Development at Farmstead Drive, Edenbridge - Planning Consultant

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<p>Sevenoaks District Council is seeking to appoint a Planning Consultant to bring forward a new high quality development on the Spitals Cross Estate, Edenbridge. The Planning Consultant will form part of a wider Multi-Disciplinary team.</p> <p>The community buildings currently occupying the site are at the end of their economic life and require substantial refurbishment. SDC are maximising the opportunity to redevelop the hall and its facilities and to replace the shop with modern premises and to provide new housing, including affordable homes. The sale of the residential accommodation would provide capital receipts to pay for these improvements.</p> <p>A feasibility study has been undertaken which reviewed several options with a preferred option selected from a viability and planning perspective. This commission seeks to appoint an architect-led design team to further develop the preferred option to prepare and submit a planning application and to ultimately see through the delivery of the development.</p> <p>The appointment of the Planning Consultant will be for RIBA work stages 2 and 3. A fixed price fee submission is requested for both stages, broken down by stage. The consultant will be expected to attend project team meetings as required and to make an allowance for other meetings as considered appropriate.</p> Keywords: Consultant, Regeneration, Planning