Bideford Care Home on site in North Devon
2/9/2022Robert Potter and PartnersNo Comments New-build 67 bedroom care home in the picturesque town of Bideford.
This new-build care home is advanced on site in the picturesque historic port town of Bideford in North Devon. The design is 3 storey in a mature garden setting in the heart of the town.
Facilities include gym, cinema room, dayroom and large terraced balconies. External materials use reconstructed stone and colourful non-combustible fibre-cement cladding.
Ecological enhancements included the Bideford Bat House to accommodate a variety of bat species.
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Planning Permission Granted for Wigtown Housing Development
26/8/2022Douglas BodellNo Comments Grant of Planning Permission received for a large housing development in Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway.
Grant of Planning Permission has been received for a new housing development in Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway for our client, 3B Construction Limited.
The proposed development is for a residential development comprising a mixture of 1 and 2 storey detached, semi-detached and terraced houses providing 43 homes in total.
A significant aspect to the design concept was the provision of a central open space area. This not only reflects the use of the site as the former agricultural showground and with a potential location to the north of the site preserves the boundary to the Conservation Area with traditional stone wall and mature trees forming part of open space.
The design concept also provides a highly desirable approach to housing to create such a large and open parkland for community use within a housing development and an excellent opportunity and provides an exciting opportunity for a high-quality housing development.
Boundary treatments and trees were also significant aspects to the design concept for integration and retention of the significant and important aspects including original stone boundary wall links and mature trees to the central open space.
We look forward to working on the next stages of these projects.
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Lincluden Extra Care Development Officially Opens
19/8/2022Douglas BodellNo Comments Loreburn Housing Association officially marked the opening of Hera Grange, an extra care affordable housing development located in Dumfries.
An official Open Day was held this week to celebrate our Hera Grange new-build, extra care affordable housing development in Lincluden, Dumfries, which provides care and support services to residents enabling them to be part of the community.
Hera Grange provides 11 fully accessible bungalows, a staff and resident activity hub set around a courtyard arrangement. The development fully integrates assisted technology to allow the residents to have innovate care and support to suit their specific needs.
The project was developed in partnership with Dumfries and Galloway Health and Social Care Partnership and Loreburn Housing Association.
Uncategorized No Comments »The concept of Hera Grange was developed by our service managers across Dumfries and Galloway to provide a long-term solution to the challenges of providing social care, both now and in the future, in a rural area. It is the largest site to use assistive technology carezapp, monitoring the wellbeing of residents. This modern facility allows people with complex disability to be afforded quality housing with their own tenancy.
Heathhall Housing Development Completed
5/8/2022Douglas BodellNo Comments Large new-build affordable housing development completed for Loreburn Housing Association.
We were delighted to handover the 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 »Loreburn is dedicated to building homes that meet the strategic needs of the region and this development has created much needed, high quality social housing for a range of people in Dumfries.
Modular Housing Development Starts on Site
3/8/2022Douglas BodellNo Comments 101 house affordable housing development has started on site, the first modular constructed development for Cunninghame Housing Association and Scotland’s largest low-rise modular housing development.
The site work has started for the construction of a new affordable housing development at Bridgehousehill Road, Kilmarnock. The house designs have been developed in conjunction with Connect Modular to be constructed off-site.
The new homes will be built off-site, in Connect Modular’s premises in Cumnock within a controlled factory environment. The houses will be built in the factory with kitchens, bathrooms, plumbing and electrics all pre-fitted. The houses are then split into modules, transported to site, and craned into position for the final 10% of the work to be completed.
This modular house development is the first project of this type to be undertaken by Cunninghame Housing Association and the largest modular construction project for Connect Modular with a Registered Social Landlord.
The housing mix comprises a mixture of two, three and four bedroom general needs houses, together with ten amenity bungalows and five bungalows designed for wheelchair users.
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Two Planning Approvals for Wheatley
1/8/2022Douglas BodellNo Comments We are pleased to obtain Grant of Planning Permission for 2 affordable housing developments for our client Wheatley Group / DGHP.
Grant of Planning Permission has been received for 2 affordable housing developments in Dumfries and Galloway for our client Wheatley Group / DGHP.
Firstly, in Glenluce we have obtained approval for regeneration of the site of the recently demolished Glenbay Hotel in the centre of the village. The development will provide 10 affordable homes including 5 townhouses along the site frontage.
Secondly, in Springholm we have obtained approval for a housing development on an allocated housing site to provide 47 affordable homes in total. A design solution was developed in conjunction with the Engineer and Landscape Architect to integrate, connect and sit well within the surrounding village context. The design solution developed takes cognisance of Design Streets / Creating Places guidance by forming a series of shared streets that connect with areas of existing and new green infrastructure.
In addition, on behalf of our client Wheatley Group / DGHP an application for Planning Permission has been lodged for an allocated housing site to provide 33 affordable homes in Johnstonebridge.
All homes include extra energy-efficient features such as solar panels, air source heat pumps and electric vehicle charging points.
We look forward to working on the next stages of these projects.
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Second Wave of Passive Houses Completed for Loreburn
25/7/2022Douglas BodellNo Comments The new-build phase of our affordable housing development at Longmeadow, Annan has been completed and handed over to our client Loreburn Housing Association.
The new-build phase of our affordable housing development at Longmeadow, Annan for Loreburn Housing Association has been successfully completed.
The development provides 22 modern, energy-efficient, affordable homes in total and includes 7 houses designed and constructed to achieve Passive House certification, with the remainder of the new-build houses designed to achieve compliance with Silver Aspect Level of Sustainability.
The development forms part of our approved Masterplan to provide over 150 affordable homes over 2 adjacent sites in Annan, Dumfries and Galloway.
Works continue on-site to convert and restore the Category C Listed Longmeadow House to provide a further 3 affordable homes to complete the wider masterplanned housing development.
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Lincluden Stables Completed for Wheatley
12/7/2022Robert Potter and PartnersNo Comments New-build affordable housing and adaptation of listed former stable block completed for Wheatley Group / DGHP.
We were delighted to handover the completed affordable housing development at Lincluden Stables, Dumfries to our client Wheatley Group and Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership.
The site brownfield site containing a derelict Neo-Tudor style Category B Listed stable block located within a Non-Inventory Designed Landscape adjacent to open parkland, community centre and playpark.
This development provided 26 No new-build dwellings and adaptive reuse of the stable providing a further 6 No dwellings.
The location of the former stable block was the significant feature and opportunity to the site and influenced the design concept. The historic path network of Lincluden Gardens was referenced when developing the design concept for the site layout and to determine the urban pattern for the new housing.
The proposal was based on forming a landscaped ‘boulevard’ shared surface access route leading up to the stable frontage reinstating this historic approach to give a clear view. Two courtyard clusters based on a historic built form that also reflect the courtyard arrangement of the former stable building are proposed to the western half of the development.
The development was designed to be permeable, integrating and connecting the development to the existing settlement and wider open spaces. The development provided soft landscaping which enhanced the transition between the open parkland and residential development and defined the hierarchy of open space through the site.
This approach allowed a coherent, interesting, and welcoming development which respected the setting of the listed building and historic garden.
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We are Recruiting
17/6/2022Robert Potter and PartnersNo Comments We have opportunities for Architects, Technicians and Part 1 and 2 graduates in Ayr, Dumfries and Glasgow.
We have openings for architects, technicians and graduates, in three different locations in the West of Scotland. Live by the sea in Ayr, explore the Dumfries countryside, or enjoy the bustle in Glasgow city centre.
Get involved in projects throughout the UK, with opportunities for travel. Work includes large-scale residential, healthcare, conservation, public buildings, Passivhaus and sports facilities, with projects across Scotland, Orkney, the Outer Hebrides, Guernsey, London, the south of England and Eire.
Send application and CV to the email address on our Contact page https://rppweb.com/contact/
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