Rise Adaptations Ltd specialises in adding accessible facilities to spaces where it initially seems challenging to do so. Lancaster Railway Station is a good example of this. Clearly, it’s vital to make transport hubs such as train stations accessible for those with disabilities to allow them to live as full a life as possible. Lancaster Station was constructed in 1846 in a Tudor revival style. Due to its historical importance, it is a Grade II listed building so works, even those that improve the building, cannot impact on any protected elements.
In addition to these restraints, we also had to give full consideration to the operation of the train station, including electrical loadings and water access and disposal.
To complete a Landlord’s Consent application for Network Rail, we undertook a site-wide analysis of the existing and proposed electrical demand and an examination of how fresh and waste water may affect the existing infrastructure with regards to flow pressures and drainage.
We also had to secure Listed Building Consent.
The first task was to ensure that the Changing Places toilet would fit within the proposed space. Our surveys and analyses helped us create plans that limited impact on the listed building and met all Network Rail’s requirements within the Landlord’s Consent Order.
Flexibility was important, so our plans allowed the Changing Places toilet structure to be removed and adapted as required in the future, without impacting on the building.
The Changing Places was opened in October 2024, and has received a great response from mobility and access advocates. You can see coverage of the opening here in THIIS Magazine.
Accreditations: BSc (Hons) Architectural Technology, ACIAT
Skills: Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk CAD, BIM / Autodesk Revit, Computer Generated Images (CGI), SketchUp, Twinmotion
About Nathan
Joining us in 2023. Nathan is one of the freshest faces at Farrar Bamforth but he’s already making an impact. Nathan pursued a career in architecture due to a desire to create spaces that have a positive impact on both people and the environment and his favourite project so far was a residential development in Calderdale which made use of BIM to design a mix of dwellings on a multi-level site. He is also a regulation and policy enthusiast, and devoted to all the small details that help to keep us compliant. It was this attention to detail that helped secure him a promotion from Junior Architectural Technologist to Architectural Technologist in January 2024. See more here.
And finally…
Nathan’s favourite toast topping is… butter. In Nathan’s words “let’s make the world a butter place”. When not at work, Nathan enjoys baking cakes (more butter!) and then wondering where they’ve gone. We’re sure you feel ‘butter’ for knowing that 🙄
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Applying for and gaining the appropriate planning permission is a vital element of the architectural process; without it, you can’t proceed. Planning policy can be complex and, if not navigated correctly, can be time consuming and, sometimes, unsuccessful. We know planning. We understand the policies and the application requirements; in fact, we have a track history of securing planning permission on complex sites that initially seemed problematic.
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Building regulations are simultaneously the rules that keep us safe and the requirements that give architects and builders headaches as they strive for compliance with ever-evolving specifications. Not a problem for us though, as several members of the team live for the minutiae and details of regulations, and standards so we’re all over them. That not only means that your development complies with (and often, exceeds) building regs but that we also know the strategies for working with regulations in ways that don’t compromise creativity, function, or budgets.
×This is just one of many projects that we’ve done with Rise Adaptations. You can see a summary of a variety of sites here. If you want to discuss these or would like to propose a Changing Places Toilet why not contact Nathan Pearce at nathan@farrarbamforth.co.uk or 01484 424008 where he, or indeed anyone else on the team, will be happy to help.
