Project examples

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In March 2023, Landmark Planning secured approval in the first instance for 30 affordable homes in Newborough, Peterborough, after considerable statutory and local opposition.

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In 2018 approval was secured for the £60 million Educational Hub for Nottingham College on land to the east of the Broadmarsh Shopping Centre. This is a critical project for the Nottingham economy. It was a very complex proposal with a very wide range of issues, particularly heritage. Consent was secured exactly to budget and a very tight timetable.

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In March 2023, Landmark Planning secured approval for a paragraph 80 dwelling at Rangemore. Exceptionally the consent was secured without being presented to planning committee or requiring a planning appeal.

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In December 2022, Landmark Planning achieved planning permission for a SEND (special educational needs and disability) school, on an existing dwelling and its 5 hectare plot, in the open countryside near Loughborough, after overcoming considerable concerns and objections.

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Moreton Morrell is part of the Warwickshire College Group and is a centre that teaches all types of animal husbandry to post-16 students. It is located in a special landscape area, so the proposals had to be particularly sensitive to its important location. The facility is part of the latest expansion to improve both the teaching environment and the health, of the wide variety of animals located at the College campus. Approved January 2024.

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In July 2022, Landmark Planning secured planning permission for a veterinary centre, that was a part of allocated Green Wedge space in Thorpe Arnold, Melton Mowbray.

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In November 2018, planning permission was achieved for 979 dwellings for Taylor Wimpey at Wellington Place, Market Harborough. Approval was achieved in advance of the programme and represented the largest ever investment by their East Midlands Unit.

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In November 2020, consent was achieved from Rugby Borough Council for a care village outside the settlement limits of the town. The scheme comprises a 60 bed dementia unit, 40 apartments and 11 bungalows.

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Hybrid application for 8 storey scheme of 310 flats and 11,000 square foot of commercial floorspace. Working with Hodder & Partners (Stirling Prize winners) planning permission was won in 2018, on a very difficult sloping site in inner Nottingham on Alfreton Road.

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Consent was secured by Landmark Planning for the change‑of‑use, conversion and alteration of a former industrial building in Leicester, to a Hindu Community Centre. The works featured details that are typical of temple architecture, found in northern India, and has created a significant landmark building. The centre is primarily a place of worship, but also provides opportunities for education and health guidance, as well as a facility to take part in traditional forms of music, art and dance. At a cost of £4 million, funded by the local community, this building now forms a focal point for the area. In August 2024, we are working on a wider masterplan for the site.

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On behalf of Poundstretcher, Landmark Planning changed a condition in January 2016, that previously limited the sale of goods, at an out-of-centre retail unit. We successfully demonstrated that a variation of condition, to allow floorspace for food, toiletries and toys, would not affect the vitality and viability of Cardiff, and would satisfy the sequential and retail impact tests.

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Landmark Planning successfully secured planning permission in July 2014, at planning committee for a KFC restaurant, on a former derelict employment site in Leicester. Landmark Planning overcame significant opposition from Tesco, who claimed their own site was a sequentially preferable location. Landmark Planning’s presentation convinced members, to reverse the officer’s recommendation and approve the scheme.

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Landmark Planning are the planning consultants promoting land east of Norwich, for a mixed use sustainable urban extension. This includes 600 homes, a major business park, retailing and a new rail halt on behalf of Lothbury Property Trust Company Ltd. Broadland District Council granted planning permission, on 28 June 2013.

Since securing the approval, we have succeeded in achieving a further 300 plus dwellings on a nearby site in the Growth Triangle Area Action Plan (GT AAP), not originally allocated. This agreement was secured at the public inquiry into the Action Plan. Now it also includes off-site open space located to the north.

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Landmark Planning are involved with securing permission for the first phase of the planned Science and Technology Park. 10 years in the pipeline, the current proposal is for the joint construction of a supermarket, to fund the first phase of the Science and Technology Park. A new pedestrian and cycle bridge across the River Soar, is also incorporated into the proposals. Planning permission with a S106 agreement was secured.

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The Allerton Trust is a bio-diversity charity with a centre in Loddington, Leicestershire. The latest project was for a visitor centre, that won the Procon Sustainable Development of the Year Award. Landmark Planning were the planning consultant for this scheme. In 2023 we secured 3 overnight research huts for the Trust, that incorporated external walls clad with straw bales, and sheeps wool for roof insulation. Solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on the roof generate electricity, rainwater harvesting and a wood chip biomass boiler, secure a very energy efficient building. In 2023, we secured 3 overnight research huts for the Trust.

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This masterplan sets out the proposals for the redevelopment of the university’s East Park Campus. The intention is to transform the efficiency of the layout, and create a distinct sense of place, currently lacking as the campus grows over many years. The masterplan is currently being incorporated into the new statutory Local Development Framework, in association with Charnwood Borough Council.

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This 10 page urban design statement proposes a mixed use development. It examines the relationship between the scale and height of the proposed development, the character and setting of Charles Street, the conservation area, the adjacent listed building, the proposed relationship with surrounding buildings, the street fenestration alignment, and the impact on the site’s courtyard in terms of sunlight.