Architectural & Design Services

DEVELOPMENT LAND & PLANNING

ARCHITECTURAL & DESIGN SERVICES Our team of architects, technicians and designers have many years of combined experience in architecture and design from inception through to completion.

We have a strong track record in delivering design excellence and innovative, inspiring projects.

We act for many clients including landowners, private individuals, charitable bodies and developers across the South West region, dealing with all stages of the RIBA plan of work from concept design to on-site inspections on a variety of design and project types.

Our work includes barn conversions, Class Q design, bespoke private housing, residential housing layouts, conservation, extensions and refurbishments.

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CONCEPT TO COMPLETION Our experienced team can offer architectural services from the initial inception through to completion on site. Our advice is tailored to suit the needs of the individual to produce creative solutions to suit the brief. Our technical and environmental knowledge, design and construction management are as important as design. However, the design is the driving force throughout the project and beyond.

Once appointed we can prepare feasibility studies and carry out due diligence to ensure the proposal is feasible, not only from a design approach but also with regards to potential planning constraints, by working closely with our in-house planning consultants.

The initial design process aims to identify and maximise design opportunities and fully explore a range of solutions before arriving at a final scheme.

At a very early stage in its generation, any design concept must take into account a great number of issues and variables. We consider qualities of space, connections, relations and aspects between spaces, including how they are put together, as well as the impact of proposals on the immediate and wider locality.

In addition, the selection of appropriate materials and technology must be considered and the site location and context will also influence the design.

We develop the requirements with the client and manage design consultants such as structural engineers and energy assessors to ensure the design is coordinated. We will create a design concept that meets both the specifications of the client and provides a solution suitable to the proposed use.

THE BENEFITS O F A M U LT I DISCIPLINED TEAM We work together with our colleagues in our Development, Planning and New Homes teams and can advise clients from the start of a project through to its completion.

OUR SERVICES

A TAILORED APPROACH

Our services extend to include the submission of the planning applications and discharging of any conditions required. Upon receipt of the permission we are able to proceed to obtain building regulations approvals. We have the technical expertise within the team to take the project through building regulations and if required, to competitively tender the works and carry out on-site inspections.

Our clients include a range of landowners, developers, private individuals and charitable bodies. By providing a comprehensive approach throughout the design process we aim to give our clients sound and balanced advice on their projects. We use specialist knowledge and creative thinking to help deliver designs that have a positive impact.

With our team’s combined experience and unique knowledge, we are able to provide our clients with a tailored service to complement the design aspect:

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Project management Concept design Design development Building regulations Tender preparation Construction documents Construction administration

We work alongside chartered town planners, new homes specialists and development surveyors to offer a multi-disciplinary approach. With this unique team under one roof, we can deliver schemes and offer a service that exceeds expectations while maximising value for our clients and ensuring that proposals receive planning permission and are deliverable.

We have worked with the team for many years to carry out planning applications, building regulations and construction drawings. This is on both new build and barn conversion projects. Their drawings are good quality, accurate and produced within the timescales agreed, which makes dealing with them easy and enjoyable. We have also instructed them to carry out certification of the works which involves inspections at various stages of construction and certification on completion.

Gordon Stead, Venture Property, Exeter

CONSERVATION We take an active role in historic building conservation and our expert knowledge in this field is co-ordinated by our team of experienced professionals sensitive to the specific needs of individual historic buildings.

Our understanding of conservation policies and principles gives our clients confidence when dealing with alterations to listed buildings, and the conversion and redevelopment proposals.

The professional team within our Development Land and Planning department have a detailed understanding of the specialist requirements in dealing with conservation projects. We maintain close working relationships with conservation officers at local authorities throughout Somerset, Devon and Dorset, and maintain a sound understanding of planning policy and practice in this particular area.

Our aim is to gain a detailed understanding of our clients’ needs, and through a process of negotiation with planning and conservation officers, to achieve design proposals that meet these goals whilst satisfying the local authority’s and Historic England’s conservation requirements.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT Our architectural team offers full project management services from inception to completion alongside the architectural and design services, the nature and extent of which will be tailored to suit our client’s requirements and the type and complexity of the project. We manage multi-disciplinary consultants both in-house and externally and draw upon the expertise from these disciplines when required.

CONTACT Development Land & Planning Greenslade Taylor Hunt Winchester House Deane Gate Avenue Taunton Somerset TA1 2UH

Development Land & Planning Greenslade Taylor Hunt 1 Emperor Way Exeter Business Park Exeter Devon EX1 3QS

01823 334466 landplanning.taunton@gth.net

01392 908777 landplanning.exeter@gth.net

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