Stiles Harold Williams - Case Studies
Stiles Harold Williams case studies.
Case Studies
Industrial / Logistics
Unit 1 Fairway, Eastergate Road, Brighton
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Stiles Harold Williams, acting on behalf of an institutional client, announces the recent letting of some 28,000 sq ft (2,601.2 sq m) of industrial premises to Brighton & Hove City Council, in partnership with Mears plc, for a 20-year lease term. Mears is the contractor responsible for the majority of the City Council’s housing maintenance schemes and the need for new premises was considered paramount for the continuance of their successful working relationship with the City Council for the next two decades. The building is to undergo extensive refurbishment, including a new glass atrium roof and will use green materials to create an eco-friendly building.
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Ceres Power Holdings Plc ('Ceres’, ‘Ceres Power’ or the ‘Company’)
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Mother Plant facility securedCeres Power announces that it has secured a facility for the volume manufacturing of its fuel cells. The facility is located in Horsham, South East England and includes an existing building (formerly used for a semi-conductor production facility) which is well suited to Ceres’ production requirements.
The 50,000 sq ft (5,000 sq m) building has been secured on a long leasehold and is located within 10 miles of Ceres Power’s headquarters. The site’s convenient location helps to minimise logistics costs and facilitate technology transfer from the existing Ceres pilot plant in Crawley. Ceres will use the new facility to mass manufacture fuel cells and for volume assembly of fuel cell stacks and fuel cell modules, using the scalable processes and machines developed and trialled at the Company’s existing pilot plant.
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Largest letting in West Sussex for Over 15 years
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Downlands Business Park, Worthing, West Sussex - 150,000 sq ftStiles Harold Williams let 150,000 sq ft at Downlands Business Park to aircraft parts company, Saywell International. This was one of the largest lettings to a single tenant in Worthing for over 15 years.
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154,000 sq ft Letting agreed prior to refurbishment
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Unit F1 New Era Estate, Southern Cross, Bognor, West Sussex - 154,000 sq ftOn behalf of HSBC Investments Stiles Harold Williams was able to identify a tenant to take a lease of the whole of this building prior to completion of the refurbishment. This transaction represents one of the largest lettings in West Sussex in the last two years.
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Acquisition Advice
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Chapel Place, Portslade, East Sussex - 6,500 sq ftOn behalf of University College London’ School of Archaeology (UCL) Stiles Harold Williams carried out an acquisition report which resulted in us agreeing competitive terms for UCL to lease a two storey light industrial unit totalling 6,500 sq ft.
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Development & Disposal Advice
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G3, Dolphin Road, Shoreham, West Sussex - 1,430 sq ft upwardsOn behalf of Glenbeigh Stiles Harold Williams advised on the design and specification of 12 industrial and warehouse units from 1,430 sq ft upwards (scheme totalling 22,000 sq ft). We were able to agree sales on 11 of the units prior to practical completion of the development and the last remaining unit was let shortly thereafter.
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Office
Queensberry House, Queens Road, Brighton
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Some 30,000 sq ft (2,787 sq m) of offices close to Brighton main line station was extensively refurbished last autumn. The result produced high quality Grade A office accommodation in central Brighton and sole letting agent, Stiles Harold Williams, advised the owner on a refurbishment standard to ensure maximum appeal to potential office occupiers.
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Office Letting - To Mitsubishi - Croydon
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Acting on behalf of UBS, Stiles Harold Williams have let 13,000 sq ft of newly refurbished and air conditioned offices at Stephenson House, Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon to Mitsubishi on a new 10 year lease. UBS have recently spent £1.5m remodelling the entrances of Stephenson House and the adjoining Knollys House. Refurbishment works include new external landscaping, entrance areas and signage outside both buildings new public piazza outside Knollys House and a newly refurbished double height reception areas to both buildings.
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Office Disposal and Acquisition Advice
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American Express – East SussexFollowing presentation of Stiles Harold Williams market research to Amex, we were instructed to let 5,500 sq m of poor grade offices, held on a short lease, and on the edge of Brighton. We introduced the building to the local Primary Care Trust and successfully let the surplus accommodation.
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Office Acquisition Advice – American Express – East Sussex
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Acting on behalf of American Express, Stiles Harold Williams advised on availability of space in the Brighton/Hove conurbation to accommodate circa 600 people. Stiles Harold Williams identified Telecom House, Preston Road, Brighton and negotiated a leasing deal to include the full refurbishment of the property and the installation of air conditioning, plus a four year rent free period.
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Medical/Office Development and Refurbishment Advice – East Sussex
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Stiles Harold Williams sold 177 Preston Road, Brighton, an office building totalling 28,000 sq ft, to Matsim Properties.
Stiles Harold Williams was retained by Matsim to advise on the refurbishment and development of the building. The development involved two additional floors totalling 10,300 sq ft being added, the building being re-clad and totally overhauled. Stiles Harold Williams then let approximately 75% of the building to medical operators on long leases prior to practical completion of the refurbishment works.
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Office Acquisition – Accountants Knill James – East Sussex
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Stiles Harold Williams advised Knill James on the acquisition of a 999 year lease of the second floor offices at the former Roche Diagnostics premises at Bell Lane, Lewes.
Negotiations involved price, specification (interior and exterior), access ways, DDA compliance, user rights, airspace development rights, restrictions on the owner against certain types of development on the remainder of the site (both in terms of location and use type), protection against service charge problems, and the specification and construction of a new lift and stair core.
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Office Letting & Refurbishment Advice – East Sussex
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Acting on behalf of Legal & General, Stiles Harold Williams has sublet 28,000 sq ft at Preece House, Davigdor Road, Hove. The building was the subject of a £1m refurbishment and, before practical completion, Stiles Harold Williams had introduced sufficient tenants to see 90% of the space let.
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Development Advice & Site Sale – East Sussex
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At Brighton Station on behalf of J Sainsbury Developments, Stiles Harold Williams sold a site to Bellerby’s College, which has just opened the new, 150,000 sq ft international language college.
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Development Advice & Site Sale – East Sussex
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At Brighton Station, on behalf of J Sainsbury Developments, Stiles Harold Williams sold a site where Jury’s Inn has just opened its new 160,000 sq ft Jury’s Inn Hotel. Stiles Harold Williams has been retained to let or sell the adjoining site, where some 32,000 sq ft of prime office accommodation is currently being constructed.
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Office Letting – To Lloyds TSB – East Sussex
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Acting on behalf of Legal & General, Stiles Harold Williams sub let 55,000 sq ft of new air conditioned offices at Three City Park, Hove, to Lloyds TSB Bank on a new, 19 year lease.
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Office Letting – To Kuju Entertainment – East Sussex
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Acting on behalf of a private developer, we let 12,500 sq ft of new offices at the 16 acre Brighton Station development to Kuju Entertainment, on a new ten year lease at £22.50 per sq ft. This is one of the highest rents set in Brighton in 2008.
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Retained Advisors
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Stiles Harold Williams has been undertaking acquisition and disposal work for VAA for the last 20 years. As one of the principal airlines operating out of the UK, to 30 long haul destinations worldwide, the airline has recently completed a major refurbishment to create a bespoke training centre, stores and offices near Gatwick Airport, totalling 250,000 sq ft, known as The Base. The airline will be relocating some of its satellite operations to this building over the next 2-3 years.
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Office Letting & Asset Management Advice - West Sussex
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Spirent House, CrawleyStiles Harold Williams was tasked with assigning the lease of this high quality office building, totalling approximately 24,000 sq ft.
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Retail
Letting of 2-3 Rocks Lane, Barnes, London SW13
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Stiles Harold Williams (retail department London) has just let 2-3 Rocks Lane, Barnes, London SW13 to Indian Zing Ltd on a new 20 year FRI lease. The premises consist of a ground floor and basement restaurant and is located in one of London’s premier residential districts.
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Subway
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Subway is the largest sandwich franchise in the world, with more than 28,000 outlets. Stiles Harold Williams first acted for Subway in the London region at the end of 2001, when this brand, little known in the UK, had just 15 outlets in London and 30 across the whole UK. Subway now has over 150 Greater London outlets and more than 1,000 in the UK.
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Shop Letting – Brighton City Centre
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On behalf of Axa Sun Life Plc, Stiles Harold Williams has let a City Centre Shop to National Clothing Retailer, Bench, on a new 10 year lease.
Stiles Harold Williams also advises AXA on the rest of its retail properties on North Street, Brighton and its retail portfolio in Crawley Town Centre.
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Shop Letting - Worthing, West Sussex
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On behalf of Phillips Pension Fund Stiles Harold Williams advised and let a shop on Montague Street Worthing to tReds.
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Sale of Former Public House - Worthing, West Sussex
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On behalf of Regalia Properties, Stiles Harold Williams agreed a letting of what was years ago a public house to the West Cornwall Pastie Company.
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Investment
Trade Counter Investment Acquired - Kent
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Kings Standing Industrial Estate, Tunbridge Wells - 20,384 sq ftTrade Counter Investment totalling 20,384 sq ft. A variety of tenants producing an income of £157,740 pa. Sale price agreed – £2,220,000 – net initial yield of 6.7%
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Prime Shop Sold - East Sussex
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26/27 East Street, BrightonPrime shop located in one of Brighton’s best trading streets. Let to French Connection on an FRI lease expiring in March 2011 at a rent of £110,000 p.a. Sale Price - £2,000,000 at a net initial yield of 5.2%.
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Mixed Office & Retail Investment Acquired - East Sussex
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1 Queen Square & 2-8 Dyke Road, Brighton - 17,500 sq ftCity Centre Mixed use office and retail investment totalling 17,500 sq ft plus 5 car spaces. Various tenants producing a total rent of £297,185 p.a. Sale price – £4,500,000 – net initial yield of 6.24%
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Office Investment Sold - West Sussex
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Highdown House, Yeoman Road, Worthing - 50,000 sq ft1989 built office building totalling 50,000 sq ft with 359 car parking spaces. Let to Equiniti Ltd on a 10 year FRI lease from September 2007 at a rent of £660,000. Sale price - £8,810,000 – net initial yield of 7.08%
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Lease Advisory
RENT SAVED AT ARBITRATION
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Peter Coldbreath, a director of Stiles Harold Williams' Professional Services team in the Company's Brighton office, was retained by the Tenant of some 25,000 sq ft (2,322.45 sq m) of quality 1980's office accommodation in the City centre, occupied by a professional services' firm, to negotiate a 2009 rent review against the institutional Landlord freeholder. The Landlord opened negotiations by seeking a rent of almost £400,000 pa, under the 2009 review, representing an increase of more than 40% over the passing rent. Based upon his detailed knowledge of the market and comparable evidence from SHW's comprehensive transactions' database, Peter recommended offering a small increase only and lengthy negotiations failed to produce a settlement. Thus, with the client's consent, Peter made his valuation Submission to an Independent Expert, in accordance with the provisions of the lease, and was pleased to receive the Expert's Award, imposing a revised rent of approximately £300,000.
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Cubic Corporation
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Cubic’s Defence Group provides combat training systems for military forces, whilst its Transportation Systems designs, manufactures and integrates automatic fare collection processes for public transport projects worldwide.
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Black & Veatch Limited
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Black & Veatch Corporation is a leading global engineering, consulting and construction company, specialising in infrastructure development in energy, water, telecoms, federal, management consulting and environmental markets from 90 offices worldwide.
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Rent Review – Retail – East Sussex
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A multi-level shop, East Street, Brighton. Stiles Harold Williams secured a rental increase from £80,000 per annum to in excess of £200,000 per annum at review. We identified previously un-rentalised flats within attic accommodation and ensured “time of the essence” notices were issued. The freehold was subsequently sold at completion of review negotiations.
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Rent Review & Lease Renewals - Industrial & Warehouse - West Sussex
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Martlets Estate, WorthingStiles Harold Williams has been retained for over five years advising Landlords on renewals and agency work.
The Estate is popular and broadly fully let. Stiles Harold Williams has improved rents from £6 to £8 per sq ft, negotiating directly with tenants in occupation, achieving small but incremental periodic rental uplifts provable within the Estate.
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Lease Renewal – Office and Warehouse - West Sussex
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Spirent House, CrawleyWe advise Spirent on properties in the south east and further afield. Our first involvement with this client was to advise on lease renewal negotiations on a small warehouse premises in Cambridge. We subsequently advised on offices within Crawley, negotiating a surrender and renewal and subsequent re-location, maximising terms for this office occupier client.
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Valuation
Acquisition Report
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Peter Coldbreath working from Stiles Harold Williams, Brighton office, was instructed to give acquisition advice to private individuals considering buying a vacant shop in a small West Sussex town. Peter undertook a measured inspection of the property and identified significant concerns as to the dilapidated state of premises and the purchase price agreed. We undertook a building survey and costed refurbishment expenditure. We negotiated a reduction in the purchase price on behalf of the owner.
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LSG Skychefs UK Limited
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This in-flight airline service is owned by Lufthansa Service Holding AG and operates in 47 countries across Europe and worldwide, enjoying 30 percent share of the global airline catering market.
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Valuation – Advertising Hoarding Portfolio
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Stiles Harold Williams has over twenty specialist valuers who are experienced across a broad range of properties. Some of the more unusual recent valuations include a national portfolio of advertising hoardings. Premises in North Wales and the Midlands plus a multiplicity of leisure properties.
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Japanese Knotweed - Do you know what this is?
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We identified the presence of Japanese Knotweed, a notifiable plant with significant cost issues for its eradication.
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Business Rates
Rates savings for Petrol Filling Station Operator
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Stiles Harold Williams is currently advising one of the country’s largest independent petrol filling station operators on all of its rating matters and we are currently averaging a 40% reduction in Rateable Value on appeals agreed to date.
We are working closely with this national client to ensure that not only are the current 2005 rating assessments correct, but also that the Valuation Office Agency is supplied with accurate trading and rental information to be able to correctly assess each site for the forthcoming 2010 revaluation.
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£1Million Rates Saving
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Stiles Harold Williams has been instructed by VAA to undertake all its rating advisory work across the airline’s entire property portfolio at and around Heathrow, Gatwick and Manchester Airports. This totals more than 50 properties covering over 960,000 sq ft, including two VIP airport lounges.
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Commercial Property Management
SHW MD appointed Service Charge Expert at Ocean Village Estate, Southampton
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David Hadden, Stiles Harold Williams' MD and Head of the Property Management Division, has been appointed by MDL Developments Limited, to provide independent expert approval of the annual service charge apportionments payable by tenants, which vary each year as this exciting and vibrant community of housing, shops, offices, entertainment complexes, eateries and, at its heart, Ocean Village Marina, comes together during its development phases. The Estate is managed by Savills in Southampton and David's task is to ensure that the due proportions of recoverable service charge costs properly reflect the contractual lease terms and the circumstances on the Estate, as the development grows and changes.
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Co-operative Group Property Services
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Stiles Harold Williams won the tender for management of the non-trading portfolio in Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Essex, Hampshire, Berkshire, Hertfordshire and Greater London. The contract was fomalised in January 2001 with a portfolio of 228 properties, which include retail, offices and light industrial.
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Multi-Tenanted Office property, East Sussex
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On behalf of a national property investment company, Stiles Harold Williams manage Blenheim House located in central Brighton. This involves the day to day management of the building, a planned maintenance programme utilising our Building Consultancy Division and the implementation of rent reviews and lease renewals by our Landlord and Tenant Department.
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Multi-Tenanted Office property, West Sussex
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On behalf of Southern Housing Group, Stiles Harold Williams manages Spire Court in Horsham. This multi-tenanted, 1980’s office building on five floors totals 58,000 sq ft.
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20 Warehouse and Light Industrial Units, East Sussex
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On behalf of Standard Life Investments, Stiles Harold Williams manages the Estate, implements the rent reviews and lease renewals, and lets the units when they become available.
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Multi-Tenanted Office property, East Sussex
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On behalf of Matsim Properties, Stiles Harold Williams manages The Agora in Hove. This multi-tenanted, 1980’s office building on four floors totals 24,000 sq ft.
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Warehouse and Light Industrial Estate, East Sussex
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On behalf of private clients, Stiles Harold Williams manages the estate of 17 units, collecting the rent and insurance monies, implementing the rent reviews, lease renewals and letting the units when they become available.
Stiles Harold Williams’ Building Consultancy Division also oversaw the original construction of the Estate and advises on its planned, long term maintenance and improvement.
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Residential Property Management
Annual Utility Savings in Excess of 20%
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Utility costs can be frequently overlooked as a major cost element within service charge budgets. Most property managers will review contractors such as cleaners and gardeners, to ensure competitive prices for their clients. However, utility costs can also be subjected to the same review.
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PLANNING AHEAD – IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD
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In advising our clients of their budgeting needs it is sensible to look beyond the next 12 months and anticipate what major works may be required over a longer period – say 10 years. This allows a reserve or sinking fund to be maintained at levels that avoid significant fluctuations in charges payable when works are due. This principle has been so successful with our managed clients that our building surveyors are continuously instructed on a number of properties for non-managed clients.
The intention is to avoid unpleasant surprises and prioritise works in a planned, rolling programme which is reviewed on a regular basis.
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INSURANCE – A PROPERTY MANAGERS PERSPECTIVE
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Insurance normally represents one of the largest service charge expenses facing a block of flats and handling insurance claims one of the most regular activities. The manager should therefore be seeking to ensure that the insurance meets the client’s requirements both in terms of the lease obligations and general expectations. The claims handling should preferably be tailored to minimise bureaucracy and speed up settlements where possible. This is one of the most common points of contact between manager and leaseholder and good procedures can help raise the manager’s profile positively. Delays tend to frustrate and annoy.
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Landlord V Tenant
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The struggle continues ....The leasehold sector is highly regulated and successive Landlord and Tenant Acts have introduced a whole raft of measures designed to protect the leaseholders from the excesses of unreasonable and exploitative landlords. In difficult financial times when landlords are perhaps seeking more creative ways of maximising a return on their investments does this legislation truly protect the leaseholders?
Substantive measures are now in place to govern service charges through to the Right to Manage, which enables the leaseholders to take over the landlords management functions, and the right to enfranchise, the ultimate sanction against bad landlords, if the building qualifies and leaseholders can afford it. Surely this is sufficient to reign in the worst landlords? The answer I fear is a firm no.
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Dealing with noisy neighbours
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Dealing with Nuisance
Noise can often be very subjective due to a clash of lifestyles. The issue with communal living is that people often adopt a different standard for themselves than their neighbours. If people want to carry out building works, hold a party, keep a pet dog, install wooden flooring, “improve” the common parts by installing their own effects etc, they often hold a very relaxed view as to what is acceptable. This view narrows considerably when their neighbours may be doing likewise.
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Private Rented Housing, East & West Sussex
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In March 2009, Stiles Harold Williams tendered for and won the management contract for a portfolio of more than 200 homes in the private rented sector, owned by an offshore family trust.
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Building Consultancy
TERMINAL DILAPIDATIONS
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UNIT F1, NEW ERA ESTATE, OLDLANDS WAY, BOGNOR. WEST SUSSEX - 154,000 SQ FTStiles Harold Williams has again been instructed by HSBC Investments in relation to the above premises. Following our previous involvement in 2007, identifying a tenant for the property, we have now been instructed to prepare the schedule of dilapidations for the Tenant’s end of lease liability.
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Albert Court, London W8
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This landmark Victorian mansion block, just behind the Royal Albert Hall, contains 98 of London’s most prestige and high value residential apartments, some of which have changed hands for almost £4 million in the recent past. One is currently for sale at £7 million!
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University of Surrey
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Surrey Research Park is owned and developed by the University as a 28.33 ha working environment for over 100 companies engaged in a broad spectrum of research, design and development activities.
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Mansion Blocks – Project Management & Co-ordination
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Over the last four years, Stiles Harold Williams Building Consultancy has developed a specialist team focused on the strategic advice and thereafter the implementation of repairs and improvements to residential mansion blocks. Such advice commonly follows the preparation of a 10-year plan, which develops to form the basis for future programmes of work, control of budgets, reserve funds and service charges then subsequently monitors cash flow.
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High Wycombe - Conversion of Grade II Listed Building
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This Grade II Listed timber frame building was being used as a retail unit with ancillary storage space above. Following the expiry of the previous tenants lease Stiles Harold Williams was instructed to undertake a feasibility study to convert the building into flats.
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London - Expert Witness
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We were instructed by a Right to Manage Company to advise on all building surveying aspects of a roof top penthouse development proposed by the Freeholder of the flat roof of a 1930's residential mansion block.
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Cowfold - Defect Analysis
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The property was in a significant dilapidated condition and was converted during the early part of 2005 into an office creating an additional floor below ground level. The works comprised extensive internal refurbishment and also the provision of a tanking system for the area below ground.
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Brighton - Building Condition Report
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Our Client required an assessment of their Brighton portfolio for strategic purposes. Stiles Harold Williams was asked to prepare a specific report format identifying the remedial works required and to include associated budget costs. One of the properties was a 19th century property which had remained vacant for 20 years and was showing signs of dilapidation. The reports were issued and urgent works were highlighted to the Client.
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Crawley Business Insurance Assessment
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The property comprised a substantial series of mixed use buildings, located on one large self contained site. This included warehousing, offices and training facilities in a popular location in the main employment area of Crawley.
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Crawley - Dilapidations (Industrial Unit)
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The instruction involved a light industrial building with two-storey ancillary office accommodation located close to the boundary of Gatwick Airport.
Our instructions were to provide advice in respect of dilapidation matters on behalf of the tenant in the approach to the end of occupational lease.
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Development Advice & Monitoring
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Warrington – Construction AdviceStiles Harold Williams was instructed to provide construction advice to the funding partner during specification negotiations and procurement of this design and build project to construct over 145,000 sq ft of high bay distribution warehouse, ancillary offices and goods vehicle repair and maintenance facility.
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Contract Admin / Project Management
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An existing 55,000 sq ft, four storey office block, built in the 1980’s, which required comfort-cooling, associated new ceilings and high efficiency lighting. Stiles Harold Williams acted as Project Manager for the occupants during the specification, design, procurement and installation of this project. It involved the removal of the existing suspended ceilings, low pressure hot water radiator heating systems and the installation of a new suspended ceiling systems, incorporating ducted VRV comfort-cooling and high-frequency, high-efficiency recessed lighting. Advice was given on the procurement method and programme. The project was completed within the identified timescale and within budget.
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Building Survey / Schedule of Condition
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Kingston upon ThamesStiles Harold Williams was instructed by the forthcoming purchaser to carry out a building survey and a Schedule of Condition at an industrial / office unit in Kingston Upon Thames.
The entire site was surveyed, including all boundary walls, grounds and all areas within the building.
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Development Advice & Monitoring
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The Client owns this residential building with a basement office. The lease on the basement office expired and the unit remained vacant for several months. Our Client identified the need to ascertain the options available for the unit and the associated cost of any proposal.
Stiles Harold Williams was subsequently instructed to prepare a feasibility report for the basement property.
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Commercial Building Survey
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North FelthamA detached, modern warehouse unit with offices adapted during the initial construction to form a fully fitted airline catering facility. Set in a site of 2.05 acres and totalling over 70,000 sq ft on 2 floors, the unit is close to Heathrow Airport.
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Development Consultancy
Offices With Development Potential – Worthing, West Sussex
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The Causeway, Durrington, comprises offices totalling 70,722 sq ft, built between 1968 and 1973 on 1.78 acres, with 360 car parking spaces.
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Bellerbys International Language School Portfolio
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All three properties were available freehold and had formed parts of a campus of buildings dispersed across Hove and occupied by Bellerbys International Language School. Park House, of 19,217 sq ft (1,785 sq m) on 0.78 acres (0.32 hectares) comprised classrooms, offices and 41 student bed-sits. 20 Cromwell Road, a Grade II Listed semi-detached former mansion house in a Conservation Area of 4,650 sq ft (432 sq m) was classrooms. 5/7 Wilbury Villas, 2 semi-detached houses of 3,140 sq ft (292 m2) and 3,263 sq ft (303 sq m) was also classrooms.
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Grade II Listed Care Home – Eastbourne, East Sussex
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On behalf of the Trustees of the Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society, Stiles Harold Williams was instructed to advise on the disposal of 5-11 Hartington Place, Eastbourne. Four Grade II Listed former town houses, within a Conservation Area, had been interlinked and converted for use as a care home in 1965. The property comprised 19,027 sq ft over five floors, with a small garden area.
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Town Planning
PLANNING PERMISSION SECURED FOR MAJOR REDEVELOPMENT IN TOWER HAMLETS
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Working with EPR Architects, and on behalf of our client Hovedean Properties, SHW Planning have successfully secured planning permission for a major redevelopment of the site at 45 Millharbour, located in the centre of the Isle of Dogs. The site is within the strategically important 20ha zone designated by Tower Hamlets as the ‘Millennium Quarter’.
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DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CHURCH AND CONSTRUCTION OF SIX TOWNHOUSES AND A DAY NURSERY
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ST. MARGARET’S CHURCH, CHEVENING ROAD, UPPER NORWOODPlanning permission was obtained for the redevelopment of St Margaret’s Church in November 2010, after a two year planning application process with London Borough of Croydon. The application was first submitted in 2008 in conjunction with Brendan Geraghty of ‘Geraghty Taylor Architects’. Following submission the site was hastily included as an extension of an adjacent Conservation Area further adding to the list of material planning considerations.
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DEMOLITION OF EXISTING YMCA AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW 76 BED YMCA AND 32 PRIVATE FLATS
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SYLVAN HILL YMCA, SOUTH NORWOODMembers of the London Borough of Croydon Strategic Planning Committee voted unanimously to grant planning permission in December 2010 for a new 76 bed YMCA and 32 private flats.
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HIGHER DRIVE, PURLEY
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Demolition of existing care home and erection of 30 bed care homeThis site had a complex planning history as permission had previously been refused, with strong local opposition, by the LB Croydon Council. The grounds for refusal were based upon the effect the development would have on the character and appearance of the surrounding area the effect on occupiers in adjacent dwellings, by way of visual intrusion and overbearing impact and the lack of adequate off-street parking.
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PRINCES ROAD, REDHILL
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Change of use from former staff hostels (sui generis) to residential care home (C2) incorporating minor alterations to the buildings.The site is located in a Metropolitan Green Belt area, meaning that specific national planning policy guidance was applicable to the proposed development. Stiles Harold Williams had to address this and demonstrate that the proposed development would not adversely impact on the green belt area.
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ST. BOTOLPH’S ROAD, WORTHING
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Demolition of existing house and garage. Construction of 8 self-contained units of supported housing with communal and staff facilitiesSussex County Council commissioned Downland Housing Association to develop an assisted living facility for people with learning disabilities. Planning permission was refused and an appeal lodged to the Planning Inspectorate. The planning appeal was allowed by the Planning Inspectorate on the grounds that the development would add to the streetscape and the development would be no more overbearing than the existing building.
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LEONARDSLEE HOUSE, LOWER BEEDING, WEST SUSSEX
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Change of Use from B1 (offices) to C3 (single dwellinghouse)Leonardslee House is a Grade II listed building, which required not only planning permission for a change of use to one large family home, but also listed building consent to undertake physical alterations to accommodate the new housing use. Stiles Harold Williams were required to address planning policy matters relating to the loss of offices as the proposal reverted the use back to its original purpose as a manor house.
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Major Housing Schemes – Five Ash Down, Wealden.
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We acted for Ward Homes and the scheme architects, DHA Architecture, to develop a former employment site for 140 homes. The scheme has involved a number of meetings with the Parish Council, given that this quantum of development effectively doubles the size of this village community. Our client is creating a new village green and play space, with new housing designed to meet the LPA’s rigorous design guidance.
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Planning Permission for Hotel Extension, Heathrow
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Our planning team acted on behalf of Inn-telligence Ltd, to obtain planning permission for an extension on three floors of an existing hotel at Stanwell, Staines. This was a particularly challenging case, as Spelthorne Borough Council, ‘local requirements’ for planning applications required extensive background reports to accompany our application. These needed to embrace issues around site contamination, air quality analysis, renewable energy and sustainability.
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Sustainability Appraisal – Development Brief, Pond Road, Shoreham
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With Adur DC as our client, and working in partnership with Broadway Malyan, we
produced a Sustainability Appraisal of a Development Brief prepared for the centre of town. The production of a sustainable Development Brief will represent as strong a signal as possible to the development market, residents and businesses, that carefully planned and sustainable regeneration will positively contribute to the character of the town centre and deliver replacement community facilities.
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Certificate of Lawful Development – Factory Shop
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Acting for Cook Trading Ltd, at Sittingbourne, the Company wanted to open a factory retail outlet and needed to establish that planning permission was not necessary, owing to the scale of retail floorspace proposed and the products for sale exclusively manufactured by the Company. The premises commenced trading on 5th September 2008.
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Planning Permission for Nursery (D1) to Retail (A1)
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Our brief was to secure permission for the loss of nursery accommodation on behalf of Pre-School Properties at Creek Road, Greenwich. The nursery was part of a new build, mixed use scheme, but with little demonstrable demand in this part of Greenwich. After the failure of the planning authority to determine the application, consent was won at appeal and the costs of fighting the case have been recouped from the Council, following the Inspector’s judgement that the Council acted unreasonably.
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Motor Trade / Roadside
Property Sales and Acquisitions for Renault
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Stiles Harold Williams was initially retained by Renault to acquire land adjacent to the Croydon dealership in Coulsdon, Surrey.
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Educational
Independent School Valuations
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Over recent years we have provided several valuations of a substantial independent school with 18 separate buildings comprising more than 60,000 sq ft set in grounds of more than 30 acres in West Sussex.
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Girls’ Day School Trust
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We have advised the Girls’ Day School Trust on the rating assessments in respect of their schools under many rating lists.
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Healthcare
Healthcare Valuation
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Over the last eight years, we have provided valuations to a lending institution to fund the development and acquisition of 11 healthcare premises for a south east based developer.
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Leisure
Development Advice & Site Sale
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At Brighton Station, on behalf of J Sainsbury Developments, Stiles Harold Williams sold a site where Jury’s Inn has just opened its new 160,000 sq ft Jury’s Inn Hotel. Stiles Harold Williams has been retained to let or sell the adjoining site where approximately 32,000 sq ft of prime office accommodation is currently being constructed.
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Charity
Charity Valuation and Rent Reviews
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For several years, we have acted for the charity freeholder of a surgery in south east London providing advice on valuations and rent reviews.
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LPA Fixed Charge Receivership
Former Trencherman’s Brasserie, Petts Wood, Orpington
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The Receivers at Stiles Harold Williams were appointed by the Allied Irish Bank at the end June 2011. Prior to the appointment it had traded as a high end restaurant. Since being put into Receivership, the property has been cleared of all perishable food stuffs as well as all combustibles.
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34a Hiltingbury Way, Chandlers Ford, Eastleigh, SO53 5SS
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Stiles Harold Williams were appointed as the LPA/Fixed Charge Receivers on behalf of a major lending Bank to dispose of this freehold interest which comprises a semi-detached building with ground floor retail/A2 usage and offices above. The Appointment was made on 25th June 2010.
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6-18 Station Road, Horley, RH6 9HL
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Clydesdale Bank PLC appointed the LPA/Fixed Charge Receivers at Stiles Harold Williams to act as the Receivers of this part occupied row of shops and flats in October 2010.
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1-8 THE ORCHARDS, TALBOT ROAD, LINGFIELD, SURREY
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Stiles Harold Williams - Fixed Charge ReceiversClydesdale Bank instructed the law of Property Act Fixed Charge Receivers at SHW to market and dispose of a brand new development of 8 attractive three bedroom townhouses in the popular village of Lingfield, Surrey, in June 2009.
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37,000 sq ft DERELICT OFFICE BUILDING, ANSTON HOUSE, PRESTON ROAD, BRIGHTON
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Stiles Harold Williams - Fixed Charge ReceiversThe LPA/Fixed Charge Receivers at Stiles Harold Williams have recently been instructed to act as the Receivers of Anston House, Preston Road, Brighton on behalf of Investec Bank plc. This 37,000 sq ft office building in 1.5 acres of prime gateway land on the principal London route into the city represents a significant redevelopment opportunity. It has been subject to a number of planning applications ever since it became vacant circa 23 years ago.
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OFFICE BUILDING, CROYDON HOUSE, PEALL ROAD, CROYDON
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Stiles Harold Williams - Fixed Charge ReceiversWhen Croydon House’s property operators’ business dissolved in April 2009, Investec Bank plc appointed the Fixed Charge Receivers at Stiles Harold Williams to recover their losses on this 21,700 sq ft office building.
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Energy Performance Certificates (EPC)
Energy Performance Certificates (EPC’s)
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Energy Performance Certificates (EPC’s) became a legislative requirement on 1st October 2008 for residential properties and 4th January 2009 for commercial properties. We have recently completed EPC’s for a large Co-op portfolio across London and the south east.
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Expert Witness
Expert Witness Matrimonial proceedings
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Stiles Harold Williams were instructed by solicitors acting for one of the parties in matrimonial proceedings, the other party owning a substantial portfolio of property in the South East.
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Expert Witness valuation report
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Residential portfolio - Sussex CoastSHW were invited by London based solicitors representing an NHS Trust to provide Expert Witness Valuation Reports pertinent to a claim for loss following a medical negligence case.
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