Celebrating 20 Years of O'Neill Associates Ltd
Celebrating 20 years of O'Neill Associates Ltd with an annual roundup of our biggest projects from 2022.
O'Neill Associates Team Photo
Coney Street Visualisations
National Railway Museum Central Hall Visualisations
University of York Student Centre Visualisations
At the end of 2022, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of O’Neill Associates Ltd. It was a highly successful year for the practice, reaching important milestones on a number of key projects.
We continue to be heavily involved in the education sector, representing the University of York, YSJU, Askham Bryan College and St Peter’s School at the Local Plan Examination between May and September, successfully getting the campus of the latter two removed from the greenbelt. We have also been appointed on the University of York’s Student Centre Project, working alongside Riba Gold Medal Award winning architects O’Donnell Tuomey and ADP to deliver a landmark building in the heart of the original campus.
As we entered the second year of our 5-year consultancy with the National Railway Museum, we gained reserved matters consent for Central Hall building. We also obtained planning permission for their second collections building at Locomotion in Shildon, Country Durham – the world’s first railway town.
The expansion of NRM was not the only significant tourism attraction to receive planning permission last year, with the team gaining permission for a major visitor attraction the Roman Quarter in central York, as part of a mixed use scheme. Other city centre projects for the practice include a live music venue at Toft Green and the redevelopment of part ofConey Street an exciting riverside walkway.
At a time when York’s house prices were rising at the fastest rate in the country, it was re-assuring to see works gathering pace on over 1000 new homes between our projects at Heworth Gas Works and Cocoa Works.
The practice continues to represent a number of clients in the buoyant healthcare sector, with planning permissions for residential care schemes in Oadby, Leicester and in Acomb and the Wilberforce Trust opening its headquarters building , with 30 state of the art apartments for the visually impaired.
Looking ahead, we have an exciting pipeline of projects for 2023 and we have recently added to our team with the appointment of Sam Devlin as a planning assistant. We hope to see the adoption of a Local Plan for York for the first time since 1958!
University of York Masterplan
O'Neill Associates Team Photo
Coney Street Visualisations
National Railway Museum Central Hall Visualisations
University of York Student Centre Visualisations