Wrapping up the year and heading into the ‘Roaring Twenties!’
It has been a tremendous year for Woods Hardwick. With a focus on working together as one family across architecture, engineering, planning and surveying, we have developed some wonderful relationships
Woods Hardwick’s first Company Away Day
This month we held our first Company Away Day. Bringing together almost 90 people from our Bedford and Birmingham offices, we held the event at Whittlebury Hall - a great
60 seconds with…Peter Kennerley
Peter Kennerley is an Associate in our Birmingham office. Having recently become a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers and registered by the Engineering Council as an Incorporated Engineer
Changing consumer habits transforming logistics real estate
The landscape is changing (literally) as the UK marketplace evolves to meet changing consumer habits. The future in Britain - at least along major access routes - is looking increasingly
60 seconds with…Matt Ford
Civil engineer and Director, Matt Ford, heads up our Birmingham office. Here we quiz him on what led him to a career in engineering and what he and his growing
A day at the races: Newmarket 2019
Last Thursday, Woods Hardwick team and group of clients enjoyed a great day out at Newmarket races.
Detailed planning secured for Linden Homes and ukland.com at Stotfold
Woods Hardwick is delighted to have secured detailed planning permission for 161 dwellings on land south of Arlesey Road, Stotfold, Bedfordshire on behalf of Linden Homes Chiltern and ukland.com.
Central in location but can Bedfordshire capitalise on the OxCam Arc – a ‘once in a generation’ opportunity?
Last month saw the start of examinations on the Local Plans of two of the authorities located in the centre of the planned Oxford - Milton Keynes - Cambridge Arc. Central Bedfordshire Council (CBC) and Bedford Borough Council (BBC) sit in the ‘Central Area’ of the Growth Corridor - right at the heart of what is already hailed as one of the most innovative and economically successful areas of the UK. But the question is, do their Local Plans acknowledge this great opportunity and are they ready to capitalise on the huge investment in new infrastructure right on our doorstep?
How to plan a basement conversion without digging yourself into a hole!
Simon Bennett, Director at Woods Hardwick explains how! Robbie Williams won an unlikely planning battle late last year with his next door neighbour Jimmy Page. The trouble was caused by Williams’s plans to construct a basement beneath his west London garden, and the episode has highlighted rising tensions about the increasingly ambitious — and disruptive — construction work beneath London properties.
Increased rail capacity promises a great future for the Midlands
We attended the Built Environment Networking’s inaugural Midlands Development Conference last week. With some great speakers, including Lord Bob Kerslake and Birmingham City Council CEO, Dawn Baxendale, our team from our Birmingham office came away excited about what the future holds.
