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Case Study: Property development feasibility appraisal
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The Brief: Our client, the property development function of a Local Authority was seeking to develop land within its ownership to meet a social need by providing sheltered and assisted living accommodation and increase the stock of affordable housing available. Our Role: Johns Associates undertook an initial desktop study using a combination of data provided
Read Entire Case StudyCase Study: Public Consultation: Proposed Narrowboat Basin
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The Brief: Prepared on behalf of The Basingstoke Canal Society, the brief was to produce an initial public consultation document on the proposals for a new narrowboat basin on the Basingstoke Canal. Our Role: Johns Associates designed and prepared presentation material for a public consultation event. Following the successful restoration of the Basingstoke Canal in 1991 there have
Read Entire Case StudyCase Study: GIS Training
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The Brief: Our client required a better understanding of the opportunities to use GIS to analyse and present data that they hold. Our Role: We provided bespoke training targeted to the client’s specific needs in: • Fundamentals of GIS • Software options • Availability of existing data – open source and purchased • Creating new
Read Entire Case StudyCase Study: CIWEM Roof Garden
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The Brief: The Chartered Institution for Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) needed full design services for the creation of a roof garden for the two-storey extension to their new headquarters in London. It was to include solar panels and had to ensure the design was in line with a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating. Our
Read Entire Case StudyCase Study: Narrowboat Marina
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The Brief: Johns Associates was appointed to lead the environmental appraisal of the project and to act as planning agent. As the scheme evolved this led to a significant input into the design process. The project was conceived with the support of the canal owner and operator and is seeking to unlock benefits to
Read Entire Case StudyCase Study: Hilton Hotel at The Ageas Bowl
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The Brief: Johns Associates led the environmental aspects of the development of the golf course at the Ageas Bowl, the home of Hampshire Cricket and were then appointed to undertake the landscape design works for the new Hilton Hotel, designing the hard and soft landscape elements for the car parks, access road, hotel entrance,
Read Entire Case StudyCase Study: Country Park Allotments
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The Brief: A Local Planning Authority appointed Johns Associates to prepare a landscape masterplan for proposed allotments within a new country park. The brief was to include provision of allotments to meet with the national and local Allotment Society guidelines: maximum sustainability and biodiversity provision; communal storage/meeting facilities both indoor and outdoor; access for all; pedestrian
Read Entire Case StudyCase Study: Abberd Brook
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The Brief: Prepared on behalf of a local community group, the brief was to produce restoration proposals for a stretch of neglected urban waterway. Our Role: Johns Associates designed and prepared a comprehensive restoration masterplan in order to facilitate the coordination of future projects within the scheme, as well as forming a tool to secure
Read Entire Case StudyCase Study: Fleet Pond Restoration
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The brief: To develop and implement the restoration of Fleet Pond Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). Our role: Johns Associates provided a multi-disciplinary project team of hydrologists, geomorphologists, landscape architects, planners, contractors and ecologists We produced a £1500 feasibility study to secure £1,000,000 from Natural England, the Environment Agency, Hart District Council and Fleet Pond
Read Entire Case StudyCase Study: Camelford Football Club
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The brief: Camelford Football Club received a grant from Budweiser to enable them to install a small ground mounted solar PV facility. The aim of this was to reduce Carbon emissions from the club’s energy use, and to provide an income to sustain the financial future of the football club. Our role: Leading the liaison
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