Bridgeworks
Location: Bridgeworks, Broughton Avenue, Bentley, Doncaster DN5 9QD
Client: Shoa Limited
Type: Office-to-residential conversion (Class E to C3), 12 apartments
Status: Non-material amendment approved; technical design and Building Regulations under way
Brief
Bridgeworks is a two-storey former office and business centre on a corner plot in Bentley, Doncaster. Prior approval to convert it into 12 self-contained apartments was granted on appeal in 2025. The client asked us to take the scheme forward from consent to construction: improve the approved layouts, keep the project commercially viable and make it suitable for both private rent and social housing providers.
Response
We reworked the apartment layouts from a measured survey of the existing building. Second bedrooms and studies were brought up to space standards where possible, and furniture layouts were drawn to housing-provider requirements (full kitchens, living and dining space, and storage).
The changes to the approved plans were prepared as a non-material amendment (Section 96A), which kept the planning route quick and avoided a new full application. Alongside this we developed the Building Regulations package: a wall build-up option in blockwork rather than cladding, fire strategy, acoustic and SAP coordination, and structural input on which existing walls could stay.
Our role
Studio Anyo is the architect for Bridgeworks, covering:
- Design development from the measured survey
- Planning drawings and the non-material amendment
- Lease plans
- Building Regulations and construction drawings
- Coordination with the structural, fire, acoustic, SAP and drainage consultants
Thinking about converting offices to homes? Get in touch, or call 020 4526 8965.
Project Info
- Category: Current
- Location: Broughton Avenue, Bentley, Doncaster DN5 9QD
