Track record
Delivering Homes and Business Space for Westminster City Council
Westminster City Council
Rapleys’ planning team helped Westminster City Council and their contractors deliver eight residential-led development schemes, including vital affordable housing.
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Kieran Rushe
The project
Members of the Rapleys’ planning team assisted Westminster City Council and their appointed contractors in the delivery of eight residential-led development schemes to deliver much-needed housing. This included a significant proportion of affordable homes, as well as affordable business space within the borough. Sites on which the team have worked include:
300 Harrow Road – 112 residential units, affordable business space and nursery across three blocks, rising to 15 storeys in height
Cosway Street – 49 residential units within a Conservation Area and adjacent to a Grade II* Listed Building
Ashbridge Street – 26 residential units on the site of a former telecommunications repeater station ((part retained)
Ashmill Street – two 4-bed townhouses on the site of a former car park
Luxborough Street – 14 residential units and commercial space
Queen’s Park Court – 23 residential infill units within an existing housing estate
Adpar Car Park – 20 extra care residential units on the site of a former car park
Torridon House – 21 residential units on the site of a former car park adjacent to an existing residential block.
Our solution
- Problem solving and driving programmes, adjusting strategy quickly to adapt to design changes or other alterations to what was consented, including liaison with key officers and stakeholders
- Careful attention to detail to avoid problematic post-consent issues arising with regard to conditions and inflexibility in the consents
- Identifying risks early and providing a strategy to address them
- Utilising and building on positive relationships with Council officers to provide strong lines of communication and quick feedback when queries are raised
- Maintaining a client focus and consistently challenging the wider design team to ensure consents matched and exceeded client expectations.
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Our track record
Stadium Holdings Ltd
1 Olympic Way, Wembley
Neighbourly Matters advice for a 7-storey extension to provide student accommodation
Yorkshire Housing
12,000 Stock Condition Surveys – Yorkshire Housing
Appointed by Yorkshire Housing via the Fusion21 Framework to complete 12,000 stock condition surveys over a 3-year period
Kruton No. 2
9-12 Middle Street, Brighton
Appointed as Employer’s Agent on new build commercial project.
Kwik Fit
Acquisition for Kwik Fit, Atex Business Park, Stowmarket
Instructed by Kwik Fit as national retained acquisition agents
Bernard Construction
Affordable housing provisions for a mixed-use scheme, Balham
Provided a detailed FVA, development advice and affordable housing strategy
Higgins Homes
Affordable Housing valuation for a mixed use scheme, Garratt Lane, Wandsworth
Development Consultancy advice to support a planning application for a mixed use scheme
London and Regional
Albert Island Redevelopment
Providing Cost Management & Quantity Surveying services on an exemplar industrial intensification project
Aldersbrook Baptist Church
Aldersbrook Baptist Church, Wanstead
Sale of church hall and provision of cost advice regarding development and refurbishment of church.
Ropemaker Properties Limited
Alfa Laval Tower, Brentford
Assessed the financial viability of the scheme for a planning appeal
Orchard Street Investment Management
Altrincham Retail Park expansion
Secured planning permission via a Section 78 appeal