View or download our company brochure to find out more about S+SA Architects and how we can assist you in the design and delivery of your scheme.
View or download our company brochure to find out more about S+SA Architects and how we can assist you in the design and delivery of your scheme.
Project: Greenwell Grange Care Home Bedale
Client: The Fisher Care Group
Status: Tender – Autumn 2019 (RIBA Plan of Work Stage 4 – Technical Design)
S+SA were appointed to provide architectural services for the design and delivery of a new build care development for a site outside Bedale in North Yorkshire. The commission was for a repeat care provider client who already operated two existing homes in Bedale. The client was looking to consolidate their operations on a single new site, at the same time taking the opportunity to create additional capacity to secure their long-term presence in the area.
Our Input
S+SA were appointed to provide architectural services from inception through to completion of the project. Our care sector experience and thorough understanding of this repeat client’s requirements enabled us to produce a design which exceeded the original brief, even securing additional capacity for service user accommodation.
Our Value
Initially S+SA were able to facilitate the introduction of a site opportunity to the client, which ultimately proved successful, prior to progressing with the design process. Pre-application consultation with the Local Authority planning department established a number of constraints initially at odds with the scale of accommodation the client required, however, our design concept for breaking up the scale and mass of the proposed development proved so satisfactory from the Local Authority’s perspective, the application was granted planning consent without the need to go to committee.
Disability Action Yorkshire have a long relationship with SSA-Architects which began with the design of our residential home for younger adults with physical disabilities when they impressed us with their commitment to ensuring that the design aided full accessibility and independence. They have remained firm supporters of and amongst other events run an annual bike ride raising much needed funds to support our work. They show a genuine interest in our work and in the ongoing needs and aspirations of disabled people. We consider SSA-Architects to be true and valued friends of the charity.
Jackie Snape, Chief Executive - Disability Action Yorkshire