Rosewood
The team at DHA has helped secure detailed planning permission for phase 2 of a large new estate on the outskirts of Maidstone, as well as approval for the infrastructure to serve the site.
Rosewood in Langley, which is being developed by Countryside Partnerships, is part of a wider scheme that was granted outline permission in 2018 for up to 800 homes. With phase 1 – some 173 units plus public open space – almost complete, work will soon begin on a further 109 dwellings.
This new part of the development is solely residential, consisting of a mixture of detached, semi-detached and terraced houses alongside a block of apartments that range between one to three storeys in height. The scheme includes a 30 percent affordable housing provision.
Located just 3.7 miles south-east of Maidstone town centre, the site is accessed off the A274 Sutton Road. When developed, Rosewood will form the gateway to Maidstone from the east so it has been designed to handle this rural to urban interface sensitively.
Project Team
Mark is a Planning Director within the DHA's Gatwick office and regularly leads the promotion of major schemes through the planning system.
Mark Bewsey MRTPI
Director
Stemming from a background working in-house at housebuilders Countryside and Crest Nicholson, Mark has developed particular expertise in residential schemes across the South East. This has involved giving evidence at Public Inquiry and Examinations in Public, the formulation of major planning applications and the submission of Local Plan representations. Mark regularly leads large multi-disciplinary schemes and works with leading Counsel.
Recent projects have included:
- An appeal for 700 houses, a primary school, medical centre, community facilities and 8,600sq.m of employment floorspace in Polegate (Wealden District) for which Mark was the Planning Expert Witness including giving evidence at the Public Inquiry
- Achieving consent for 140 houses in Hastings on behalf of the modular housebuilder ilke Homes
- Achieving Reserved Matters approval and assisting with the implementation of a major strategic site on the edge of Maidstone
- The promotion of a major residential site through a Neighbourhood Plan, achieving an allocation for 360 dwellings
Key clients include Bellway Homes, Countryside, ilke Homes, Mactaggart & Mickel, Obsidian Strategic, Stonebond, Vistry and Workman. Mark is currently promoting major residential and mixed use schemes across Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
Aside from residential work, Mark has a wide degree of experience in Commercial and Educational projects, including sport and leisure related projects. Recently this has included advising on large commercial schemes across the UK and an office tower in Croydon.
Mark has been a full member of the Royal Town Planning Institute since 2010.