For developers, Section 106 is a necessary, yet often challenging, aspect of project delivery requiring careful planning to ensure compliance. While developers may manage some elements like affordable housing, in-house, they often seek specialist partners like TG Escapes for facilities like schools, sports pavilions, community hubs and healthcare.
A Strategic Partner for Section 106 Delivery
TG Escapes has a proven track record delivering permanent buildings for education, sports and leisure, and community hubs. Their modular timber frame system offers several critical benefits for developers navigating Section 106:
Cost-Effectiveness: TG Escapes’ modular approach delivers significant cost savings through reduced labour, minimised waste, and efficient material utilisation. Their in-house design and build service eliminates the need for multiple contractors, streamlining the process and further reducing expenses.
Speed of Construction: Modular construction dramatically reduces on-site build time, minimising disruption to the surrounding community and ensuring rapid project completion. This is particularly crucial when Section 106 agreements include deadlines tied to the overall housing development progress.
Guaranteed Compliance: TG Escapes provides a complete solution, ensuring full compliance. Their team handles all aspects of the project, from initial design and planning to final handover, providing developers with a “safe pair of hands” and peace of mind. Their in-house design team can even liaise directly with local authorities, navigating potentially complex specifications.
Biodiversity Net Gain Expertise: TG Escapes’ biophilic design principles with options for green roofs, bat and bird boxes and planters, naturally contribute to achieving BNG targets, simplifying this aspect of compliance for developers. Their design team also provide expertise in helping to achieve any BREEAM requirements imposed.
Design Flexibility: Section 106 requirements are often highly specific, dictating building dimensions, capacity, and features. TG Escapes’ modular panelised system allows for complete customisation, ensuring that the final building precisely meets the council’s specifications. This could be a school providing appropriate spaces for their specific age range in line with BB103, DfE compliant SEND provision (with the required acoustic, access and space standards for pupils with additional needs), or a community centre requiring flexible internal space designed for multiple user groups.
The Future of Section 106
With the anticipated acceleration of housing development, the demand for Section 106 infrastructure is expected to surge. TG Escapes, with its proven expertise, cost-effective solutions, and commitment to sustainability, is perfectly positioned to be a key partner for developers and local authorities, helping them deliver high-quality community assets that enhance the lives of residents and contribute to a thriving built environment.
“TG escapes have their own design team and we were quite happy that they met Surrey’s aspirations in terms of carbon net-zero. The quality is outstanding, as is the speed of construction. The TG Escapes buildings we’ve had have been right first time and snag free give or take a few bits and pieces. We get a good quality product that is delivered on time and absolutely meets the needs of our delivery programme.”
David Webb, Principal Project Manager Capital Projects, Surrey County Council.
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