Location:
Huntingdonshire District Council
Issue:
Above ground conditions for a care home to be discharged to allow for construction to continue in line with programme.
How we helped and added value:
We immediately identified the documents and information required to discharge the above ground conditions (encompassing materials, architectural details and appearance of the boundary treatment) and ensured that the contractor and architect were fully briefed to provide this information. We led a number of discussions with the Council’s Urban Design Officer and co-ordinated the production of information to respond to the various queries raised.
We formulated a strategy for the partial discharge of conditions to ensure that the client met their funding requirements as the programme progressed. This required us to work closely and develop good working relationships with the Council, and specifically the Urban Design Officer, to allow for the majority of the conditions to be discharged early. We then remained responsive to the Council’s requests for further information for the remaining conditions, co-ordinating the production of updated information thereby allowing these to then be discharged in April 2021. The Urban Design Officer thanked us for being so proactive in reaching an equitable solution.
