GW Planning News
November 2020
GW Planning has secured consent (under Section 73 of the Planning Act) for amendments to the redevelopment of Clifton Road Mosque in Balsall Heath. The changes allow KSIMC (Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheri Muslim Community of Birmingham) to achieve their vision for the Al Abbas Islamic Centre in a revised and rephased manner.
August 2020
A successful planning appeal by GW Planning has secured consent for Umberslade Securities to lay out shipping containers providing a self-storage facility on the site of a former garage workshop at Acock’s Green in Birmingham.
May 2020
GW Planning has secured consent on behalf of Buckingham Healthcare NHS Trust for a nurse training building at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. This will allow nurse training provided by the University of Bedfordshire as education partner to be closely integrated with the hospital.
May 2020
GW Planning has secured change of use consent for the University of Bedfordshire to relocate its Milton Keynes campus to Exchange House on Midsummer Boulevard.
May 2020
GW Planning has secured full planning consent for a Community College with related workspace and student residential accommodation at Hockley, Birmingham for Kajans Women’s Enterprise.
March 2020
GW Planning has secured approval for amendments to the proposals for Birmingham’s tallest office building at 103 Colmore Row.
April 2019
GW Planning has secured permission for a new Multi Use Games Area for the University of Bedfordshire at their Bedford campus.
August 2018
GW Planning has secured consent for a major student accommodation scheme at Parkside, Coventry on behalf of client UNINN Parkside Limited.
March 2018
GW Planning has secured approval to amendments to the proposals for Birmingham’s tallest office tower at 103 Colmore Row.
January 2018
GW Planning has secured permission for 56 student studio rooms at Silver Street, Reading for client Chamberwell Investment.
December 2017
GW Planning has secured consent for 85 student apartments at St. Columbus Close, Coventry. This sloping site at the edge of Coventry’s Canal Basin Conservation area is within walking distance of the University.
March 2017
GW Planning has secured outline planning permission for TIAA Henderson Real Estate's 'Pier 7' scheme at Salford Quays.
December 2016
GW Planning has secured outline permission for a student housing development at 33 Parkside, Coventry.
October 2016
GW Planning has secured full planning approval for 81 student rooms at Heavitree Road, Exeter. The development by Sterling Globus Ltd will re-use and extend a former occupational health centre building prominently located in a conservation area.
October 2016
GW Planning has won detailed approval for a new Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) teaching building at the University of Bedfordshire on the Park Street frontage of their Luton Campus.
August 2015
GW Planning has secured detailed planning permission for a 26 storey office tower in the heart of Birmingham’s Colmore Row Conservation Area for clients Sterling Property Ventures and Rockspring Property Investment Managers LLP.
April 2015
GW Planning has secured approval for alterations and extensions to Phoenix House, Newhall Street Birmingham for Ardstone Capital. The scheme will achieve modern office accommodation and a new street frontage.
October 2014
GW Planning has secured approval to remodel parking and pedestrian spaces within the University of Bedfordshire's Polhill Campus in Bedford.
September 2014
Friargate, Coventry update. GW Planning has submitted reserved matters details for the pedestrianisation of Coventry Railway Station frontage.
July 2014
GW Planning has secured planning approval for a 2800m2 teaching and workshop building at Birmingham Metropolitan College's Erdington Skills Centre site. The proposals for this town centre site aim to enhance the streetscene and meet growing needs for skills training, equipping local people to compete for employment.
March 2014
For Prudential Assurance (with developer partner Sterling Property Ventures), GW Planning has secured detailed permission for the 20,000sqm LUMINA office scheme. The work included negotiating the inclusion of the site in Birmingham's City Centre Enterprise Zone and a S106 planning legal agreement.
February 2014
Friargate, Coventry. GW Planning has secured Reserved Matters Approval for Friargate LLP for details of the 'Green Deck' over Coventry's Ring Road. This will replace the existing Junction 6 roundabout with traffic calmed routes and a landscaped open space with a pedestrian boulevard extending Greyfriars Green in the City Centre to the Friargate site and Coventry Station. GW Planning worked closely with Coventry City Council's transportation officers and the Friargate Design Team to resolve the submission. This major infrastructure work has £12.7m of Regional Growth Fund support to underpin the Friargate scheme.
January 2014
Friargate Coventry. GW Planning has secured Reserved Matters approval for the first office building to be built at Friargate Coventry, and for the adjacent new Station Square. The 13 storey BREEAM 'Excellent' offices are to be occupied by Coventry City Council. The new square with high quality paving, planting, fountain and kiosk will link Coventry Station to the city core and provides the setting for other future phase buildings at Friargate.
August 2013
GW Planning has secured consent for a New Academic Building and revised access and parking provisions at The University of Bedfordshire's Polhill Campus. This prominent frontage building will provide modern teaching space to achieve Phase 1 of the campus remodelling Master Plan. Extensive public consultations were part of the process of securing consent in a sensitive residential area.
February 2013
GWP has submitted a planning application to extend the Sports Hall at the University of Bedfordshire’s Bedford Campus.
This will allow for a premier league netball court helping to meet growing demands for womens’ sport and building on Bedford’s significant role in support of the 2012 Olympics.
August 2012
GWP secured planning permission for Henderson Investors at 1 Hagley Road Birmingham to convert and extend an office tower achieving 182 homes and in outline for a new building (for hotel or student housing use) adjacent.