Architecture & Design

We offer a full range of architectural services, which can be integrated with our in house planning consultancy to provide clients with a joined-up approach to development. We are a design focussed practice who care about the quality of our schemes, whether it be for their new home, or for larger developments. Our fully qualified and experienced architects are able to offer the benefit of many years of design training and industry experience, with a number of specialisms and a wide range of past projects.

We are flexible in our approach, responding to the needs of our clients in terms of the level of service they would like, and how that is structured. We always seek to provide exciting and forward thinking proposals, adding value through our creativity, whilst listening to our clients in terms of style and accommodation. Understanding a Client’s drivers and motivations for their project is very important, and we understand how this can differ from home owner, to developer, through to public sector bodies.

We typically work in stages linked to the RIBA’s Plan of Work, but this can be adapted as required to suit a Client’s individual needs and we will work with you to provide whatever design or construction support you might need from inception to completion.

Architectural Services

  • Pre-purchase advice

  • Feasibility & Capacity studies

  • Masterplanning

  • General design advice

  • Concept design, including 3D visualisation

  • Pre-Application planning submissions

  • Public consultations

  • Detailed design work

  • Design and Access Statements

  • Planning applications

  • Technical design packages

  • Building Regulations applications

  • Specification and tendering

  • Contract Administration

  • Construction stage advice

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Planning

Planning is important in terms of what types of development can go where, and also providing a framework for the control and, where necessary, mitigation of impacts arising from that development. Understanding this can make the difference between fulfilling the full potential of a site, or wasting time and money on proposals that stand no chance of coming to fruition. Good design is inseparable from good planning, and the integration of planning with architecture at T2 means that we are able to deliver outcomes that not only add value in financial terms, but which demonstrably make places better. Well-designed schemes tend to have an easier path through planning, and the right planning input at the right time will make a proposal easier to realise.

Our range of planning advice and services encompasses strategic planning – promoting sites for allocation within development plans, and development planning – obtaining the necessary consents to allow development to proceed. In undertaking this, we are able to draw on extensive experience in the following areas:

Strategic Planning Services

  • Submitting sites to SHLAA/SHELAA call for sites

  • Meeting with officers and key bodies to promote sites

  • Preparing and submitting representations to planning consultations (Reg 18 / Reg 19)

  • Participating at Examinations in Public and Neighbourhood Plan Examinations, including preparing written hearing submissions

  • Preparing Whole Estate Plans

Development Planning Services

  • Advising on the right planning strategy

  • Pre-application enquiry submissions

  • Authoring Planning Statements, Design and Access Statements and Heritage Statements (in collaboration with Conservation team)

  • Planning applications, including Environmental Impact Assessment(EIA) level development

  • Conservation Area Consent and Listed Building Consents

  • Conditions discharge

  • Instructing legal advice where necessary

  • Planning appeals, including Appeal Hearings

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Passivhaus & Sustainability

Alongside good architectural design, we advocate designing buildings that reduce operational energy consumption, and provide a comfortable environment for the occupants of the building. Achieving this requires specialist knowledge from project inception, and is essential for those clients who wish to consider the environmental impact of their projects, or ensure they are protected from the costs associated with heating their home.

We are accredited designers who can offer services to the Passivhaus standard, a low energy and comfort standard achieved through high-quality design and construction. Passivhaus offers quality assurance through a rigorous certification process aiming to eliminate the performance gap between predicted and actual performance in buildings. Passivhaus not only lowers energy bills, but also provides healthier buildings through high levels of thermal comfort, excellent indoor air quality and a quiet indoor environment. Our Passivhaus Designer, John Fosbrook, can assist in delivering projects to this standard.

We can also offer advice and have experience with BREEAM within our team, and have delivered student residential projects to a BREEAM Excellent standard. 

Passivhaus & Sustainability Services

  • Pre-planning advice to optimise building design to reduce energy consumption

  • Provide building energy modelling through Passivhaus Planning Package (PHPP) for new build and retrofit projects

  • Overheating assessment via PHPP modelling for the current climate and future temperature rises

  • Perform Passivhaus Designer role in respect of Passivhaus certification

  • Technical advice through detailed designed.

  • Site inspections to ensure construction is in accordance with PHPP modelling

  • Laise with Passivhaus Certifier

  • Advice and assistance with BREEAM certification

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