This project consisted of a Pre-application to regularise the installation of gates within the curtilage of the building.

Retrospective planning permission was sought in relation to gates already erected at the site for the necessity of managing visitors, specifically with a view to protecting our client’s security and amenity.

Land presently hosting Charters was first recorded in the 1780s.

In 1865, this estate was then acquired by Edward Hamilton, at which juncture the site was to undergo its first major phase of redevelopment.

Charters – as built by Hamilton – was purchased by Frank Parkinson on 10th September 1936. In 1936-7 plans were developed by Adie, Button & Partners – renowned for their ‘ultra-modern buildings’ – to replace the former Victorian country home with a modern dwelling. The final design comprised an art deco or modern design ethos, albeit the interior was designed to the preference of Parkinson’s wife.

In 1959, Charters was purchased by Vickers Research Limited and converted to industrial use.

In March 1975, Charters was purchased and occupied by De Beers Industrial Diamond Division. Changes included the development of a sports and social club.

Thirteen acres were also lost to a compulsory purchase order for the purposes of developing the new Charters Secondary School. Despite industrial use spanning over forty years, Charters was purchased by Saber Developments in 2002.

Given this somewhat involved history combined with the architectural value that remained to the site at the close of the C20 – albeit this had already been considerably and demonstrably diminished by then – Charters was designated Grade II on the 28 September 1995, prior to further amendment on 02 January 2020.