CASE STUDIES

Bidwells secured planning permission for the residential redevelopment of a former adult community learning centre in the Green Belt. The scheme is for 60 bed Independent Living home and 14 private residential dwellings.

Bidwells project managed the delivery of Quad One, a new-build 37,673 sq ft three storey office and laboratory building; the first of four buildings set around a new quadrangle at Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire.

Preparation of Heritage Statement to accompany a pre-application enquiry and subsequent planning application for a single-storey, rear extension to provide a new dining area for the public house within an existing courtyard.

Provision of Heritage Statements supporting planning applications for new pontoons and ticket offices for Scudamore’s punt stations in the Mill Pit and Quayside.

Bidwells was instructed to determine a promotion and disposal strategy for land with residential development potential for a consortium of landowners.

Great Wilsey Park is a sustainable urban extension, located to the north east of Haverhill. The site has been successfully promoted through the planning system and benefits from outline planning permission for up to 2,500 new homes, two primary schools, two local centres (including retail, community and employment uses), open space and strategic landscaping. The first residential phase, comprising 899 new homes, has been sold to Redrow Homes and Bidwells has been retained to sell the further residential phases, in addition to the local centres.

The client was keen to build a new dwelling on his livestock farm, to increase the farm’s value but more importantly, to allow his son to live and work alongside him.

Office refurbishment and letting of 31 King Street, Norwich, a 14,750 sq ft office building, was purchased by the client at a property auction.

Hanstead Park, also known as the former HSBC training centre, is located in St Albans district. Bidwells acted on behalf of St Congar Land and Europa Capital to manage a bespoke marketing campaign and negotiate the sale of a trophy development site for 139 dwellings in a mature parkland setting within the metropolitan green belt.