A London group of design, engineering, planning and construction practices.

Why a group?

Most building projects need several professionals: an architect or designer, a structural engineer, planning and specialist reports, and a builder. When they work for different firms, information is passed between them late and problems surface at planning or on site.

Our companies share an office and a way of working. Engineering is considered while the design is still changing, the reports a council will ask for are scoped at the start, and construction input comes before the drawings are fixed.

You can appoint one company or several. Each contracts under its own name and carries its own professional responsibilities.

Our planning record

Since July 2016 the group has submitted 488 planning applications to 52 councils. Of those decided, 77% were approved, rising to 79% once appeal decisions are included. Across 284 sites, 244 (86%) now have permission.

A refusal is rarely the end. On 56 sites we were refused or withdrew, then won approval with a revised scheme: 44 on the second application and 12 on the third or later. Six refusals were overturned at appeal, and six of the eight schemes heard at planning committee were approved.

Source: council planning records for applications made by our companies and their directors, July 2016 to October 2026.

Sustainability

We aim to cut the carbon in the work we design and build, considering the fabric of the building from the start rather than relying on added technology at the end. Reusing and adapting existing buildings is often the lowest-carbon option, and our engineers assess what an existing structure can carry before anything is taken down.