ALLERTON GOLF COURSE PLANS SUBMITTED
Proposals have been submitted to Liverpool CC, for an upgrade to Allerton Golf Course. Ratcliffe Groves Partnership’s proposals include a refurbishment on the clubhouse, café extension and the creation of a new golf store. The [...]
GEORGE OSBORNE SEEKS PLANNING CHANGES TO BOOST HOUSE BUILDING
The Secretary of State, George Osbourne, has announced changes to the English Planning System, to increase house building, by removing the need for Planning Approval on some brownfield land, under a new “zonal” system. How [...]
Charlton Riverside M&S Opens Despite Tube Chaos!
Sunny weather and huge crowds greeted the opening of the new Marks and Spencer store at Charlton Riverside. Such was the interest that, even on a day of tube strikes, shoppers were queuing well before [...]
Unanimous approval for new ‘Hamlet’
Councillors in Bury have given a resounding ‘yes’ for a new development in an area of Green Belt, which will see a dilapidated building transformed into new homes. The Hamlet in Ainsworth will be developed [...]
Blue Skies over Hemel Hempstead
Great progress is being made in the construction of a new self-storage facility designed by architects RGP. Access Self Storage aims to become the market leader in the field and demonstrate a brand that employs [...]
Celebrating 50 years, reaching for the sky and on the right tracks!
The Ratcliffe Groves Partnership, established in 1965, continue their 50th celebrations with a mix of the old and new! Celebrations in London centred around the Sky Garden at the top of 20 Fenchurch Street, otherwise [...]
SIOBHAN LEWIS RECEIVES ‘AMATEUR ARTIST OF THE YEAR’ AWARD
Siobhan Lewis, wife of RGP’s Regional Director Reid Lewis pictured collecting the SAA (Society for All Artists) Amateur Artist of the Year Award 2015, for her portrait in Acrylics titled “Irish Eyes”, The event held at [...]
Phase 1 Biggleswade opens for business
The first phase of LXB’s A1 Retail Park opens in glorious sunshine. This part of the site was difficult in planning terms and demanded a more unusual design approach to convince the LPA. The completion [...]
PIPES & DRUMS AT WELLINGTON BARRACKS
The Canadian Lone Scots Pipes & Drums Millitary band played at The Wellington Barracks, an event that happens every 5 years. RGP Architects would like to thanks our client Circle Leasing Ltd, who invited us along. [...]
THE ‘GOLDEN AGE’ OF ARCHITECTURE
We were pleased to start our 50th anniversary celebrations this week with a lunch reception for clients, suppliers and local dignitaries. Around 40 people attended the event hosted by Terry Ratcliffe MBE, our current Chair and [...]
CDM 2015 – WE’RE READY, ARE YOU?
As no doubt a number of you are aware the CDM regulations have been updated and become law as from 6th April 2015 with the transition period between the 2007 regulations and this update running [...]
RGP remains strong in the Food Retail Sector
Despite the perceived downturn of this market, RGP is still designing and constructing supermarkets for the major brands. The latest success has been the opening of a new Asda supermarket at Greyhound Retail Park in [...]