by heartit | Sep 4, 2018 | development, Landscape Architecture, Master Planning, News, Planning
Cass Associates has had an involvement in bringing forward three new housing developments in St Helens. All three are well underway. We have provided planning, masterplanning and landscape architecture services. St Helens Road, Prescot: This is a previously developed...
by heartit | May 30, 2018 | Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Leisure and Tourism, News, Planning
Knowsley Safari has just opened a new and innovative tiger enclosure. Cass Associates has been responsible for the planning and design of this key visitor attraction. The tiger enclosure is the centrepiece of a foot safari which allows people to experience endangered...
by heartit | May 23, 2018 | News, Planning
Cass Associates have achieved full planning consent for a traditional Italian artisan cheese manufacturer in Netherley, Liverpool. The new cheesery is located in a row of businesses at Middlemass Hey that includes retail uses and a post office. The unit had been empty...
by heartit | Apr 16, 2018 | Architecture, Leisure and Tourism, Planning
New Welcome Building and Visitor Facilities at Hare Hill Gardens, Cheshire Following our successful design and installation of a new visitor car park and entrance drive at Hare Hill Gardens, completed in 2015, Cass Associates was re-appointed by the National Trust for...
by heartit | Apr 11, 2018 | Master Planning, Planning, Regeneration
The Bishopton Community Growth Area in the west of Scotland has been given a further boost. Renfrewshire Council has provided its support to change land designated for industry to housing. The size of the development will now be around 4,000 houses. The Bishopton...
by heartit | Mar 22, 2018 | Architecture, Planning
Navigating the planning rules around barn conversions can be a difficult task. In 2014 the Government attempted to ease the restrictions on converting barns in the countryside (in England) through the introduction of ‘Class Q Permitted Development’. The intention was...
by heartit | Mar 20, 2018 | Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Leisure and Tourism, News, Planning
The North York Moors National Park Authority Planning Committee has given its unanimous support to an application for alterations and extensions to the Sutton Bank Visitor Centre including the installation of solar PV together with an extension of existing car parking...
by heartit | Mar 16, 2018 | Planning, Regeneration
Following a protracted legal melee, amendments to the National Planning Practice Guidance on planning obligations in May 2016 introduced changes to the way that affordable housing contributions can be sought from development. The changes include the introduction of...
