Whistler’s Lodge by Common Ground Workshop and Forward Studio featured in The Architects’ Journal

Common Ground Workshop has been featured in The Architects’ Journal, with Director Jack Pannell contributing to a wider discussion on housing, planning policy and development at the edge of settlements.

The feature reflects a growing industry focus on how new homes can be delivered on constrained and sensitive sites – particularly in locations where planning policy, landscape considerations and existing context require a more careful and structured approach.

Common Ground Workshop’s inclusion in this discussion aligns with the practice’s ongoing work across complex residential projects, including Paragraph 84 homes and edge-of-settlement developments.

Our approach is grounded in planning intelligence, strategic thinking and disciplined design – enabling projects to move beyond generic responses and towards proposals that are both justified and deliverable.

Rather than relying on scale or spectacle, the work focuses on unlocking potential within constraint – carefully navigating planning, context and performance requirements to deliver high-quality, commercially grounded outcomes.

Our work is focused on complex and constrained sites, where clarity of thinking and a structured response are critical to securing consent and delivering projects successfully.

This recognition from The Architects’ Journal reinforces Common Ground Workshop’s position as a practice engaged in shaping how challenging sites can be understood, tested and ultimately realised.

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Housing on the edge: how architects won approval for grey belt and semi-rural homes