In planning mixed use schemes the competing demands of retail, office, residential, open space and access all need to be handled carefully and sensitively to ensure the resultant scheme is in harmony and not a failure, as so many early examples of such schemes were.
Added to that the changes that the Government has introduced to permitted development rights, which allow changes between different uses without permissions for example, and you have a rapidly changing framework to work within.
At Hobbs Parker we have professional planners who have spent their entire working life studying mixed use schemes. We know how to successfully integrate your commercial aspirations with good design, mix places with spaces and build schemes people want to live and work in.
As with any scheme, early advice can be crucial in what is an ever evolving landscape.
