The 19th Public House is to be held on the 2nd October 2014, The Rodboro Building (Wetherspoons) Guildford. From 6-9pm, drop in when you can. All welcome. Public House is a regular networking event for young professionals in the design, property and construction industry with the aim of helping to develop existing relationships and meet…

Andrew Torrance, Chief Executive of Allianz Insurance PLC, has formally opened the new office accommodation at Allianz’s UK Head office in Guildford. Gerry Lytle Associates obtained planning permission for this 550m2 second floor extension to the Allianz Insurance PLC headquarters. The extension increases the floor area of this blue chip company to in excess of…

Gerry Lytle Associates are pleased to announce they have been recognised as a ‘Smarter Planning Champion’ by the Planning Portal. Smarter Planning promotes a more efficient means of submitting planning applications. It helps local authorities to validate and process applications easily, allowing for smoother onward consultation and simple publication on Local Planning Authorities websites.

Planning has recently been granted by appeal for this contemporary flatted development near the railway station. It is a high density, sustainable scheme which will utilise a number of green technologies. The building is now completed and occupied.

Richard Wilkinson has proudly accepted the Guildford Society Design award for the recently completed St Peters School sixth form centre.

St peter’s School celebrated the formal opening of their new Sixth Form Centre on 1st July with a Feast day mass led by Bishop Kieran Conry. The team from Gerry Lytle Associates joined builders MCS and many who had been involved in fundraising for the project to celebrate with the whole school community. A specially…

Work has been completed at a large private house in the Surrey Hills. The house is located within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and although the house was extended in the 1970s, the proposals take advantage of the changes to the Permitted Development Planning Laws introduced in October 2008. The amendments to the Town…

Gerry Lytle Associates have obtained planning consent for a substantial extension and new indoor swimming pool at a house in West Sussex. The house is located in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the additions will open the house out to views of the valley below. The new pool and gym building is contrasting…

HRH The Duke of Kent formally opens The Spike Heritage and Community Building. Mark Furner of Gerry Lytle Associates was delighted to show the Duke images of the Listed Building before works started, and to talk about the painstaking restoration work carried out.  The former vagrants workhouse had become derelict, overrun with pigeons and suffering…

Returning University of Surrey students were able to successfully use the refurbished Lecture Block after a fast track fit out of the interior spaces during the Christmas holiday period. The works have enlivened a previously worn out and tired interior to provide a bright and inviting space that can be enjoyed by all. An important…