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NEWCASTLE DEVELOPERS SEEK PLANNING APPLICATION  FOR LINCOLNSHIRE EXTRA CARE HOUSING

NEWCASTLE DEVELOPERS SEEK PLANNING APPLICATION FOR LINCOLNSHIRE EXTRA CARE HOUSING

The collaboration between Newcastle-based extra care housing developers, Sea Island Developments Ltd, and award-winning JDDK Architects Ltd, has continued in their latest planning application to provide 69 extra care apartments for older people at Spalding in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire. Having worked with JDDK on the successful application for a similar development in… Full Article >

Flexibility Is The Key To St Oswald’s Family Room & Garden

Flexibility Is The Key To St Oswald’s Family Room & Garden

Newcastle-based JDDK Architects have proved how a little can go a long way at St Oswald’s Hospice in Gosforth, where their new Family Room & Garden has proved invaluable since opening in lockdown last year and being constantly used ever since. With flexibility being the key to the design, the practice’s 15th project at St… Full Article >

Houghton Bungalows Designed to Adapt to Changing Needs

Houghton Bungalows Designed to Adapt to Changing Needs

Construction work has begun at Houghton Le Spring on an innovative housing scheme designed especially for older residents. Durham Aged Mineworkers’ Homes Association (DAMHA) is working with its development partner, Karbon Homes, to build 19, two bedroom bungalows on Abbey Drive overlooking Sunniside Methodist Church in a £2.7m scheme the design of which is by… Full Article >

Briar Dene Brings New England to Whitley Bay

Briar Dene Brings New England to Whitley Bay

Sir John Fitzgerald’s £1.6m conversion and refurbishment of the Briar Dene public house in Whitely Bay opened in time for the Spring Bank Holiday and looks set to bring a fresh offering to the North East family restaurant sector. Enjoying a superb sea-facing location on the Links, the pub had closed in early 2015 for… Full Article >