DWD were appointed by St Barnabas Church and The London Diocesan Fund to advise them on the change of use of an existing office building in north Finchley for St Barnabas Church to relocate to and to support their?go+grow?project.
We undertook extensive pre-application engagement with the London Borough of Barnet and consultation with local residents to address issues surrounding parking, highways, noise, design and massing.
We worked closely with the project architect,?Mission Design Studios?(formerly JBKS Architects), and the transport consultant to develop a scheme that received support from both the planning officer and highways officer.
Planning permission was successfully secured in June 2017. The approved scheme includes the change of use and the demolition of the rear wing and construction of a rear auditorium with capacity for up to 500 people.
We are now working with St Barnabas Church to discharge the pre-commencement conditions, to enable them to start on site later this year.
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