Wharford Farm Infrastructure Delivery

Homes England

Hive were instructed by Homes England to act as planning consultants in the Campbell Reith led team progressing detailed design of the new canal bridge, spine road, drainage and earthworks design to de-risk the Wharford Farm site and to assist Homes England to explore a potential master developer role.  

Delivery

This instruction resulted in the amendment of the planning strategy for the Wharford Farm site, evolving from an outline planning application to a hybrid planning application. With two separate consultant teams producing information relating to the outline and full elements of the hybrid planning application, Hive play an integral role between the teams to ensure consistent communication and progress.

Outcome

The detailed design of the new canal bridge, which will be constructed adjacent to Grade II Listed Borrows Bridge, is a particularly key element of the instruction with many stakeholders. Hive have been instrumental in the stakeholder engagement strategy, chairing multi-disciplinary meetings considering highways, structures, conservation and planning to ensure that the detailed design meets the expectations of the Council and is capable of being adopted.

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Instructed by Hive Homes to provide planning consultancy advice in respect of a residential scheme proposed on a previously developed site in the Green Belt. We initially led the pre-application discussions with Bury Council, who were also the landowner.