SPECIALIST ARCHITECTURE
Every child deserves an environment that feels like a genuine home, never an institution. We partner with care providers and local authorities to craft nurturing, trauma-informed living spaces that seamlessly blend regulatory compliance with warmth, safety, and durability, so children can thrive.
Specialist Architectural Solutions for Children’s Homes
Quality architectural services tailored to the regulatory and operational demands of homes for children.
Therapeutic
Environments
Spaces designed to promote emotional healing and stability. Using trauma-informed architectural principles, we create beautiful sanctuaries where children feel safe and valued.
Needs-led
Design
Robust, quality environments designed around the needs of the children. We integrate safety invisibly without sacrificing warmth or dignity.
Unleashing Potential of Property
Exploring creative ideas to maximise the floorspace of the home, providing children with quiet learning nooks and sensory spaces to nurture them.
Proven Regulatory Expertise. Designed for Children.
Deep knowledge of national case law relating to the relevant care use classes.
We look at the property and explore how we can make it look and feel like a home for children.
We act as your full-service architectural partner, working alongside care providers and collaborating with specialists and local authorities to deliver a high quality home for children and staff. From the initial site feasibility through to construction oversight and final handover, we guide you through the whole process.
80%
Planning Success
Our Process
Feasibility Study
Before committing to a property or investing in a full planning application, we can assess your property to identify planning risks and provide an informed view on the likelihood of securing planning permission. We also establish budgets and realistic timelines ensuring complete transparency.
Organise Site Survey
We arrange a measured site survey on your behalf, providing the accurate existing building information needed to prepare planning-ready architectural drawings.
Design & Planning Submission
We design thoughtful, child-centred homes tailored to the needs of the children. We then prepare all the drawings and supporting documentation required for planning and manage the application with the Local Planning Authority on your behalf.
Our Services
Specialist architectural services, tailored to your project and your needs - helping you transform properties into beautiful, nurturing children’s homes, designed with care and delivered with expertise.
Specialist Design
Child-centred design that creates safe, nurturing and beautiful homes tailored to the individual needs of the children.
Feasibility Studies
Property appraisals to assess likelihood of obtaining planning approval, as well as to assess likely property upgrades required to obtain Building Regulations Approval.
Planning Permissions
Specialist expertise in C2 change of use applications, with a strong understanding of planning policy, legislation and relevant case law relating to children’s homes.
Building Regulations Applications
Specialist expertise in obtaining UK Building Regulations Approval for C2 use, from ventilation requirements to thermal efficiency, fire safety, accessibility and more.
End-to-End Architectural Service
From initial brief and feasibility through to planning, technical design, construction and handover, we provide a complete architectural service tailored specifically to children’s homes.
Interior Design
Beautifully considered interiors that balance practicality with warmth, using thoughtful design, colour, materials and furnishings to create nurturing spaces that positively influence the children’s wellbeing.
Construction Oversight Management
Ensuring the renovation or construction meets the high standards required for child well-being and safety.
Principal Designer Role
Expert coordination of Building Regulations compliance, identifying design risks and ensuring the proposed works meet all relevant Building Regulations requirements from design through to construction.
CGIs and Visualisations
Our CGI and 3D internal and external visualisation service brings your proposed children’s home design to life, helping planners, stakeholders and the wider community understand the vision, quality and positive impact of the proposed home.
Landscape Design
We design thoughtful outdoor spaces tailored to the needs of children, transforming gardens into environments for play, relaxation and connection with nature.
Purposeful Spaces in Action
