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DWD has secured planning permission on behalf of Big Yellow Self Storage for the redevelopment of a 2 acre site at Staples Corner, Brent Cross within the London Borough of Barnet. The scheme comprises of the redevelopment of the existing car dealership on the northern side of the Staples Corner West roundabout, to provide a self-storage facility. The development comprises of a six-storey building that will provide a total of up to approximately 17,600 sqm of self-storage floorspace. The development also includes externally accessible storage units, to support business customers. For further details please see below, or contact Emma Penson and Aimée Whitehead https://lnkd.in/gkeXpXGb

DWD would like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year for 2025. We will be closing for the festive period after the 23rd December 2024 and will return to work on 2nd January 2025. We are pleased to be continuing to support charities suggested by members of the DWD team. This year the worthy causes supported are: Barnardo's  Beacon House, Colchester Beat Besses o‘ th‘ Barn Brass Band Brain Research UK CRASH - Construction Industry's Charity Electric Palace Harwich London School of Music Outreach Programme   Parkinson's UK  The ALS Association  Happy holidays to all!

DWD has obtained full planning permission for a 113-hectare, six million tonne pulverised fuel ash (PFA) extraction project in Nottinghamshire, on behalf of Hive Aggregates.   PFA is the fine ash residue burning coal, with the ash at the site originating from the former Cottam Power Station. This ash is a finite resource and can be reused as a cement substitute. The six million tonnes of PFA can therefore displace some five millions of tonnes of carbon emissions that would result from the equivalent amount of cement production.   The PFA is contained in former disposal lagoons, east of the villages of Lound and Sutton cum Lound, near Retford and would be extracted at a rate of around 300,000 tonnes per year for up to 25 years in an environmentally managed way and dried in purpose built facilities. Progressive and environment led restoration of the site would follow on after extraction.   The County Council’s Planning and Rights of Way Committee voted narrowly in favour of the application after a comprehensive debate following the planning officer’s presentation and overall recommendation and public speakers both for and against the proposed development.   Hugh Brennan, UK managing director at Hive Energy said: "I am incredibly proud to see the RCEP moving forward. This carbon-saving project has the potential to bring numerous benefits to the local area and will hopefully instigate more positive change within the cement industry.    It has taken over four years of securing land, quality testing, extensive consultation with the local community and statutory consultees, extensive and ongoing environmental surveys, a very challenging and extended planning and permitting process, and dedication from a team of skilled professionals covering a wide variety of disciplines."   DWD is delighted to be supporting Hive in advancing the proposals to construction stage. For further information contact Colin Turnbull or Nathan Cheung. https://lnkd.in/e_QiPrcB

Last Friday, we swapped snowflakes for sunshine at our Luau-Themed Christmas Party and it was an absolute blast! 🎉🍍🎅 From the vibrant tropical decor to an inflatable surfboard simulator and some unforgettable karaoke to close out the year 🌴🎶 #DWDLuauChristmasParty

It was a pleasure to sponsor the RTPI London Young Planners End of Year Social last night! We had a great time talking to everyone about our interesting projects and strong culture of collaboration and socialising, and everyone seemed to enjoy the food and drink too. Thank you to all who came out to kick off the festive season (with over 10 of us from DWD)! And special thanks to the London Young Planner's Committee Amy Ingle Callum Cook Chloe Selwood Emily Hegarty Sophie Middleton Lucy Fathers Adam Dixon Harry Bailey Leon Westbrook Helen Ng Rachel Smith

It was a pleasure to sponsor the RTPI London Young Planners End of Year Social last night! We had a great time talking to everyone about our interesting projects and strong culture of collaboration and socialising, and everyone seemed to enjoy the food and drink too. Thank you to all who came out to kick off the festive season (with over 10 of us from DWD)! And special thanks to the London Young Planner's Committee Amy Ingle Callum Cook Chloe Selwood Emily Hegarty Sophie Middleton Lucy Fathers Adam Dixon Harry Bailey Leon Westbrook Helen Ng Rachel Smith

The end of the super early bird savings for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects Forum 2025 is fast approaching. Hear from over 30 major infrastructure leaders on the biggest topics in NSIP planning. They will cover the latest policy updates and provide you with practical advice on how to develop your application and much more.    Secure your place by Friday 6th December to secure this discounted rate: https://bit.ly/4etYeRg #NSIPs25   🎤 Alicia Ford, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 🎤 Justine (Proudler) Foster Lincolnshire County Council  🎤 John Galloway, Ørsted  🎤 Douglas Johnson, SEC Newgate UK  🎤 Jim Kitchen, Environment Agency  🎤 Alister Kratt, LDA Design  🎤 Alasdair MacMillan, Ofgem  🎤 Alex Minhinick, Burges Salmon LLP  🎤 Beth Motley, Counter Context Ltd 🎤 Colin Turnbull, DWD  🎤 Luke Wormald, Historic England  🎤 Sophie Young Associated British Ports 🎤 kathleen covill, Natural England 🎤 Chris Taylor Progressive Energy 🎤 Michael Baker, RWE  🎤 Frances Fernandes FRTPI, Infrastructure Matters 🎤 Speaker from Planning Inspectorate  🎤 Speaker from Department for Energy Security and Net Zero  🎤 Speaker from BDB Pitmans 

DWD is extremely pleased to announce a number of promotions within our growing Planning Team in London. These are: Charlie Merry, Emma-Jane Hayward and Laura Tinker – promoted to Associate Director. Chris Kirby, Georgina Rule and Nathan Cheung – promoted to Associate. Congratulations all! https://lnkd.in/eZ5M_iXX

DWD are looking forward to hosting a table at the NIPA Annual Dinner this evening, where Mallard Pass Solar Farm is nominated for the National Infrastructure Planning Association Award 2024 🏆 It will be one of the country’s largest solar farms with a capacity of 350MW.   DWD were the lead planning consultant on Mallard Pass Solar Farm which was approved in July 2024. DWD were proud to be part of a very strong client and consultant team who closely collaborated to deliver a landscape-led design, which integrated well with the local landscape.

Fidra Energy’s project West Burton C BESS is nominated for the award for 'Grid-Scale Standalone Energy Project of the Year' at this years Energy Storage Awards! 🏆 DWD provided the planning support to this project and we’re delighted to be attending on the night tomorrow with Fidra representatives 🙌