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Introduction Our Projects
Our People Added Value
A Multi-Skilled Consultancy
Formed in 2005, Iceni is now the market leader and preferred consultancy for a fast-growing number of clients. We have always sought to provide the skills of an advisor with the instincts of a developer.
We achieve this by knowing our tradecraft –the technical skills that come through years of education and on-the-job experience that is recognised by professional accreditation. But it is also daring to be different; being proactive and thinking strategically. Our client relationships are built on trust, togetherness, enthusiasm, and a courage to challenge, where appropriate. The technical specialisms that the company hold have widened, but this fundamental objective remains the same. We are committed to putting our client’s interests first – and providing them with the tools to significantly improve their performance.
Your Strategic Advisors
Ian Anderson
Chief Executive
Andrew Gale
Chief Operating Officer
James Bompas
Director | Business Devt. & Strategic Planning
Danny Collins Director
Nick Ireland Director
Silke Gruner
Director
Callum Fraser Director
Matt Kinghan Director
We’re proud to say that we’re an award-winning consultancy. We’ve a positive, creative mindset, and we’re passionate about what we do.
Claire Cogar Director
Paul McColgan Director
Chris Jones
Director
Gary Mappin
Laurie Handcock Director
Nick Walker Director
Gemma Gallant Director
Philippa Curran Director
Director Ian Gallacher
Director Ian Mayhead
Director
Kieron Hodgson
Director Leona Hannify
Director
Lewis Westhoff
Director
Lorna O’Carroll
Director Nick Grant
Director
Simon Fowler
Director
Jonathan Stewart Director
Paul Drew Director
James Jaulim Director
Sam Griffiths Director
James Waterhouse
Director
Clive Burbridge
Director
Jamie Sullivan
Director
Fred Peters
Director
John Mumby
Director
Rob Amey
Director
Sport
Here at Iceni we love our sport. That’s why whenever there’s an opportunity to become involved with sport and leisure schemes our enthusiasm moves up another gear. However that passion is perfectly matched by our professional experience. Our ability to deliver development schemes in the sports and leisure sector.
Clubhouses, training facilities, gyms, stadiums. We have a proven track record in this field. From initial site finding, through to obtaining planning consent, Iceni can offer multiple services to assist you along the way with your development goals. If you are looking to progress your club to the next level, then we’d love to talk and demonstrate what we can do for you. Our expertise and advice can make the difference between success and failure.
Formed in 2005, Iceni is now the market leader and preferred consultancy for a fast-growing number of clients. From our offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh, London, and Manchester, we deliver on a variety of schemes across the UK.
Across our various disciplines we have considerable experience of working on sports and leisure development projects across the UK. From large sports stadia and leisure centres, to the high street gym or local team clubhouse, Iceni have the required knowledge and experience to give expert advice in delivering success in this expanding sector.
We also have considerable knowledge in the assessment and need for open space, sport and recreation facilities to assist Local Authorities and site promoters/developers alike in determining the amount and type of open space, sports and recreation facilities needed on a site-by-site or District wide scale.
We provide specialist advice in the fields of archaeology; delivery; design; EIA management; engagement; heritage; planning; sustainable development, townscape and transport. Our team are talented, relentless, intelligent, bold and experienced. Individually or collectively, you’ll know when you’re with Iceni Projects.
Introduction Our Projects
Surrey County Cricket Club The Oval, Kennington, London
Authority: London Borough of Lambeth
Proposal: Additional Seating and addressing public realm improvements
Services: Transport
Status: Approved
Iceni assists with increase in seating capacity and public realm improvements for KIA Oval.
Iceni Transport were appointed by Surrey Cricket Club to assist with their application to increase seating capacity at their ground, as well as address S106 requirements from previous permissions to improve the public realm.
Proposals for the site included the provision of an additional 1,000 seats to be located in the OCS Stand at the KIA Oval Cricket Ground. To provide these new seats it was proposed to extend the existing seating deck to the boundary wall in the north corner and south-west corner of the stand.
Iceni’s Transport Team advised the client on transport matters, undertaking an assessment of matchday trips and producing a Transport Assessment to support the application which was successfully approved.
In addition, extensive consultation with the Local Authority and Transport for London was required to discharge conditions in regard to local highway improvements which included closing redundant vehicular accesses and reinstating kerbs and footways in order to upgrade the public realm surrounding the site.
Desborough Bowls Club Maidenhead
Authority: Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead
Proposal: Development of re-located bowls facility with improved transport access.
Services: Transport
Status: Completed
Iceni Projects obtained planning permission from the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM). The planning application included for the relocation of the Bowls Club form its previous facility in York Road, Maidenhead. The relocation has facilitated some key improvements that were required, including the adequate provision of vehicular parking.
The approved plans offer the Desborough Bowls Club improved facilities in a modern environment designed in accordance with the latest regulations and built to international bowls standards. The site will include a car park to accommodate 106 vehicle spaces and 2 coach spaces, with a secondary access also provided to ensure that emergency vehicles can successfully reach the site.
Access to the site by all modes was paramount, and all elements of the design have been undertaken with reference to the necessary standards. Pedestrian and cycle access is provided by Green Lane, and a 1.5m footbridge with suitable handrails and guardrails is to be provided across the bridge on Green Lane to ensure safe access.
Public parking within the car park is to be restricted by the use of a barrier and key code entry system to ensure that the parking is restricted to members only.
Edinburgh Rugby Stadium Scottish Rugby Union Limited
Authority: The City of Edinburgh Council
Proposal: Development of new 7,800 seat stadium for Edinburgh Rugby Club
Services: Planning
Status: Complete
Iceni Projects were appointed by Scottish Rugby Union Ltd to provide planning services in support of the development of a new sports stadium on land adjacent to BT Murrayfield. The stadium provides a new permanent home for Edinburgh Rugby, one of Scotland’s two professional rugby clubs who compete in the United Rugby Championship.
For around 15 seasons, Edinburgh Rugby played its club matches at BT Murrayfield – the national rugby stadium which has a capacity of 67,000. Edinburgh Rugby draw average crowds of around 5,000 and playing in such a large capacity stadium brought issues in terms of generating atmosphere, driving ticket demand and creating a sense of club identity.
Edinburgh Rugby had a long-standing aspiration to develop a new purpose-built home, with such a move considered essential for the club’s future sustainability and growth. This led to a site within the wider BT Murrayfield complex being identified for the development of a 7,900 capacity stadium, 3G sports pitch and associated facilities.
Callum Fraser was contracted to provide support with the planning process, including pre-application discussions with the City of Edinburgh Council and statutory consultees, co-ordinating the planning application submission, and managing the application through to its determination in September 2018.
Lost Jungle Edgware Way, London
Authority: Barnet London Borough Council
Proposal: Redevelopment of leisure facility.
Services: Transport
Status: Completed
A highly visible scheme, located near the A41 junction with the M1, redeveloping the former golf course site to a popular golf leisure facility.
Iceni Projects obtained planning permission from London Borough of Barnet (LBB) for the redevelopment of the former pitch and putt golf course to a leisure facility comprising of mini- golf and a foot golf courses, parking area, coach access and ancillary landscaping works.
The development site is located to the south of the A41 section which links to the M1, circa half a mile up the road. The site is located at the northern edge of Canons Park, to the north east of Stanmore.
The leisure facility scheme required consultation with Transport for London (TfL), as well as LBB, with the highway works located on the Transport for London Road Network (TLRN). These works included a widened site access, pedestrian refuge and footway facilities as well as the reorganisation of the car parking arrangement to allow for access of the site by private coach.
The scheme also involved a contribution made by the applicant and secured through a s278 with Transport for London, allowing for the implementation of these works being managed by the client and handed over to the council at completion.
Stadium for West Cumbria
Workington, Cumbria
Authority: Allerdale Borough Council
Proposal: New Build Stadium, Office Space, Healthcare and Hospitality Facilities
Services: Planning
Status: Post-Planning Submission
Iceni Projects were appointed to provide Planning services in support of Allerdale Borough Council’s proposal for the Stadium for West Cumbria; set to be the new home of Workington Town RLFC and Workington AFC.
The clubs’ existing stadiums, Derwent and Borough Park, have housed the clubs since their inception and as such are over 60 and 80 years’ old, respectively. Due to their age, both clubs are fighting to keep their stadiums in active use and approached the Council, their landlord, for assistance. There has been a long standing vision to redevelop the town’s stadium as part of the Lower Derwent Valley leisure and recreation-led regeneration, and so the dual-purpose stadium proposal was born.
Iceni Projects were contracted to support with the application, engaging in earlier pre-application conversations with the Council’s planning department, the statutory consultees, and the public via a consultation event. These conversations aided in the shaping of the proposal, which comprises an 8,000-capacity stadium and outdoor training pitch, as well as a circa. 3000 sqm office for a large, regional employer; a hospitality / conference suite; and a primary healthcare facility.
Langdon Hills Golf and Country Club | Thurrock
Authority: Thurrock Council
Proposal: New Build Stadium, Office Space, Healthcare and Hospitality Facilities
Services: Built Heritage and Townscape | Engagement | Planning | Sustainable
Development | Transport
Status: Approved
Langdon Hills Golf and Country Club is a prestigious facility in the heart of Thurrock. The 27-hole course has panoramic views over Essex and the London skyline.
The golf club also provides important community and civic space. Many residents of Thurrock and wider Essex have celebrated weddings, birthdays, Christenings and other functions at the club. Langdon Hills Golf and Country Club has also played an important fund-raising role and has attracted visitors from afar.
Notwithstanding the above, golf is changing to reflect wider societal changes. Golf clubs across the country have seen failing participation rates; members lacking time; family pressures and competing pressures from other sports and leisure activities. New potential members want action through shorter courses, technology, and updated food and beverage options. Members also want leisure options for the wider family, such as crèche facilities, a gym and pool.
In this context, Iceni Projects worked with Heronslea Group in developing a hybrid planning application that will enhance the golf facilities. This includes:
Dartford Cricket Club
Dartford
Authority: Dartford Borough Council
Proposal: New Build Stadium, Office Space, Healthcare and Hospitality Facilities
Services: Transport
Status: Completed
Iceni Projects helped obtain planning permission for the demolition of the existing Dartford Cricket Club pavilion and the construction of a replacement pavilion with associated amendments, extensions to the car parking provision, new storage shed and cricket nets.
Iceni worked closely with the rest of the project team to ensure that there were no detrimental effects as a result of the development at the Hesketh Park Ground.
Hesketh Park has been home to Dartford Cricket Club (DCC) since the start of the 20th century. Dartford Cricket Club is one of the world’s oldest Cricket Clubs dating back to 1727. The club celebrated its 275th anniversary in 2003. Teams of the club also play at the nearby grounds of Waller Park, Darenth and Oakfield Park, Wilmington.
Along with the new pavilion, new nets and scoreboard were also introduced. The club aim to improve its pitches by erecting the new nets and installing a rainwater harvest and sprinkler system.
In addition to cricket, the pavilion provides a base for a cycle club, a running club and the St Johns Ambulance, whilst also being made available for hire as part of private functions and events.
The Queen’s Club London
Authority: London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Proposal: Various inc. pre-application consultation and application work
Services: Planning
Status: Complete
Iceni Projects were appointed by The Queen’s Club to provide planning services in relation to the development of new playing facilities, accommodation and sports enclosures.
Established in 1886, The Queen’s Club was the first multipurpose sports complex to be built, anywhere in the world.
The Club offers the opportunity to play Lawn Tennis, Real Tennis, Rackets and Squash on some of the finest courts and is one of the most coveted memberships in the country.
Throughout its history, the Club has been an exceptional sporting venue and today hosts the world-famous annual cinch Championships (formerly the FeverTree Championships), the World Rackets Championships, leading Real Tennis events, including the World Championship, the British Open and between 20092013 The ATCO Super Series Squash Finals.
The Iceni Planning Team, led by Kieron Hodgson provided strategic and detailed planning advice to support various planning applications for development, including feasibility studies, pre-application consultations, planning application work, liaison with the local plan authority and key consultees as well as
Bedworth Leisure Centre
Bedworth
Authority: Nuneaton and Bedworth Council
Proposal: New physical activity hub and public realm improvements
Services: Archaeology
Status: Approved
Iceni Projects were commissioned on behalf on Nuneaton and Bedworth Council to carry out an Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment in support of the advance of the planning application for the the construction of a new physical activity hub in Bedworth. This will replace the current Bedworth Leisure Centre that dates from the 1970s. The surrounding park will also undergo a major transformation.
The assessment involved a comprehensive review of the archaeological, historical, and cartographic evidence along with research and analysis of the Warwickshire Historic Environment Record. In order to set the Site into its archaeological and historical context, information was collected on the known historic environment features within a 1km-radius Study Area.
The Site was concluded as having low archaeological potential overall, with development mainly from the early 20th century onwards, associated with the Miners Welfare Park which occupied the Site.
The report outlined in detail the impacts of the proposal on any surviving archaeology and provided sufficient information for the Archaeological Advisor to the Local Planning Authority to make an informed decision on any archaeological mitigation required. Having considered the contents of the desk-based assessment, it was
Introduction Our Projects
Our People
Ian Anderson Chief Executive
T: 020 3640 8508
M: 07967 630 348
E: ianderson@iceniprojects.com
Ian is always seeking to identify opportunities to add value for his clients, and to further the growth of Iceni Projects.
Having previously been a director at Town Planning Consultancy and in turn RPS, Ian has experienced working for both private-run and PLC planning firms. In turn, Ian worked for a private property company, led by two entrepreneurs, where he both acquired sites and managed them through the planning process.
Ian has taken the key ingredients that made those businesses successful and instilled them into the fabric of Iceni: A business mind-set characterised by hard work, strategic vision, common-sense, topical awareness, and speed of thought.
Ian relishes working with clients, be that on site identification, business planning or project strategy.
Ian currently works on a range of strategic, retail, and residential projects, and also serves in an advisory capacity to a number of property companies.
Abi Rhodes Associate Director, Economics
T: 0161 509 2840
M: 07353 104 433
E: arhodes@iceniprojects.com
Abi is an Associate Director within the Manchester Economics team. She has over 8 years’experience working in the development industry, working on Business Cases, Strategic Growth and Masterplans, along with undertaking Economic Analysis on a number of regeneration projects for both the public and private sector
Prior to this Abi worked at Savills within the Economics Team, working on an array of business case funding bids across the UK. Most recently she worked on the University of Northampton Sports Centre and Simulation space, along with a new leisure complex comprising of a 5-screen cinema and competitive socialising in Ashington.
She has worked on a number of town centre regeneration strategies, including the awardwinning West Bromwich Masterplan, Carters Green Development Framework and Newark Town Centre Town Investment Plan. She is experienced in managing multi-disciplinary teams to deliver complex development strategies. Abi spent the first few years of her career working at AECOM, as a Town Planner. She previously graduated from Newcastle University with a Masters in Planning, where she undertook a Year in Industry working at Transport for London. She is chartered RTPI member and working towards RICS chartered status. supporting projects that help unlock opportunities in a sustainable way.
Introduction Our Projects
Our People Added Value
Added Value SDS
Irrespective of the scale, complexity or societal benefits of a development proposal, it will always attract local opposition, which makes decision taking harder.
Iceni prides itself on formulating new, distinct and innovative tools and techniques for demonstrating why new development should be supported and why it will have positive transformational effects on communities.
We have developed our own techniques for formulating development proposals, operating at the local level within communities to identify how developments can have the greatest effect on peoples lives, and be delivered in a highly successful and sustainable way.
Sustainable Development Scorecardwww.thescorecard.org.uk
Added Value Iceni Intelligence
Whilst Iceni is a national consultancy, we pride ourselves on having a thorough local understanding of the communities we are seeking to change. We therefore have a suite of area based experts to understand, monitor and identify planning and political change across geographic areas.
This work extends beyond monitoring of Local Plans and considers issues such as the political composition and priorities of an area. Objectively Assessed Need and signs of market failure across the full use spectrum from housing, through employment to social and transport infrastructure. We also monitor significant planning decisions and the ways in which planning policies are applied in practice through casework decisions at Planning Committees and the Planning Inspectorate. This work greatly enhances the quality of the commercial advice we provide.
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Added Value iSite
iSite pulls together a number of services to enable the promoter of a project – but equally the respective consultant, local authority, consultee, local community and wider interested party – to gain the knowledge and understanding of a site or location that historically has only been possible from an in-depth site visit. Moreover, many projects are of the size and scale that even a physical site visit renders difficult to comprehend.
The key focus of iSite is to provide an intelligent digital design and consultation tool. This incorporates the use of drone photography, 360° camerawork (think Google Street View for buildings), interactive, virtual consultation halls and project web sites that can pool together all of the information for effective file management and sharing. So whether you need to initiate an initial site survey appraisal, team site visit, pre-application meeting, public consultation event or committee presentation, iSite can help.
iSite wont be for everyone. We understand that. But if you are looking for cost-effective ways to progress with your proposals, it could be the answer.
Added Value Place
Sites don’t start with, and aren’t defined by, planning policy. They’re defined by people. And people bring a melting pot of ideas and opinions.
Not everyone will necessarily share the view that a site needs developing, regenerating or renewal, especially in areas undergoing massive amounts of change or those where nothing has happened despite the will to see it happen.
They are sites that often mean more to people than an abstract red line on an OS plan, where physical and social barriers override site boundaries. Where people have a connection to their incidental bit of city they call home.
They have a past, they have a present and a future. Just like people.
Iceni Place delivers an approach that welcomes all of these views, fears, hopes and dreams into a collaborative process built on listening. It starts with people, asking “What does success look like to you?” and ends with a legacy of better places.
Added Value Iceni Futures
The Iceni Futures team was set up in response to the rapidly changing world and the acknowledgment that more than ever, we need to create futureproofed and sustainable development. The teams role is to assess, predict and influence change across the development industry. In practice that means exploring how places and people will function in the future, analysing existing barriers and providing strategic advice which aligns with clients goals and aspirations to ensure development is fit for the future.
The team doesn’t claim to be experts in every new discipline or product, but they understand the existing barriers and outdated development processes that persist across the industry and the importance of working innovatively and smarter to deliver client visions and change that actually works. It’s understood that each client will need tailored advice and the Futures team look to work collaboratively to provide advice which is tailored to a specific site, company strategy or product. Essentially, if you’re looking to plan for or capitalise on the future, Iceni Futures can be there to support you and drive that ambition.
Added Value Vu.City
Vi.City is the largest and most truly accurate 3D interactive model development to date. Testing initial draft proposals or sites within this software can significantly optimise feasibility and preapplication stages leading directly to better decision making through the process. It is beneficial for the client and the planning process to be able to collaborate in this way, optimising strategy brought forward and cutting down on unnecessary delays in programme, scoping, etc.
This is a 3D modelling tool which covers many parts of the UK but its particularly detailed in relation to the area of London. More and more Councils and consultee bodies, such as Historic England, are adopting this licensing to have their own facility in-house. Iceni Projects can consult more effectively with the relevant public bodies to achieve the best outcomes for a project through the use of Vu.City software.
Archaeology | Built Heritage & Townscape | Design | Economics | Engagement | Impact Management
Landscape | Place | Planning | Transport
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