This site was located on edge of a village in North West Leicestershire. The brief was to create as site with strong traditional character that was appropriate to its setting. Following analysis of the local area a bespoke range of housetypes were created for the site. These were heavily influenced by local vernacular architecture, and…
This sloping site was located alongside the A14 at Kettering. It was a difficult site that was sloping and was also exposed to high noise levels. Working closely with the site’s landowner Buccleuch we helped to resurrect a stalled outline planning application for 450 dwellings. Liaising regularly with Kettering Borough Council RDC produced a…
The site already benefitted from an Outline consent for 85 dwellings, won at Appeal. The brief from the client was for a minimum of 112 dwellings which would require a new detailed planning application. The increase in numbers created design challenges and careful, efficient design was required to meet the brief requirements. The final scheme…
This was an unused allotment site. Sensitive design was required as the site was positioned adjacent to an existing school and residential dwellings. A public footpath crossed the site and this was diverted into the site’s footpath network. The Newport Pagnell Road at this location was poorly supervised with a number of recent developments turning…
Over the last 6 months, we have taken the time to look at the branding and general marketing of our business model here at RDC. This has presented us with a fantastic opportunity to create a whole new brand, a new website coupled with the launch of our newly created social media channels for Facebook,…