streets principles.
A new linear publicly useable open space creates a link though the development site north-south to the existing protected open spaces and provides an attractive space incorporating incidental play features along the pedestrian links.
This open space is intended to be publicly useable and provides pedestrian links through the development site and to surrounding context whilst providing carefully planned and designed tree and planting features.
The proposed development provides a mixture of single and two-storey semi-detached with a good mix of housing catering for a variety of types including general needs and amenity.
The development will be gas-free with each home heated by an air source heat pump.
Works are due to commence on site soon.
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First Phase of Murtholm Development Starts On Site 2/3/2023Douglas BodellNo CommentsFirst Phase of our Masterplanned, Passive House Certified, Affordable Housing Development in Langholm Starts On Site
We are really pleased that the enabling works phase for our masterplanned affordable housing development at Murtholm, Langholm for Loreburn Housing Association has commenced on site this week.
The enabling works are key to unlocking the site and will create a site access point from the A7 trunk road, utility diversions and the formation of an access road onto the site.
The next phase will provide publicly useable central open space, a 35-unit extra care housing facility, and a new active travel foot and cycle bridge over the River Esk, linking the development with the wider settlement.
The extra care housing will be designed and constructed to achieve passivhaus certification, and will be the first extra care development of this type in Dumfries and Galloway.
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Planning Permission Granted for Eastriggs Housing Development 24/2/2023Douglas BodellNo CommentsGrant of Planning Permission received for a large affordable housing development in Eastriggs, Dumfries and Galloway.
Grant of Planning Permission has been received for a large affordable housing development in Eastriggs, Dumfries and Galloway for our client Cunninghame Housing Association.
We have obtained approval at Planning Committee Meeting for a large housing development on an allocated housing site to provide 74 affordable homes in total.
The designs have been developed in accordance with the established masterplan for the wider context and include publicly useable open space / landscaping.
The proposed development provides a mixture of single and two-storey semi-detached and terraced dwellings with a good mix of housing catering for a variety of types including general needs and amenity.
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Hallmeadow Completed for Cunninghame 7/11/2022Douglas BodellNo CommentsNew-build affordable housing for Cunninghame Housing Association acheives completion.
We were thrilled to attend the official ceremony marking the completion of 130 new homes in Annan for our client Cunninghame Housing Association Ltd.
The masterplanned development at Hallmeadow for 130 homes provides a housing mixture of 2- and 3-bedroom general needs houses, as well as 8 bungalows designed for amenity use and 5 wheelchair friendly designed bungalows.
Designed with a focus on people, not vehicles, the layout incorporates the principles of ‘Designing Streets’ resulting in a well-connected safe and distinctive development with improved access and permeability for all local residents.
Throughout the site we incorporated dedicated pocket parks, amenity areas and landscaped areas which together make up a network of green spaces and landscaped walks with wider connections to the local area. These are supplemented with appropriate planting to create attractive areas with enhanced biodiversity.
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Planning Permission for Community Facility 21/10/2022Douglas BodellNo CommentsPlanning Permission received for new extension to Lochvale House for Let’s Get Sporty.
Planning Permission has been received for a new-build expansion to an existing community centre in Dumfries for Let’s Get Sporty Community Trust.
Let’s Get Sporty is a not for profit social enterprise based in Dumfries & Galloway who provide young people with training, mentoring and employment opportunities through the delivery of sport & physical activity. Category B Listed Lochvale House in Georgetown is Let’s Gets Sporty’s base in Dumfries.
The new facility will help achieve Lets Get Sporty’s objectives at Lochvale House and will provide:-
The design solution for the new facility completes a courtyard arrangement to the rear of the building to maintain a connection with the existing building but also to form links with the adjacent playing fields. The internal circulation space within the building runs along the side of the courtyard linking the internal spaces and providing visual and physical connections to the courtyard. This link circulation space will be multi-functional with seating and views out over the courtyard, whilst the main multi-functional space has large windows providing views outwards. This will allow social interaction throughout these key spaces. A service core is located to the rear of the building. A new central play park is proposed within the courtyard.
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Conservation Architect Re-accreditation at Advanced Level 11/10/2022Douglas BodellNo CommentsAndrew Easton has achieved re-accreditation in Conservation Architect at Advanced Level by RIAS.
Congratulations to Andrew Easton whose re-accreditation in Conservation Architect at the Advanced Level was recently approved by The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland.
Andrew has been accredited as a Conservation Architect at Advanced Level for around twenty years – he is now almost as wizened and ragged as the buildings he works on!
Re-accreditation recognises Andrew’s wealth of experience and skill working in the historic built environment and his commitment to preserving heritage assets.
Andrew leads our conservation work together with our other The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland Conservation Accredited Architects: Paul Moffat and Douglas Bodell.
Our conservation work includes the repair, adaption, and conversion of a wide range of historic buildings, from ruinous Scheduled Ancient Monuments and A listed castles of national importance, ostentatious town halls, and imposing Victorian churches, through to modest town centre shop units, vernacular cottages, and whimsical summerhouses.
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Three new staff members join the Practice 6/10/2022Douglas BodellNo CommentsWe are delighted to welcome three new staff members to the practice.
We are delighted to welcome three new staff members to the practice.
Jannica Necesito has completed her first 3 years studying architecture at University of Strathclyde and has joined us for her “Year Out” experience and training in our Glasgow office.
Rachael Craig will be graduating from the Architectural Technology course at Robert Gordon University with a BSc (Hons) degree and has joined as an Architectural Technologist in our Ayr office.
Jane Balnave recently completed her MArch in Architectural Studies from University of Strathclyde and has joined as a Part 2 Architectural Assistant and will be carrying out her Part 3 experience and training in our Dumfries office.
Welcome to the team Jannica, Rachael, and Jane!
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Official Opening held for Heathhall Development 3/10/2022Douglas BodellNo CommentsWe were delighted to attend the official opening of our completed affordable housing development at Herries Avenue, Dumfries to our client Loreburn Housing Association.
We were delighted to attend the official opening of our completed affordable housing development at Herries Avenue, Dumfries to our client Loreburn Housing Association.
This development delivers 75 new-build, energy-efficient, affordable homes on a brownfield site of the former college.
The dwellings were designed for different client groups and local demand, included mainstream, housing for special needs and older people. The multi-generational approach is hoped to help re-establish community links and bring people together.
Uncategorized No Comments »Our customers have told us how delighted they are with the quality and design standards of their new homes, and we hope they enjoy a long and happy future here at Heathhall.
Our vision is to create GREAT places to live and Heathhall is a fantastic example. A place to build a community in homes that are adaptable and that can meet our customers’ current and future needs.
NHS Scotland Chief Executive visits Goathill Development 26/9/2022Douglas BodellNo CommentsNHS Scotland Chief Executive Caroline Lamb and Chief Operating Officer John Burns visited Goathill Care Campus in Stornoway.
Caroline Lamb, Chief Executive, and John Burns, Chief Operating Officer of NHS Scotland, toured our Care Home and Extra Care Housing development in Stornoway for Comhairle nan Eilean Siar and Hebridean Housing Partnership.
This £32m landmark dementia-friendly development for the Western Isles is currently on site and consists of a single-storey 52-place care home and a 50-unit extra care housing development.
The care home incorporates shared facilities including communal day rooms, dining room, quiet room, barrier free access, and external courtyards for recreational use, designed to provide shelter from the Hebridean winds.
Uncategorized No Comments »This is an excellent development that will make a huge contribution to social care provision.