Providing planning advice and developing a scheme to secure planning and listed building approval to ensure the long term conservation of the Grade II* listed building in support of a disposal strategy.

The former Bartlet Convalescent Home comprises a large Grade II* listed main hospital building (built over a Martello Tower), annexe and former grounds.  The buildings were declared surplus by NHS Suffolk and vacated from 2008 and the health trust wished to dispose of the property.  The site had been marketed with limited success; resulting in the need for greater planning certainty with a viable scheme. Consequently to add certainty and value to the Trust’s asset, a high quality heritage sensitive scheme was promoted leading to planning and listed building consent being granted and the site being sold. Following negotiations with the LPA and the preparation of a viability appraisal all S.106 planning obligations were avoided.

• Planning Strategy and Heritage advice
• Project Management of sub consultants and planning process
• Liaison & negotiation with Local Planning Authority & English Heritage
• Research into site history and assessment of heritage significance
• Coordination of public consultation exercise
• Preparation and submission of planning and listed building applications for a 33 unit scheme with no s106 obligations
• Representing NHS Suffolk at planning committee to help secure consents