Commercial, mixed-use project in Surrey

The farm includes a listed farmhouse and historic barns, a granary and a milking parlour, and a number of modern agricultural barns. Our role is to develop a viable and feasible scheme at Manor Farm that is capable of securing planning permission. We have worked with planning and heritage consultants and with our client to consider all the constraints and opportunities on site.

Project challenges

A number of challenges will need to be met to get planning permission. The farm is in green belt, in a conservation area and includes listed buildings. This means there could be significant restrictions to the amount and type of development allowed. The farm is also on a floor plain in an ecologically sensitive site. The development will need to show it won’t increase the severity of floods and will protect the site’s ecology. All of this may impact the financial feasibility of the scheme. 

The end result

We developed a concept proposal to show a significant planning gain around the refurbishment of the damaged and decaying heritage assets. The was submitted to Runnemede Council and feedback has been broadly positive. Further designs have been prepared and submitted for a second pre-application consultation. 

The key to any project is to consult with key stakeholders and this is even more important in a project like Manor Farm. We’re looking forward to working towards a full planning application in the near future.