CHATHAM WATERFRONT Development receives planning permission!

“Chatham is on the way back up!”

John Lyall Architects ‘ regeneration scheme for Chatham’s waterfront has been awarded Planning Permission this week at public committee.

The mixed-use scheme on land owned by Medway Council and A2Dominion comprises a series of buildings in a pedestrianised landscape for commercial uses, an 80-bed hotel and 111 apartments with both river and town views. The development will re-define the sky-line of Chatham when seen across the river Medway from Rochester, integrate the public waterfront with the town centre and kick start the regeneration of the wider area.

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The project was passed unanimously, having received widespread approval from the planning committee.  Councillors remarked that the scheme  was “fresh and forward looking” and  ”vibrant”, and that it “will assist considerably in the regeneration” of the town - “Chatham is on the way back up!”

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Goldsmiths Eagle Court progressing on site!

Work is fast progressing on our Eagle Court project for the Goldsmiths:

The primary function of the Centre is to provide post-graduate education, business start-up studio space, business skills tuition and support for young goldsmiths, plus craft skills training to pre-apprentice silversmiths close to Hatton Garden, the traditional home of the trade in London. The development comprises a new building – predominantly clad in limestone with  panels of patinated brass – and an adapted Grade Listed II Victorian School. The two distinct elements are linked by a glazed atrium. As well as the core educational facilities, the centre provides commercial workshop space, a large exhibition area, seminar space, a cafe and offices.

For more information and to see earlier sketches and design development models, click here.

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Chatham Waterfront Development – public exhibition

John Lyall Architects’ new Chatham Waterfront Development was unveiled to the public for the first time last Thursday, in a public exhibition of the design as it currently stands, ahead of a detailed planning application:

Over the course of the day the exhibition was visited by many locals interested to hear about the new development, and how it will change Chatham. Currently this large stretch of riverside land is used as car parks, and our proposals will revitalise the whole area with the introduction of new housing, public spaces and cafes. The feedback was really postive, and everyone appreciated the chance to put forward their views – which were really useful to us as we continue to develop the design over the coming weeks!

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Chatham Waterfront Development

John Lyall Architects are getting ready for the public exhibition next week of our Chatham Waterfront Development, ahead of a detailed planning application:

The project – designed by John Lyall Architects for A2Dominion and Medway Renaissance – will include retail and residential uses grouped around new public spaces between Medway Street and the Waterfront Park. The scheme responds to the character and landscape of Chatham’s waterfront and will provide views to the River Medway from within and the existing fabric of the city.

More information to come soon!

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Mixed Use Development – Student Housing, Ipswich

Student Housing, Ipswich

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The scheme is for nearby University of Suffolk campus in Ipswich and has been developed in close consultation with them.  It consists of approximately 380 units spread over two linked sites.

To see more of our major mixed use schemes currently on the drawing board head to New World Square, Liverpool

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Mixed Use Development – Raynes Park, London

Raynes Park, London

This project, for Thames Water, comprised a masterplanning and detailed feasibility study for the comprehensive redevelopment of a former operational site.  The study proposed around 100 new apartments superimposed over new commercial and retail uses facing the main high street.

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Masterplanning – Harlow Renaissance

Harlow Renaissance

Feasibility studies and planning applications for 4 distinct neighbourhood centres in Harlow, all involving new housing, retail facilities and health centres.

 

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Masterplanning and Feasibility – St Anne’s Wharf Development, Norwich

John Lyall Architects are regularly approached by land owners and developers to see how they might develop their sites, and generate more from what they have. With several large scale projects on the drawing board now is a good time to look at some of our previous masterplanning and Feasibility studies:

St Anne’s Wharf Development, Norwich

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Masterplaning study for King Street area of Norwich for the Borough Council. The study included a thorough analysis of historic buildings of other buildings of interest.  The masterplan zoned building types and massing, defined routes and open spaces.

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JLA at the RICS Finals awards ceremony

Having won Project of the Year and Best Regeneration Project in the East of England RICS awards back in May, we were entered into the RICS National Finals, which took place at lunch today in the splendid setting of Londons Guild Hall:

We didn’t win one of the coveted national awards, but it was great to be there, and to have The Mill recognised as one of the best examples of urban regeneration in the UK!

The Mill comprises a family of buildings centred on a courtyard and includes a 23 storey tower (the tallest building in East Anglia.) The scheme is a mixture of 327 residential apartments, a major dance house and theatre, bars, restaurants and shops.

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The Mill Published in German magazine Archimag

Our award winning mixed use scheme The Mill in Ipswich continues to generate wide interest – this time featuring in German design magazine Archimag:

Click here to read the online article (in German)

The piece talks about how the residential project was anchored by the successful integration of the dance school at the very heart of the waterside development. It also discusses the history of the scheme and the mixture of new build and historic refurbished elements.

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