
Having worked with DHA for a number of years, Notcutts called upon the team to help propagate two important projects, one in Oxford and the other in Tunbridge Wells.
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With the Oxford garden centre sitting in the Green Belt, DHA faced the hardy perennial of the local authority focused on preventing development that could increase pressure on the local transport network. DHA persuaded the highways authority that the centre's proposed new restaurant would only increase traffic in off-peak hours when existing traffic is quieter.
As a result, DHA secured permission to increase the garden centre by 50 per cent to 3,669m2, plus approval for three residential units to replace existing smaller houses elsewhere on the site.
On the outskirts of Tunbridge Wells, and also in the Green Belt, Notcutts sought permission to further extend a recently redeveloped garden centre and also retain the use of a car park built originally to cater for the workers redeveloping the nearby Pembury Hospital.
With car parking at a premium, DHA successfully persuaded the local council and county's highways authority to retain it for the use of customers, as well as granting permission for the enlarged store.
People who worked on this project
Jonathan is a Director heading up our Crawley/Gatwick office. He joined DHA in 2005 and has 25 years experience in planning consultancy, having previously worked on major regeneration projects, including the Emirates Stadium, with Hepher Dixon (now Savills) in Milton Keynes and London.
Paul joined DHA in 2014 having previously worked for Kent County Council and the Department for Transport in the fields of development planning, transport policy, capital projects and public transport.
Sectors we work in
DHA have a long track record of work within the leisure sector, having secured consent for projects including ice rinks, football stadia and training complexes, sport pavilions, equestrian training centres and countless leisure centres. Each project comes with its own unique set of circumstances and design needs and DHA are adept at responding to these, working collaboratively with the design team to identify and mitigate any planning risks whilst promoting the many benefits such projects deliver.
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