tor&co is pleased to have assisted Pennyfarthing Homes achieve a resolution to grant full planning permission at New Forest District’s Planning Committee on 9 February 2022 for 64 homes and associated green infrastructure.

Councillors voted unanimously to approve the scheme, considering it was a well thought out development, and would offer future residents a nice place to live. The scheme includes a mixture of homes, including 30% affordable provision.
 
tor&co was able to offer an interdisciplinary team comprising Planning, Architecture, Masterplanning, Landscape Architecture, Environment and Graphics to overcome issues and help in achieving the high quality scheme which was supported by the council.
 
This is the first phase of Strategic Site 17 (SS17), which was allocated for development in the New Forest District Local plan (adopted in 2020). tor&co are continuing to work with Pennyfarthing Homes to progress their applications on the southern part of the SS17 allocation, as well as SS18 in Fordingbridge, and elsewhere in the district.

tor&co has contributed to key findings in a significant report published today by the UK Green Buildings Council.
 

UKGBC’s new report, titled ‘Building the Case for Net Zero: A case study for low carbon residential developments’, uses the case study of Trumpington South, Cambridgeshire, for which tor&co were architects and masterplanners. 
 

The study demonstrates how housing developers can achieve a 20% embodied carbon reduction across low-rise residential developments through simple masterplan-level design interventions, which tor&co were able to contribute to, showing these steps were both cost-effective and achievable today.

The full report can be downloaded here.

As part of continuing expansion plans, tor&co has moved its Birmingham team to new office premises at 3 Edmund Gardens on Edmund Street. 

The office is around the corner from the previous office but has a much larger capacity, offering increased space and additional facilities.

As part of this planned growth, Tom Ryan has joined the team as a Senior Planner. Tom comes from Coventry City Council and is already working on some high profile projects in the West Midlands and throughout the UK.

tor&co has helped Bloor Homes secure planning consent for 800 homes on Land East of Horndean. The permitted development will also provide employment, a primary school, local centre, a community building and biodiversity enhancement. tor&co provided planning, EIA, landscape architecture and heritage advice.