The Government estimates a demand of 209,000 new homes per annum until 2026 against a current supply circa 160,000. Planning process evolution, Planning Gain Supplement and the requirement for development to be carbon neutral by 2016 will keep the residential sector particularly active for the foreseeable future.
All of the UK’s top ten national homebuilders engage WSP to add value to their developments. Currently we are working on over 50 schemes exceeding 1,000 homes with a portfolio in excess of 200,000 homes.
Together with our Clients and other ‘front end’ consultants, we seek to keep ahead of emerging policy and to influence this where we can. We authored ‘Manual for Streets’, ‘Better Streets, Better Places’, and the ‘Home Zones National Guidelines’. We also advised on parking standards for PPS3.
Core services
The three themes of regeneration, sustainability and affordability promise to have a major impact on the delivery of housing over the coming decades and WSP has an enviable track record in all of these.
We are the largest dedicated team of specialist development planning and engineering consultants in the United Kingdom. Our key skill areas are transportation planning, integrated transport, infrastructure planning, design and delivery, flood risk, environmental consultancy and a range of other services including structural engineering, mechanical and electrical, energy lighting, fire engineering and public health.
The proposals for Northstowe New Town in Cambridgeshire, UK, are considered an exemplar of sustainable development.
In Morice Town, Plymouth, UK, we managed design workshops with residents to produce community-led street designs for a Home Zone pilot scheme.
City centres are a focal point for increased mixed use development including high rise residential projects where our range of engineering and environmental skills make us a leader in residential high rise development, with projects like the 47 storey West India Quay, Canary Wharf, 42 storey Crossharbour, Docklands and 49 storey Deansgate, Manchester.
Specialist skills
Drawing from the extensive skills and experience across our multi-disciplinary business, WSP is also able to offer advice relating to, traffic management and engineering junction design, parking, highways and fire engineering. We also offer geo-environmental and expert witness services.
Clients
Through long term associations with landmark developments and a track record for innovative and pioneering designs, we are proud to have earned the status of trusted advisor to many of the leading national homebuilders and developers, including:
- Berkeley Homes
- Crest Nicholson
- Gallagher Estates
- K W Linfoot
- Land Securities
- Persimmon
- Taylor Wimpey