Hope Valley

Client: Network Rail. Status: Complete In February 2018 the Secretary of State for Transport announced the decision to approve new passing facilities on the Manchester to Sheffield Hope Valley route at Bamford and Dore.  RJP acted as the consents advisers on the project and supported the large multi-disciplinary team through the scheme development, application submission and public…

Liverpool Lime Street

Client: Buckingham Contracting Group Limited. Status: Complete Our team provided consents management support to Buckingham Group Contracting advising on the remodelling of Liverpool Lime Street Station, a Grade II listed building.  This project was part of a programme to upgrade rail services in the Liverpool City Region.  We also supported the delivery of the Diversity Impact…

A556 Development Consent Order

Client: Private land owner. Status: Complete RJP was approached by a private land owner to advise on dealing with the Highways England Development Consent Order (DCO) application for the A556 highway replacement scheme.  We reviewed the scheme proposals, including the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), and prepared written representations to the Planning Inspectorate as part of…

Hope Valley Capacity Scheme Approved

Hope Valley Capacity Scheme Approved

In February 2018 the Secretary of State for Transport announced the decision to approve new passing facilities on the Manchester to Sheffield Hope Valley route at Bamford and Dore. RJP acted as the consents advisers on the project and supported the large multi-disciplinary team through the scheme development, application submission and public inquiry. The proposed…

Copenhagen to Berlin – by bicycle!

Our practice director, Ruth Jackson, is currently training to cycle with Club Peloton from Copenhagen to Berlin this June. The ride is to raise funds for Coram, an adoption charity, founded in 1739, which every day offers direct, practical help and emotional support to vulnerable children, young people and their families. It of course also…

Merseyside Development Update

RJP attended the Place Northwest Merseyside Development Update this week. Top of the agenda were the economic growth assumptions underpinning the new Liverpool City Region housing and employment land assessment. Arguably, there are so many flagship projects in the city, from the Knowledge Quarter to Wirral Waters, that a more ambitious approach can be justified.…