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Healthcare
NLP has a proven track record in
assisting public and private sector
healthcare clients to deliver their projects
throughout the regions. This includes
primary and secondary care providers
such as GP surgeries, hospitals,
specialist facilities and care homes.
We understand healthcare requirements
and for existing assets to work harder,
for new developments to be more
operationally efficient and for disposal
strategies to maximise capital receipts.
In response to the on-going housing
crisis, the Government is promoting the
release of surplus public sector land
for housing. This creates a valuable
opportunity for the public sector to
dispose of redundant assets and
generate funding to reinvest in clinical
services.
The National Planning Policy Framework
and Planning Practice Guidance
emphasises the importance of planning
authorities working with health
organisations to understand their needs
and plan ahead. NLP has extensive
experience of effective engagement
and promoting projects through the
development plan process for both public
and private sector clients.
NLP’s in-depth planning knowledge
meant issues were overcome quickly
and we incorporated a number of
changes to meet local authority
requirements with minimum delay,
ensuring our project remained on
schedule.
Vickie Holcroft, Programme Director,
West London Mental Health NHS Trust
It is important to help our clients deliver
credible and robust development strategies,
which are capable of meeting their short
term operational requirements and their
longer term objectives. This may involve:
• appraising assets to understand their
development potential, for expansion or
redevelopment;
• identifying suitable alternative uses for
surplus land to inform a disposal strategy
which seeks to achieve best value;
• working with planning authorities to
promote land interests and seek site
allocations and flexibly worded policies to
enable change over time.
Unlocking Value
St Bernard’s Hospital, Ealing
Client: West London Mental Health
NHS Trust (WLMHT) and Kier
The Brief: The WLMHT was required to
move service users out of unsuitable
accommodation into a new fit-forpurpose Medium Secure Unit. It also
needed to dispose of surplus land and
assets in order to fund the development.
Key Services
Applications & Appeals
Community Engagement
Economics & Regeneration
Environmental Assessment
Heritage
GIS & Graphics
Strategy & Appraisal
Sunlight & Daylight
Urban Design
Credit: Feilden + Mawson Architects
We secured planning permission for
a new 70 bed MSU and also worked
with the Trust to develop a site disposal
strategy to help it to achieve best value
through the sale of redundant land and
assets. Planning permission and listed
building consent was obtained, releasing
surplus land for around 600 homes,
including affordable and key worker
housing, as well as securing the future of
the listed buildings on site and meeting
the on-going operational needs of the
hospital.
Working in partnership with officers of
Ealing Council and English Heritage,
We steered the proposed development
through to a successful planning
outcome. In doing so, we sought
to maximise capital receipts for the
Trust, which in turn enabled significant
improvements to mental healthcare.
Credit: David Morley Architects
Delivering Improvements to Care
Edenfield and Prestwich Hospitals,
Manchester
Client: Greater Manchester West Mental
Health NHS Foundation Trust
The Brief: NLP is retained by the Greater
Manchester West Mental Health NHS
Foundation Trust to lead on development
activities at the Prestwich Hospital Site
and Edenfield Centre. The Trust has been
involved in an on-going programme of
upgrading facilities and services at both
sites.
Key Services
Applications & Appeals
Community Engagement
Strategy & Appraisal
Credit: Gilling Dod Architects
We were appointed on the creation of
a new flagship headquarters building
for the Trust through the development
of a new Recovery, Health and Wellbeing Academy. The Recovery Academy
will provide education and training
facilities which will significantly improve
the quality of the Trust’s educational
offering, by providing a vibrant and
stimulating centre-point for the Trust’s
development activities. The new
facility will accommodate and enhance
the existing education and training
functions and act as a central ‘hub’
for the Recovery Academy. The facility
will also enable the re-location of Trust
Headquarters to more appropriate and
inspiring accommodation.
We secured planning permission for a
number of significant extensions to the
Edenfield Hospital complex to deliver
new medium secure care facilities.
The site is a designated as a Major
Developed Site in the Green Belt. We
successfully argued acceptability of the
development against established Green
Belt policy and compatibility with the
surrounding built form.
We also secured planning permission
for a replacement adolescent unit at
the former McGuiness Unit, Prestwich
Hospital and the provision of a Step
Down Unit at Prestwich Hospital.
NLP has consistently secured
a number of important planning
permissions for the Trust. NLP have
guided us through the planning
process, providing a professional
and personal service working
collaboratively with all team members
and the Local Planning Authority.
Joe Peers, Director of Estates and Facilities,
Greater Manchester West NHS Foundation Trust
Delivering a Revolutionary Hospital
Northumbria Specialist Emergency
Care Hospital, Cramlington
Client: Northumbria Healthcare NHS
Foundation Trust
The Brief: The Trust is investing £200
million in healthcare which includes a
state of the art Specialist Emergency
Care Hospital to serve Northumberland
and North Tyneside. The hospital will be
the first of its kind in the country and will
have emergency care consultants on site
24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Key Services
Applications & Appeals
Community Engagement
Climate Change & Sustainability
Economics & Regeneration
Environmental Assessment
GIS & Graphics
Strategy & Appraisal
Urban Design
Credit: Keppie Design Ltd
Through the application of a GIS
model, running nearly 20,000 separate
calculations, we helped select the most
equitable and appropriate site given
the hospital will provide healthcare for
residents spread across a 500,000ha
area.
One of our key tasks was to engage
with residents and stakeholders, in
conjunction with the Trust, to explain the
proposal, address concerns expressed
about changes to healthcare provision
and gain feedback. A public meeting
was also held where residents aired their
concerns to the Trust, NLP and wider
project team.
We led the planning application
preparation and worked with the Council
and key stakeholders throughout its
determination. Despite the size and
complexity of the project, the Council
was able to determine the application
within 8 months as all issues had been
fully addressed.
NLP has led the process from the
outset and the Trust has been
impressed by their professional
approach.
Paul Brayson, Head of Capital Development,
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Delivering Healthcare
and Protecting Heritage Assets
UCL Cancer Institute Building, London
Client: University College London (UCL)
The Brief: UCL was committed to delivering a new Cancer Institute research
building to provide a hub for cancer research at UCL.
We delivered permission for the state of the art Institute. In doing so, we prepared
a Heritage Assessment justifying the demolition of the existing building within a
Conservation Area and internal alterations to the adjacent Grade II listed building.
Justifying New Healthcare Provision
NHS Treatment Care, Cobalt Business Park
Client: Ashall Plc
The Brief: Ramsey Healthcare was committed to delivering a new specialist care
treatment centre specialising in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of
conditions on a day care basis, providing general and orthopaedics surgery and
endoscopy treatment.
We justified the need for the facility assessing the current capacity in the local and
wider area. We also demonstrated the appropriateness and sustainability of the
selected location.
Engagement and Consultation
Independent Hospital, Caerphilly
Client: Grwp Gwalia
The Brief: Grwp Gwalia was committed to delivering an independent hospital for
women with mental health support needs.
Through extensive engagement with the local community and members of
Caerphilly Council leading up to submission and during determination of the
application, we delivered the successful determination of the planning application.
Maximising Potential and
Safeguarding Operations
Development Plan Representations
We worked with the Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to prepare
representations seeking hospital allocations for existing operations and housing
allocations for surplus land. This will provide certainty and also flexibility when the
Trust seek to further invest in healthcare provision. We secured a site allocation
for the West London Mental Health Trust land at St Bernard’s Hospital which is
supportive of clinical development and alternative uses, including housing, on
redundant land.
Assessing Strategic Needs
Northholt Acquired Brain Injury Unit
Client: Enable Care
The Brief: Enable Care required a robust assessment to accompany their planning
application.
We produced a strategic needs assessment which involved a review of existing
facilities in the area and a consideration of Department of Health policy initiatives.
We consulted with a range of healthcare providers and other stakeholders in the
area and estimated future levels of accidental brain injuries based on population
forecasts and average incidence of such accidents.
Defining Needs
Woodlands Hospital, Salford
Client: Vinci Construction
The Brief: To act on behalf of Vinci Construction to secure planning permission for
an extension to the Woodlands Hospital, Salford which is a centre for excellence for
delivery of all older people’s inpatient services across Bolton and Salford.
The site is constrained by a blanket TPO and established trees, a number of which
have to be removed to facilitate the development proposals. We demonstrated that
the benefits of providing this scheme and its consistency with the Government’s
aim to deliver major improvements in dementia care significantly outweighed the
loss of the protected trees.
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Our Health Specialists
London
James Fennell
Managing Director
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Cardiff
John Cottrell
Senior Director
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Leeds
Justin Gartland
Chairman
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Manchester
Michael Watts
Senior Director
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Newcastle
Jonathan Wallace
Senior Director
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London
Pauline Roberts
Planning Director
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Cardiff
Cem Kosaner
Associate Director
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Leeds
Suzanne Philipson
Associate Director
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Manchester
Caroline Musker
Planning Director
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Newcastle
Samantha Marlow
Associate Director
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