OxPropSummit 2025: “Wow, what a place”
A sold out crowd of around 250 property professionals crowd gathered at Trinity College, Oxford...
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Author: Alan Bunce
Savills Oxford announces seven promotions
Savills Oxford has announced seven promotions across its two Oxford offices. The promotions across...
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Consultation starts over plans for 248 homes in Guildford
Consultation has begun by Guildford Borough Council and Wates Residential over plans for 248 homes...
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95,000 sq ft letting secured at High Wycombe X
Food importer and distributor RH Amar has signed a pre-let on a new 94,756 sq ft state-of-the-art...
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Deal to unblock sewage treatment works upgrade
An agreement between the Environment Agency (EA) and Oxford City Council is expected to allow...
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Reading round-up: Boom Battle Bar, TK Maxx and a big office deal
A Boom Battle Bar is set to open this Summer at the former Revolution bar in Station Road,...
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Colchester site for 100 homes acquired by Hopkins
Hopkins Homes has acquired a site that will bring 100 new homes to a village north of Colchester....
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7,000 sq ft deal secured at WestPoint
Eagle Street Partners ACO4, advised by Savills and DTRE, has agreed a new 7,000 sq ft letting at...
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Savills announces raft of promotions across East of England
Real estate advisor and UKPF partner Savills has announced a number of promotions across its...
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Developers and councils gather to launch new forum for Oxfordshire
UK Property Forums managing director Matthew Battle reports from the first gathering of key...
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Vail Williams delivers its verdict after one year in Oxford
Property consultancy Vail Williams has reported a 163 per cent increase in Oxford-specific...
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Seven Oxford SMEs on the move to new home
Seven science and tech start up and SMEs are on the move to a new home in Oxford city centre....
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Ground broken at site for 54 affordable homes
Groundbreaking has taken place at a site designated for 54 affordable homes in Wembley. Wates...
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102 homes approved for former brewery site
Plans to develop a former brewery for 102 homes have been approved by Wiltshire Council. Planning...
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Plans being drawn up for 80-home scheme at Hemel
A planning application is expected in Autumn for a scheme of 80 homes in Hemel Hempstead. The...
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Advent Bioservices letting announced at Unity Campus
Advent Bioservices has taken a 10-year lease of lab and office space at Unity Campus, Cambridge....
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Nick Stevenson rejoins Savills to lead valuations team
Savills has welcomed back associate director Nick Stevenson to lead the valuations team in its...
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Franklin teams up with CO:LABS at Harwell
The Rosalind Franklin Institute has become founding member of a pioneering new laboratory...
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Savills Thames Valley teams celebrate 2024 success
Savills planning teams across Reading and Oxford have lauded the firms’ latest financial results....
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Council set to agree sale of 23 more sites
Councillors in Slough look set to decide on the sale of 23 buildings and plots of land the council...
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4,000-home Loddon Garden Village plans go on show
Consultation has begun over plans for a garden village of almost 4,000 homes in the Wokingham...
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Council responds to reports of possible Lexicon sale
A Bracknell Forest councillor has issued a statement after reports that The Lexicon shopping...
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Work starts on 65,000 sq ft Trehus at Maidenhead
Work has begun on a rare speculative office building in Maidenhead town centre. Trehus, a...
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Council starts work on plans for leisure centre at Diss
A new community and leisure centre in Diss is being planned by South Norfolk Council. The...
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Centrica linked to 40,000 sq ft Station Hill deal
Centrica has said no firm commitment has been made on a possible move to 40,000 sq ft at ONE...
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157,000 sq ft office scheme approved for Cambridge
Railpen and development partner Ridgelift have secured full planning consent for a 157,000 sq ft...
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Homes unveiled at sought-after beach resort
The Hill Group is to unveil a new development this weekend near one of Suffolk’s most desirable...
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166, 000 sq m of industrial planned for Bicester
Plans have been submitted for a 166, 042 sq m industrial/logistics park at Little Chesterton near...
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Sarah Moorhouse becomes planning director at Lichfields Thames Valley
Planning consultancy Lichfields has announced the promotion of Sarah Moorhouse to planning...
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Industrial scheme submitted for former Shire Hall site
Plans by Wrenbridge to redevelop the former Berkshire County Council Shire Hall site at Shinfield...
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Street improvements planned for Oxford
A consultation has begun over potential changes to the public realm in Oxford. Oxfordshire County...
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Mixbrow Construction awarded contract to re-imagine famous old theatre
Mixbrow Construction has been awarded the contract to deliver modernisation works to Grade...
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Permission renewed for 44,000 sq ft scheme at Haverhill
Developer Jaynic has been granted renewed outline permission for up to 44,000 sq ft of space,...
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Consented land goes on the market with Savills
A plot of land with planning permission for 28 homes, which will form part of a major new...
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Jonty Ashworth becomes director at Bicester Motion
Bicester Motion has promoted Jonty Ashworth to development director. Jonty joined Bicester Motion...
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Bucks could need soaring numbers of new homes
Buckinghamshire may be required to deliver more than 100,000 new homes over the next 20 years,...
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Wates sells land for 147 homes to Bellway
Wates Developments has sold a consented 36-acre site in Chesterton to Bellway Homes. The land,...
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Pye Homes begins release of the final phase of Church Farm
The first release of the final phase of 33 homes at the Church Farm development in Radley,...
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PDR plan to create 92 homes at Abbey Gardens
Plans have been submitted to convert sections of Abbey Gardens offices in Reading into housing...
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Garden centre plans redevelopment
Thatcham Garden Centre has unveiled radical redevelopment plans to add commercial units, including...
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Co-Space signs 28,000 sq ft deal at Jubilee Square, St Albans
Co-Space has signed up for around 28,000 sq ft of workspace at newly-developed Jubilee Square in...
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Four promotions at Vail Williams
Vail Williams has announced four key promotions across the Thames Valley, Surrey and the South...
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Croudace plans 236 homes at Thatcham site
Croudace Homes is working on plans for 236 properties on land at Henwick Park in Thatcham. The...
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Refusal recommended for completed scheme of 51 flats
Councillors will be asked to decide the future of a completed and occupied block of 51 flats in...
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Stane Retail Park sold in £34m deal
A private investor has acquired Stane Retail Park in Colchester for £33.95 million. The South...
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New life for old hotel building
Councillors in Huntingdonshire have approved plans to redevelop a hotel which has been vacant for...
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51,000 sq ft approved for Newmarket site
Developer Chancerygate has been granted planning permission for 51,000 sq ft of Grade A urban...
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Three deals announced at Campus Reading International
Three deals have been announced at Campus Reading International. Tristan Capital Partners and...
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University’s listed URS building in for new lease of life
Plans to refurbish a Grade II-listed 1970s building at Reading University have been submitted to...
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Blenheim edges close to 10-year target of 100 apprenticeships
Blenheim Palace and its development partner Pye Homes are ahead of schedule in their joint 10-year...
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Gallery: The best images from OxPropSummit 2025
Our regular snapper Aurélien Langlais was on hand throughout the day at OxPropFest on Wednesday,...
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Four key appointments at Savills Reading
Savills has announced four promotions in its multi-disciplinary Reading office. They extend across...
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Vision document published for Cherwell district
A new five-year vision document has been published by Cherwell District Council. It focuses on...
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Deal to bring 100,000 sq ft Milton Keynes warehouse forward
Panattoni has agreed to acquire a prime five-acre site for a 100,000 sq ft speculative industrial...
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Podcast: Rachel Wood and Charles Butters
Two key figures from Oxfordshire’s development community joined us for the latest Battle &...
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Clarendon Centre, Watford gains £58.6m refinancing deal
Firma Partners has provided a £58.6m loan to developer Regal to refinance the Clarendon Works, a...
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£2m deal secures 40,000 sq ft warehouse building
Savills, on behalf of a Suttons Investments, has completed the sale of 16 Albert Way in Chatteris,...
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Burch House deal secured by Savills
Savills, on behalf of a Central Co-op, has completed the sale of Burch House in Peterborough....
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Islamic centre plan for Winnersh Fields office park
Plans have been submitted to convert offices in Winnersh into an Islamic community centre. Muslim...
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Planning reform – a step forward or a democratic setback?
James Williams, planning associate at Vail Williams, looks at the Government’s latest planning...
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470 homes being planned for Witney
Outline plans for up to 470 homes near Witney in Oxfordshire have been revealed in a scoping...
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420 home planned for Spencers Wood
Plans for up to 420 homes at Spencers Wood have been submitted to Wokingham Borough Council. Land...
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Deal brings new stadium closer for Wealdstone FC
A deal has been secured that could lead to a new stadium for Wealdstone FC in the Hillingdon...
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Savills’ land deal set to help deliver 180 homes
Work to build 180 new homes in the heart of a Norfolk market town is set to start imminently after...
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Work takes off at Pigeon scheme at Theobald’s Business Park
East Anglia-based land promoter Pigeon has begun development of a new 50,000 sq ft industrial unit...
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Savills completes Labes House deal to music school
Savills has completed the letting of a period building to a music school. The property consultancy...
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RPS moves across Milton Park
Global consultancy and engineering firm Tetra Tech has moved its RPS business to a new 9,500 sq ft...
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Mixed picture across investment and development markets
Research from RLB forecasts growth in the residential and life sciences sub-sectors in 2025. The...
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182 homes in two applications to be decided at West Oxon
Two hotly-disputed planning applications for a total of 182 homes look set for different fates...
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From Welwyn Garden City to Welborne – the past, present and future of garden villages
Damian Read, construction director for Pye Homes, explores the roots and principles behind the...
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£100m conversion plant called in by Government
The Government will decide whether a proposed £100 million hi-tech plant which can convert...
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Radisson Group to run Oxford United new stadium hotel
Radisson Group has teamed up with Oxford United to run the club’s new stadium hotel. The 180-room...
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230,000 sq ft of industrial approved for Basingstoke
Indurent has secured detailed planning approval for a 230,000 sq ft industrial and logistics...
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Skills centre under way at Gateway 14
Work has begun on the state-of-the-art Skills and Innovation Centre at Gateway 14 business park. ...
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New vision approved for Banbury town centre
Councillors have agreed to move forward with a new vision for Banbury. Cherwell District Council’s...
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Approval for McLaren scheme for central Watford
Councillors in Watford have approved plans to redevelop the town’s former police station and...
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Approval for major expansion of Grove Business Park
Radical plans have been approved for an additional 377,000 sq ft of new commercial space at Grove...
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Crucial stage for Peterborough Station Quarter funding
A key stage in making a £65 million project around Peterborough station become reality goes before...
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Harley Davidson becomes first occupier at Nebula, Milton Park
Harley Davidson is to be the first occupier at Nebula, a new 80,000 sq ft development at Milton...
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Jim Stretton becomes boss at Harwell Campus
ARC and Harwell Science and Innovation Campus has appointed Jim Stretton as managing director....
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Ellison deal completes Iversen Building lettings
The 86,000 sq ft Iversen Building at The Oxford Science Park (TOSP) has reached 100 per cent...
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Greenwoods Legal takes a lease at WestPoint
Eagle Street Partners ACO4, advised by Savills and DTRE, has agreed a new letting at its WestPoint...
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Jane Kenny returns to key role at Savills
After four years running an agricultural consultancy, Jane Kenny has rejoined Savills as the...
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Go-ahead for £200m junction improvements
A delayed £200 million road scheme to improve a notorious bottleneck in Norfolk has been approved...
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Care home scheme approved thanks to revised NPPF
Beechcroft Developments, represented by Nexus, has won an appeal for the development of assisted...
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Wycombe Wanderers’ ambitions spelt out to BucksPropSocial guests
The Premier League aspirations of Wycombe Wanderers FC were explained to delegates at the latest...
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Link up delivers new training campus at Oxford North
Oxford North, has teamed up with Careys Construction Campus to create an onsite training camp for...
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Industrial units turned into padel court centre
The Padel Hub has opened its latest venue at an industrial site in Reading. The hub has leased...
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Culham steps up to meet the Government’s AI challenge
UKPF consultant Hugh Blaza describes a likely new AI future for one of Oxfordshire’s...
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Rare opportunity to discuss Bucks property market
Property professionals will hear from council and private sector experts about the Buckinghamshire...
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Do you have to pay Stamp Duty Land Tax on a commercial lease?
Megan Harris, associate solicitor in law firm Blandy & Blandy’s commercial property team,...
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Lichfields doubles in size at Apex Reading
Lichfields is to double the size of its Thames Valley office. The planning and development...
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Housing Minister drops by at Oxford North scheme
Minister of State for Housing and Planning Matthew Pennycook has visited Canalside Quarter, the...
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Work starts to revamp Riverlabs at Ware
Global Mutual has begun the first phase of refurbishment of Riverlabs, its 440, 000 sq ft life...
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Appeal launched over plans for 148 homes
Previously refused plans for 148 homes in Three Mile Cross have gone to appeal. Wates...
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New plans for Stevenage Leisure Centre
Updated images of the new Stevenage Sports and Leisure Centre have been made public by the council...
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Delay for Oxford United stadium decision
Oxford United’s plans for a new stadium at Kidlington will not go before councillors until at...
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Council set to give its response to Botley West
Councillors in West Oxfordshire will be deciding their formal response to the proposed Botley West...
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Council seeks to sell sites and lease its offices
Development land is being marketed for sale and office space is up for lease by Surrey Heath...
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SPDs aim to boost affordable homes and co-living standards in Watford
Two key planning documents are out for consultation in Watford which could shape the future of the...
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