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We are looking for an Ecologist/ BNG Specialist to join our team

Cass Design Consultants is an award-winning multi-disciplinary design practice with an established reputation for the delivery of high-quality...

Cass Appointed on Innovation Chain North Framework

Cass Associates are delighted to have been included on the Innovation Chain North Framework as planning consultants. We look forward to assisting...

Cass Scheme Wins RTPI Excellence in Planning Award

At the annual RTPI Awards ceremony in London to celebrate excellence in town and country planning the best national, large scale housing project was...

Permission Granted for Ditto Music ‘Drop Box’ Cafe in Liverpool

Cass Associates have secured full planning permission for Ditto Coffee to open the first music 'drop box' cafe in Liverpool's Baltic Triangle. Ditto...

Winner of Major Scottish Planning Award

Dargavel Village has been judged to be a winner in the ‘place’ category of the Scottish Awards for Quality in Planning 2018. Cass Associates has...

Armistice Monument Unveiled at Dargavel Village

Cass Associates, in its role as planners and masterplanners of the new community at Dargavel Village, Renfrewshire, has designed a monument to...

Dargavel Village Expands to Over 4000 Houses

Dargavel Village is the largest Community Growth Area nationally and is located to the west of Glasgow. It is being created through the regeneration...

Landscape Designs Win Multiple BALI Awards

Cass Associates has provided the designs for three separate winners of the British Association of Landscape Industries’ (BALI) Awards 2018. These...

3 St Helens Housing Developments Underway

Cass Associates has had an involvement in bringing forward three new housing developments in St Helens. All three are well underway. We have...

Knowsley Safari Tiger Enclosure Opens

Knowsley Safari has just opened a new and innovative tiger enclosure. Cass Associates has been responsible for the planning and design of this key...

Approval for Italian Artisan Cheese Maker

Cass Associates have achieved full planning consent for a traditional Italian artisan cheese manufacturer in Netherley, Liverpool. The new cheesery...

Completion at Hare Hill Gardens

New Welcome Building and Visitor Facilities at Hare Hill Gardens, Cheshire Following our successful design and installation of a new visitor car...

Support for Strategic Housing Development

The Bishopton Community Growth Area in the west of Scotland has been given a further boost. Renfrewshire Council has provided its support to change...

10 Things to Consider When Extending Your Home

Our architects, led by Director Richard Roberts RIBA, talk through 10 things to consider when looking to extend your home. 1. Set a Budget...

Permitted Development Rules for Barn Conversions

Navigating the planning rules around barn conversions can be a difficult task. In 2014 the Government attempted to ease the restrictions on...

Sutton Bank Visitor Centre Approval

The North York Moors National Park Authority Planning Committee has given its unanimous support to an application for alterations and extensions to...

Vacant Building Credits Explained

Following a protracted legal melee, amendments to the National Planning Practice Guidance on planning obligations in May 2016 introduced changes to...

Buxton Waters: Expansion of Bottling Factory

Cass Associates has managed a planning application on behalf of Nestlé UK to significantly expand the award winning mineral water bottling factory...

Former Horwich Loco Site Receives £12m Funding

Bolton Council have received £12m for remediation at Rivington Chase, the former Horwich Loco Works site. Chancellor Philip Hammond and Communities...

Further 350 Houses Approved in Renfrewshire

One of the largest brownfield regeneration projects in the UK is given a boost through the approval of a further 350 houses. The transformation of...

Wirral Green Belt Permission

Wirral Council has given its support to an innovative planning application which uses the value generated by new housing development to fund a range...