Haverhill Research Park

Virtual Planit have completed the visualisation for Haverhill Research Park in Suffolk.

Planning Application Approved for £100 Million Haverhill Research Park Project

Carisbrooke Investments has won planning consent for the £100 million Haverhill Research Park in Haverhill, Suffolk comprising 450,000 square foot of research and business space, 150 new homes, a hotel, restaurant and day nursery.

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Planning consent was granted by St Edmundsbury Borough Council following the adoption of a masterplan and period of extensive public consultation earlier in the year.

Nic Rumsey, Director of Carisbrooke Investments, commented: “The planning consent marks an important milestone in the project and moves plans forward for this comprehensive development. We have worked closely with St Edmundsbury Borough Council who have been very supportive in backing our vision for the site and are delighted to see the application’s approved. We will, of course, continue to work closely with the council in order to bring the vision to reality.

“Ultimately, this plan will make a significant contribution to the long term growth of the local economy and provide Haverhill with a landmark office and research park home to talented businesses” added Rumsey. “The scheme will generate approximately 1,000 new jobs, attract inward investment into Haverhill and also help meet local housing needs.”

Haverhill Research Park is well located approximately 17 miles south of Cambridge. It is less than 10 miles from the A11 Cluster which incorporates Addenbrookes, Babraham Research Campus, Granta Park, Chesterford Research Park and the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus. The park taps into the region’s excellent transport infrastructure with fast and easy access to Junction 9 of the M11 as well as the A11 and A14.

Initial site preparation works will start early in 2012. Details of the scheme can be found by visiting www.haverhillresearchpark.com.

The agents for the Haverhill Research Park are Cheffins and Carter Jonas.

http://www.carisbrookeinv.co.uk/latestnews_008.html

http://www.haverhillresearchpark.com

Chester Student Village

Virtual Planit have recently completed a series of images for the planning application relating to Chester Student Village.

The site for the proposed new Chester Student Village is located on the edge of Blacon, only 15-minute walk or 5-minute cycle ride from Chester University’s main campus via a proposed enhanced pedestrian link along the Shropshire Union Canal and a new cycle path along Parkgate Road.

The proposed Student Village can accommodate up to 2500 students in a fully managed environment.

The proposed new Sports Centre and playing pitches will be open to the Community and include around the rural edge of the site, an exciting new Trim Trail for local people to use, which may include purpose built fitness zones ideal for a multitude of different excise activities. The plans also include new footpaths to link the proposal to the proposed Countess Country Park which would be ideal for dog walking.

Substantial new tree planting, landscaping and ponds will be created for both recreational and ecological use.

The architects are Alan Lamb and Andrew Titterton at AEW Manchester.

INCE PARK extended

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This is the final video edit for Ince Park. The voiceover was recorded in studios in Stockport by Richard H, the artist is Fiona, the camerman was Mike, the pilot was Will, and the photographer was Eddy.

About Ince Park

With full outline consent and part detailed consent, the development will comprise an Energy from Waste (EfW) facility and Environmental Technologies Complex – a cluster of waste management and environmental technology facilities.

Located on the south bank of the Manchester Ship Canal, the 51ha (126 acre) multi modal site has excellent road and rail access and berthing onto the canal.
It offers the opportunity to create a leading concentration of waste management, recycling and reprocessing users in the North West.

The park will be run by Ince Park LLP in a joint venture partnership between Covanta Energy, a world leader in the development and operation of large scale EfW projects, and Peel Environmental, a subsidiary of The Peel Group, one of Britain’s leading infrastructure, transport and real estate companies. Phase one of the development will see Covanta, the world’s biggest operator of EfW facilities, building the 95MW EfW facility.

BARNFIELD DRIVE, CHICHESTER – GOES TO PUBLIC CONSULTATION

Virtual Planit have produced these images for the forthcoming public consultation to be held in Chichester. The plans for a new retail park could create more than 400 jobs in the city.

The company behind the project to develop the land off Barnfield Drive, adjacent to Homebase, and Chichester Crematorium, are urging members of the public to have their say at the exhibition.

The plans, by the Brookhouse Group, will be on show next Thursday from 2pm-7pm and Friday from 1pm-6pm at St Pancras Parish Hall, at 101 St Pancras in Chichester.

It is the first time the project, which includes a green park area around the River Lavant, will be on show to residents. The company is hoping to attract ‘household’ names to the city, which at the moment cannot find premises big enough.

The site had formerly been earmarked as a potential park-and-ride venue for the city, but that idea was scrapped earlier this year.

Tom Whitehead of Brookhouse Group, which also owns the Homebase store next to the development area, said the company was keen to get feedback about its plans before a planning application was submitted.

“We are excited about the fantastic opportunity to deliver a refreshing new retail offer to Chichester that this site presents,” he said.

“We have created an innovative riverside park concept as the centrepiece for the proposed new retail units, which we believe will raise the bar for the standard of retail warehouse parks in the local area.

“We want to get feedback on our proposals and welcome people to come and take a look at the plans at this early stage.

“The plans will make good use of the former landfill site and will attract local shoppers to stay in the city, instead of venturing further afield and spending in other towns.

“A number of household name retailers want to come into Chichester, but cannot find suitable premises, and we believe this scheme will help meet this demand whilst supporting the city centre.

“We really want to get people’s comments on the proposals, after which we will work up an application.”

The company is hoping that if the development goes ahead, improvements will be made to the highways and to public transport links and there will also be a planting and landscaping plan put in place, and new footpaths and cycleways created.

http://www.chichester.co.uk/news/local/new_chichester_retail_park_plans_set_to_be_unveiled_1_3289805

ASTON UNIVERSITY STUDENT VILLAGES ARE COMPLETED

Building work on Aston University’s new £215 million student residences project is all but complete and filling up with students. The visuals that we created are still up on site, and provide an interesting context to the finished backdrop.

Here are a few more photos of the complete development. All rights reserved and acknowledged: © Elliot Brown

And here’s a reminder of one of the planning visuals, not shown in the hoardings.

Read the original story here

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THE BISHOP OF ROCHESTER ACADEMY IN MEDWAY

Bishop of Rochester Academy was formed in 2010 as part of the government’s Academies programme. The Academy currently operates from the sites and existing buildings of two mixed predecessor schools, Medway Community College (MCC) and Chatham South School. At the moment, years 10 and 11 are based on the MCC site (a cohort of about 500 students) with the other years based on the Chatham South site. The project will bring together the whole co-educational Academy in a single new building on the old MCC site at Magpie Hall Road.

As part of the redevelopment, all of the existing school buildings will be replaced by the new building, except for the existing sports hall, which is to be retained. These were built within the last 10 years and will undergo some light internal refurbishment.

Virtual Planit worked with BAM Construction, Nicholas Hare Architects, DHA, and The Landscape Partnership as well as other technical consultants to help secure full planning consent for the demolition of the existing school buildings at Bishop of Rochester Academy and the erection of a new Academy and associated facilities.

Medway Planning Committee granted planning permission subject to referral to the Secretary of State as a departure from the Development Plan on 3rd August 2011. The decision notice granting planning permission was issued on 30th August 2011.

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THE NEW BROMPTON ACADEMY IN MEDWAY

BAM Construction scooped an £80m contract to design and build three new academy schools for Medway Council last year, and Virtual Planit were awarded the visualisation work for two of them – Brompton and Bishop of Rochester.

Les Wicks, Medway council’s children’s services councillor, said: “BAM’s scheme was chosen for the way it responded to the educational brief as well as the views raised by students during the design competition and their desire to deliver the building.”

Rod Stiles, construction director at BAM, added: “BAM is delighted to be working with Medway to deliver the new academies. We look forward to forging a great partnership that will deliver three outstanding academies for students and the surrounding communities.”

The video and images shown here formed part of the planning process.

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Visit the Brompton Academy website

City Academy, Norwich: construction progress report

City Academy in Norwich is in the advanced stages of construction as these photos show. The use of CLT (Cross Laminated Timber) is a significant feature of the architecture.

Photos courtesy of James Lumb.

Cross-laminated timber suits the rapid construction of cellular spaces of medium and wide span. It is clean, fast and immensely strong. At City Academy in Norwich, cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels formed from solid spruce are used to construct the whole building – walls, floors, ceilings, stairs, lift shafts and roof. Helped by the thermal efficiency of the timber and performance of the panels, this means that, for the first 20 years of its use, City Academy will remain carbon negative.

By manufacturing pre-assembled modules, off site under factory conditions, this also meant that on-site works are reduced to an absolute minimum.

Here are our original montages that were used at planning.

Go ahead for £150m Worthing Gateway

Worthing Borough Council has given the go ahead for Hanson Capital Management’s £150m Worthing Gateway regeneration proposals.

The Worthing Gateway development is the first major town centre commercial scheme in the region for over 20 years.

Hanson Capital Management will go to the market to find a contractor later this year to meet the schedule to start construction in mid-2012.

Worthing’s landmark mixed-use development, designed by Russ Drage Architects, will include a nine-screen cinema complex, residential and retail facilities, including a new Conference and Exhibition Centre.

Worthing Gateway Summary

• A 9 screen multiplex Cinema (under offer to Vue)
• 260 new homes
• 88-bedroom high quality hotel
• Restaurants and coffee shops
• 50,000 sq ft Sainsbury’s supermarket
• Conference and Exhibition Centre
• Health and fitness centre
• Office suites/business space

Below ground car park of about 400 spaces and decked car parking of 560 spaces.

Traffic and pedestrian improvements

John Desmond, Managing Director of Hanson Capital Management said: “This is great news for Worthing’s future prosperity.

“We have had very strong support from residents who want to get the project moving so that the long-term Teville Gate eyesore can be finally cleared away and a new start made on this key town centre site”

He added: “The supermarket and cinema are already under offer and discussions are progressing with occupiers for the Hotel and Conference and Exhibition Centre.

“Discussions are also taking place with national and regional restaurant groups”

Blue Sky Planning are planning consultants. HNG and Savills are joint letting agents.

http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2011/09/26/go-ahead-for-150m-worthing-gateway/

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