Thought Leadership

Solving the housing crisis from the air

Here are some stunning images of progress on our affordable housing scheme for Winchester City Council and Drew Smith at The Valley, Stanmore. These aerial views really capture the way in which the scheme responds to the steeply sloping valley and pr...

Manydown secures planning permission for 3500 dwellings

We are pleased to see Basingstoke and Deane planning committee yesterday resolved to grant planning permission for up to 3,520 homes together with a 250-acre country park at Manydown, a new extension to Basingstoke in Hampshire. The decision was take...

MMC Passivhaus apartments in Farnbourough

Great progress on site at The Valley

Planning submitted for rural housing in Surrey

Shortlisted in contest for Bristol’s Trinity College Student Village

We are delighted to have been shortlisted for Bristol’s Trinity College Student Village scheme. It would be a huge privilege to work for this historic theological college on what is an exciting collaboration between the college and Bristol Housing Fe...

The Solent Nitrates Debacle

Since April 2019 Local Authorities in the Solent Region have stopped granting planning permission for any development which would result in ‘an increase in overnight stays.’ This means no new houses have received planning permission in the south of E...

Planning Submitted for King's Barton, Winchester

We have submitted a Reserved Matters application for Phase 2B of the 2000 home urban extension to Winchester at Kings Barton on behalf of CALA Homes. Snug worked collaboratively with JTP Architects to develop proposals for the neighbourhood centre, w...

Market Place goes to planning

Market Place is a high density urban development in the Fruit Market district of Southampton. The scheme provides 29 one and two bedroom apartments over sox floors and comprises of both flats and duplexes. The scheme occupies two former burgage plo...

Custom House, Harwich progressing well

Good progress is being made on our development for 34 flats, achieved under Prior Approval office to residential conversion, and 5 detached townhouses in Harwich, Essex. The design overcomes the challenges of a deep plan office by inserting a new i...