This is a project with some real vision behind it. Our client owns an existing agricultural barn, and came to us to help with the design to convert it under Part Q permitted development rights, into a new commercial building.

The proposed building will provide a new premises for an existing popular nursery, providing them the best quality of accommodation, and allowing them to expand the number of children they can offer places to. There will also be a new café on the site, open to the pubic and providing a community hub, along with a studio room for exercise classes, neo and post-natal services, and parent and baby groups.

The design plays with the volume of the shell of the building, with inset areas for secure play spaces. The timber boarding is set off by the areas of coloured cladding to create a really dynamic and fun elevation, suitable for a child focussed building use. Currently in planning for confirmation that it meets the required parameters for permitted development, we’re looking forward to seeing this project move towards site.