After 2 years we finally got planning permission for our scheme of 29 apartments and ground floor retail on Tiviot Dale, Stockport. The scheme had no objections from anyone! @andyburnham @mtpennycook you will never deliver 1.5m homes without more radical changes to the planning system.

We are preparing a planning application for two large detached homes in a conservation area in Lymm. Both homes are 5 bed over four floors with 3 parking spaces with views over the canal. @YIMBYLAND @createstreets @archi_tradition

Three years after getting planning approval we are progressing detailed design for our urban regeneration scheme in Levenshulme for 41 dwellings with 8 retail units on Stockport Road @StrongTowns @Aesthetic_City @ManCityCouncil @TheMancUK

The stone and brick repairs are done on our 5 St Petersgate scheme for 27 apartments in Stockport. All sold off plan before work started. @stopinstockport @My_Stockport @StockportMBC @StockportMDC

The scaffold is coming down and new windows are in on our Overbanks scheme for 45 apartments on High Street in Stockport. The brickwork is also now complete on the new extension. @stopinstockport @My_Stockport @StockportMBC @StockportMDC

Our scheme for 24 new homes has recently started on site. An existing industrial unit and car park is replaced with 15 dual aspect apartments and 9 family houses. The scheme puts back the existing urban grain. We get residential schemes to work in areas where other can’t. @TamesideCouncil @MyTamesideUK @newsintameside

We are preparing a planning application for the St Christopher’s site in Stockport. Located at the prominent junction of Wellington Road South and Longshut Lane, the proposal aims to transform the prominent corner by demolishing the existing 10-storey 1970s office block to make way for a new residential community. The proposals are for a modern mansion block with taller ceilings, more windows, better communal areas and private gardens. The scheme will provide 278 New Dwellings. The scale and height of the building have been carefully considered; it will feature a landmark corner block at the junction that gently steps down to match the height of neighbouring terraced properties. 
The building will be deliberately stepped back from the pavement to create a planted tree-lined avenue. The heart of the development will be a central courtyard containing residents' gardens, while ground-floor apartments will benefit from private patios. Residents also benefit from a shared communal roof terrace.
@archi_tradition @createstreets @stopinstockport

We launched a public consultation for a distinctive, farmstead-inspired neighbourhood on the edge of Wilmslow recently. The scheme of 88 new homes, where almost half are affordable, uses the sites agricultural history of livestock farming as inspiration. New house types include, farmhouses, hay barns, cattle sheds and cottages set within a rich tapestry of green infrastructure which breaks away from traditional housing estate layouts. The land is classed as Grey belt as Cheshire East Council is unable to demonstrate a five-year supply of housing. @YIMBYLAND @createstreets @DesignForHomes

We are preparing a planning application for a multicultural heritage centre and new housing. The proposals draw inspiration from the existing listed building and site’s original collegiate character and Oxbridge- inspired planning principles. New interventions extend this architectural language through a series of cloisters, landscaped courtyards, and interconnected gardens. The extension to the Heritage Centre introduces a series of spaces for conferences, exhibitions, education, and community events, alongside a dedicated prayer hall. Designed to achieve BREEAM Outstanding accreditation, the new building adopts a glulam timber structure and a palette of natural, low-carbon materials that create a strong relationship between architecture and nature. The new residential buildings take cues from the Victorian villas that define the surrounding Conservation Area. @archi_tradition @VicctorianChad @StrongTowns

Render vs Reality. We recently completed our Daisy Bank scheme in Longsight Manchester for 72 new homes. The scheme takes contextual references from Dalton Ellis Hall & Victoria Park Christian Fellowship in the adjacent conservation area. @createstreets @archi_tradition @mcrhistfest @ManCityCouncil

We are developing some proposals for a modern mansion block with taller ceilings, more windows, better communal areas and a private garden. We’ve been researching Albert Hall Mansions and Richard Norman Shaw who is credited with making flats desirable to the aspiring Victorian middle classes @archi_tradition @Aesthetic_City @createstreets

We enjoyed a day in the sun last week for the Annual OSA triathlon of Crown Green Bowls, Table Tennis & Darts. Thanks to Brad & Matt for the 3D printed trophy they made which was a work of art. Thanks as always to @TheAlbertClub

We have some new visuals to share for our Charter House scheme on Churchgate in Stockport for 27 dual aspect homes. Work will start on site later this year. @archi_tradition @Aesthetic_City @stopinstockport

Render vs reality. The scaffold has just come down on Albion House on Little Underbank in Stockport. One of 6 projects we currently have on site in the old town. Great to be part of the towns regeneration @stopinstockport @createstreets @My_Stockport

We had positive comments at a public consultation this week for 86 apartments and a pocket park on Waterloo Rd Stockport. The site of the former Tabernacle Club in the 60’s included acts Pink Floyd & Jim Hendrix @StrongTowns @stopinstockport @createstreets @archi_tradition

We’re thrilled to have one of our schemes shortlisted in the National Housing Design Awards. Seaton House, Stockport is a dual aspect apartment scheme set around a landscaped garden @stopinstockport @DesignForHomes @StockportMBC @My_Stockport

Some elevation studies of a conference & exhibition hall in S. Manchester we’ve been working on. Planning submission and more images coming soon. @TheCityMentor @AboutMcr @archi_tradition

We had a fun filled Friday Social last week in Stockport. We visited the new office, played indoor archery, curling & Petanque at Loft Social and finished off at the Produce Hall. @stopinstockport @TheProduceHall

We enjoyed taking students from Sheffield School of Architecture around our St George’s Masterplan last week. @SSoA_news