July 7, 2023
Great to see progress on site at Regis Lodge as we attend our first site meeting last week. We look forward to continuing to support our client, Harper group, on an apartment scheme for Black Country housing Group delivering 42 brand new homes. Great work so far from all involved, watch this space for more updates.
In Projects
Great view of the new build elements of the Iceworks this morning, sitting alongside the historic mill. Great to see this project coming out of the ground.
Burcot Lane, Bromsgrove.
A fantastic drone shot taken by Speller Metcalfe a month or so ago, showing a snapshot of progress, with a proposed site plan for comparison. Zebra Architects and Zebra Landscapes are involved in the delivery of this £8.6m DPP3 Framework construction project in Bromsgrove Town Centre. The project has since seen some of the timber frames constructed as the two storey dwellings get built.
This scheme has seen the demolition of the former Bromsgrove Council offices, and is soon to be 61 new build affordable and market dwellings for Bromsgrove District Council, consisting of 4 storey apartments, and 2 storey houses and maisonettes, all set for completion later this year.
For a second planning approval in a week in Sandwell, we have worked closely with Will Stevens at the local authority to achieve planning consent for our client on the former Star and Garter site on West Bromwich High Street. This nine-storey building replaces a previous consent for a five-storey structure and bookends the high street. It is designed to work alongside, but be subsidiary to the Grade II listed St Michaels Church adjacent. The development will provide commercial retail opportunities at ground floor, with a mixture of 60 one and two bedroom flats over with roof terrace amenity, which will contribute to the continued regeneration of this area.
We're delighted to introduce Ayo as our newest member of the team. She will be assisting us with all things planning and design.
Zebra are delighted to obtain a planning approval for a proposal for 4 dwellings on a site in Rubery, Birmingham. Working with Montague Property, the mixture of 3 and 4 bed properties will provide a sympathetic addition to the existing area, integrating two large mature trees and other existing, established planting into the scheme. The location means that the dwellings will also enjoy lovely views over the adjacent green space.
Work is progressing well on Moseley Farm, with the Farmhouse now structurally reconfigured, and the contract on the first three barns – non-designated heritage assets – commenced, and the planning process for the remaining three underway. We are looking forward to working with our dynamic contractor, RDS Build Ltd, as this exciting brownfield redevelopment continues, and new life is breathed back into this historic site.
We are thrilled to have finally submitted for planning on this sensitive scheme in Norwich for Sequential Investors Ltd with Housing 21 as the end user. It boasts 88 extra care apartments with communal facilities have been carefully considered with their setting, which is on the edge of the National Park and adjacent to a complex of Grade II listed structures.
Our design took considerable care to respond to the setting and its wider context in terms of scale, materiality and Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment, and has had an extensive pre-application liaison with the local authority to actively engage them and de-risk this scheme as far as possible for our client. Our goal is to create a community and strong sense of place for its eventual residents on this brownfield, former pub site.
Zebra Group Limited are proud to be sponsoring England flanker and Worcester Warriors Club Captain Ted Hill for the 2021-2022 Gallagher Premiership Campaign and wish him well on his selection for the England training camp next week! England Rugby
Photo courtesy of Worcester Warriors!
