Successfully Getting Sites Approved and Built

A Geotechnical Site Investigation was required by the London Borough of Southwark to confirm ground conditions at 12 residential terraced properties. These occupied residential dwellings belonged to local authority housing and were all experiencing various levels of wall cracking. The geotechnical investigations were required to confirm the nature and properties of the underlying substrata, including […]

The client, who is a multinational investment firm, required a site investigation to confirm the contaminative status of a former gas works. As a now active retail park, the site required an Environmental Due Diligence assessment before the sale of the land took place. The investigation utilised a combination of cable percussive drilling, windowless sampling, […]

Pond Farm is a residential development is located to the south of Iwade, Sittingbourne.

An equipment testing facility required environmental services to support an application for an Environmental Permit for the discharge of cooling water from their test facility building into a nearby river. Following the completion of a Conservation Risk Assessment, it was determined that a Bespoke Environmental Permit Application would need to be submitted as the river […]

Lustre Consulting was appointed by the site owner to undertake a Phase 1 Desk Study to support the conversion of an agricultural barn to residential use under permitted development application. The proposed development involved the refurbishment of the existing main barn currently present on site, and clearance of a smaller barn/store for four proposed individual […]

A former petrol filling station and vehicle servicing garage site in Kent is in the process of being redeveloped into a residential use. Lustre Consulting was initially appointed to carry out a Phase 1 Desk Study in support of a planning application. This was followed by a Phase 2 Site Investigation including a Geotechnical Investigation. […]

To improve their operations in Kent, Royal Mail commissioned the development of their new Medway Mail Centre distribution facility in Strood, Medway, Kent, with the aim of consolidating their mail centres in Canterbury, Dartford, Maidstone and Tonbridge. The Medway Mail Centre is now in full operation, processing millions of items each day from addresses in […]

The Regent Parade site in Birmingham is in the process of being redeveloped from a light industrial use into a mixed residential and commercial use including retail space, town houses and apartments. Lustre Consulting was appointed by One Property Group to carry out a phased contaminated land assessment including a Phase 1 Desk Study and […]

A former timber yard located off North Street, Barking received planning permission for redevelopment into residential use including houses with private gardens, apartment blocks and communal amenity space (including a children’s playground). Lustre Consulting was appointed to undertake a Phase 2 Site Investigation to work towards discharging a planning condition.  The investigation comprised window sample […]

Following a diesel spill at an operational police station, Lustre Consulting was appointed to carry out an initial Site Investigation to determine the extent and impact of the spill. The investigation utilised a windowless sampling drilling rig to address access constraints, including the drilling of one borehole inside a dog kennel. The soil testing and […]

Cotswold Mews Ltd in Battersea Square, London is to be redeveloped from commercial office space into residential apartments. Lustre Consulting was appointed to carry out a Phase 1 Desk Study and Flood Risk Assessment to support the planning application. The aim of the Phase 1 Desk Study was to identify any potential sources of contamination at […]

The Client is in the process of obtaining planning permission to develop a 22 turbine wind farm on the south-western shore of Loch Shin in Sutherland, Highlands of Scotland. As major development, an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was required to support the planning application. Lustre Consulting was appointed to work as part of a team on […]

A former large scale fuel storage and distribution depot is in the process of being redeveloped into a commercial development. The depot, located within a chalk quarry, was decommissioned around 15 years ago with all associated infrastructure removed. Prior to Lustre Consulting’s involvement several investigations, dating back over a decade, had been conducted. The investigations […]

The client, who is a small developer, required a Phase 1 Desk Study to firstly support a planning application, and then a Phase 2 Site Investigation to discharge planning conditions. The proposed development comprised clearance of the site and construction of five luxury dwellings with large private gardens. The Phase 1 Desk Study identified several […]

Lustre Consulting was engaged by Faithful+Gould and the London Borough of Waltham Forest to conduct a comprehensive architectural noise assessment to support the renovation and extension of the historic William Morris Gallery. This project required our team to assess the building’s acoustic performance after the removal of artefacts, providing critical baseline data to inform the […]

Lustre Consulting was appointed by a private property owner to undertake a Basement Impact Assessment (BIA) to support a planning application involving the construction of a basement below part of the existing residential property. The site is situated within the London Borough of Lambeth, whose Local Plan states that “an assessment of the scheme’s impact […]

A Commercial and Industrial Waste Transfer Station required environmental services to support an application for a bespoke Environmental Permit for a commercial and industrial waste transfer station to accept 75,000 tonnes per annum of commercial and industrial waste including 5,000 tonnes of asbestos bearing waste. Lustre Consulting were commissioned to produce an application stage Site Condition […]