Another ‘Passiv Haus’ designed by The Ratcliffe Groves Partnership has been approved by Bury Council after plans were submitted to turn an inefficient old house into an environmentally friendly one. Keen to replace their rather cold and draughty old family home with something very sustainable, innovative and off-grid, the owners of the house [...]
RGP London’s staff participated in attending The London Open House event this weekend, viewing some of London’s best buildings. Our colleagues visited an array of buildings and exhibitions from the Grovelands House in Southgate, a grade 1 listed building by John Nash 1797 with grounds by Repton, to the General Market by Sir [...]
RGP Regional Director, David Matthews, has landed safe and sound after a great couple of weeks flying in the World Hang Gliding Championships in Tolmezzo northern Italy with Team GB. David flew a total of 9 tasks ranging in distance from 86km to 200km. The latter was the longest competition task set in [...]
RGP Development Services have been prominent since the introduction of the CDM Regulations in 1994, and have successfully delivered services to Clients in many of the speciality areas which have matured since that time. In July 2017 RGP were delighted to acquire the Frank Dobson Partnership (FDP), with whom they have had a close [...]
City’s golf partner unveils vision to make Allerton Manor the region’s premier public golf destination. Liverpool City Council’s golf operating partner, Green Circle, is today unveiling an ambitious vision to transform Allerton Manor golf course into the region’s premier public golf destination. The £15 million vision will be funded entirely by private investment, [...]
RGP are delighted to confirm that our proposals for Liberty Properties have secured approval to build a new 630,000 sq.ft National Distribution Centre in Appleton, Warrington, for Eddie Stobart Logistics alongside their existing campus. The facility, earmarked for a 40 acre site on Barleycastle Lane, will create 600,000 sq.ft of warehousing with 20,000 [...]
Yesterday Kirklees Council Planning committee granted Planning approval for 127 dwellings on the newly designated residential land in Birkenshaw, Bradford, adjacent to Blue Hills Farm. The development steps up from Whitehall Road in a series of plateaus with public open space and play areas designed into the layout. The layout incorporates 39 one [...]
Details for another innovative dwelling have been submitted for planning approval in the borough of Acton, London. RGP have prepared designs for a 3 bedroom dwelling on an extremely narrow site, at the rear of a large garden on Noel Road in Acton. To meet the London Design Standards and innovative approach has been [...]
Planning approval has been granted for 8 – 3-bed semi-detached dwellings on a challenging site, Lever Street, Little Lever, Bolton. The site slopes from North to South and contains a number of Trees with Preservation Orders, which has required careful detailing to ensure the dwellings do not affect the trees to be retained and [...]
Planning permission has been granted for an extension to Eaves Cottage Barn, Preston RGP have prepared designs for an extension to an historically significant barn conversion located at Eaves Cottage Farm, Preston The project, although small, has suffered numerous planning refusals previously, so RGP, Roman Summer Assoc and Graeme Ives Heritage, were engaged to assist [...]
