
If you’re feeling overwhelmed or drowning in endless paperwork and compliance, you’re not alone. The planning system is complex and can be frustrating for business owners.
Putting together a council application for your school can be extremely hard and tiring and dealing with local government can be a nightmare, not to mention the whole process can be very expensive in both time and money. Plus, we’re pretty sure, you have better things to do… That’s where we fit in!
It’s what we do, all day, every day. With a team of 10+ highly knowledgeable and experienced town planners, property consultants, registered architect and draftsman we’re pretty good at what we do.
Having worked on over 40 school proposals and projects over the past 25 years common compliance rules and questions to consider are:
Car parking – Any application to do with an educational establishment such as a school will be carefully looked at in terms of car parking. Will you be seen to be placing an extra burden on existing infrastructure? How do you know what is adequate? We will need to look carefully at how you get around or work within the town planning rules?
Location, building design, bulk and scale – Did you know that schools and educational facilities are only permissible in certain areas or zones? Depending upon the age of the students or type of educational facility other concerns from council are likely to come up.
Traffic generation – Is the proposed site and surrounding roads capable of handling additional traffic generated? How will the hours of operation impact traffic generation and traffic patterns.
Safety – Internal and external layout, lighting, fencing, building security, and disabled access are a few of the considerations that will need to be made with regard to safety for a school or educational facility.
We understand that getting to the point of having the right approval for your school is not an easy journey. It’s one that needs the best experience the industry has to offer. That’s why we’re here to help… We’d love to make your council approval journey for a school simple and as pain-free as possible.
We’ve worked for over 40 schools and educational establishments and have dedicated town planners and designers that specialise in this type of development application.
You can glean from the wisdom we’ve gained from all of our past projects. 25 years of being in the industry and our 50 consecutive years of experience have taught us a few things.
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