Council offices set to be sold or let
The Observatory House building used by Slough Borough Council is likely to be sold or leased with...
Read MoreSelect Page
Posted by Alan Bunce | May 27, 2022 | Berkshire, News, Office, Politics, Slough, Thames Tap |
The Observatory House building used by Slough Borough Council is likely to be sold or leased with...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 26, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, News, Reading, Residential, Thames Tap |
Five more 1930s homes on Henley Road in Caversham may be demolished for a scheme of 59 retirement...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 26, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, New Build, New Homes, News, News, Residential, Thames Valley |
Deanfield Homes plans to start work this Summer on a select new scheme in Hermitage, West...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 26, 2022 | Deals, Education, Hampshire, News, Office, Thames Tap |
Inclusion Hampshire, a division of the NHS which supports people affected by drugs and alcohol,...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 25, 2022 | Appointments, Berkshire, News, People, Reading, Thames Tap |
Vail Williams has appointed James Little as senior surveyor in its valuations team at the firm’s...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 25, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, Education, News, Reading, Thames Tap |
Plans for a new secondary school in Reading go before councillors on Wednesday (June 1) with a...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 25, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, Industrial, News, Office, Politics, Residential, Retail, Slough, Thames Tap |
Berkeley Homes, which is currently building 1,300 new homes at the former Horlicks Factory site in...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 24, 2022 | Berkshire, Bracknell, Development, News, Residential, Thames Tap |
Bracknell Town FC has finally won permission for homes at its former Larges Lane ground. The...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 24, 2022 | Eastern Echo, London West, Plan, Plan, Plan, Politics, Politics, Politics, Residential, Residential, Residential, Thames Tap, Views, Views |
Philip Waddy, managing director of multi-disciplinary architectural, planning and design...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 23, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, Editorial, Plan, Reading, Thames Tap, Views |
There’s always a strange mix of views whenever the city status debate come up in Reading. Some...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 23, 2022 | Berkshire, News, Politics, Reading, Thames Tap, Views |
Reading will succeed with or without city status, according to Thames Tap partners – and some are...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 23, 2022 | Berkshire, Deals, News, Office, Reading, Thames Tap |
The £100 million sale of One Forbury Place in Reading has been completed by Allsop. The property...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 23, 2022 | Appointments, Berkshire, News, People, Thames Tap |
Blandy & Blandy has appointed Jonathan Dinsdale as senior associate in its dispute resolution...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 20, 2022 | Buckinghamshire, Development, Infrastructure, Leisure, News, Thames Tap |
A plan has been submitted to Buckinghamshire Council for a new service area on the M25 within the...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 20, 2022 | Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes, News, Politics, Reading, Thames Tap |
Reading has failed again in its bid for city status while Milton Keynes has succeeded....
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 20, 2022 | Berkshire, Deals, Development, Environment, News, Reading, Science, Thames Tap |
The Natural History Museum (NHM) is to open a major research centre on land at Thames Valley...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 19, 2022 | Basingstoke, Development, Hampshire, News, Residential, Thames Tap |
Plans for 210 homes at Whitchurch, Hampshire have been revealed in a scoping opinion request to...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 19, 2022 | Development, Environment, Infrastructure, News, Oxfordshire, Plan, Politics, Thames Tap |
Planning policy needs to put nature first with green infrastructure made mandatory for...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 19, 2022 | Development, Infrastructure, News, Oxfordshire, Thames Tap |
Thames Tap partner Blandy & Blandy is one of four organisations which have pledged to support...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 19, 2022 | Appointments, Berkshire, News, People, Plan, Thames Tap |
Stuart Crickett has joined Boyer’s Wokingham office as director. Mr Crickett has more than 20...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 18, 2022 | Politics, Residential, Thames Tap, Views |
Karen Pratt, in Blandy & Blandy’s residential property team, discusses the Leasehold Reform...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 18, 2022 | Deals, Development, Laboratory, News, Office, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Science, Technology, Thames Tap |
Investment trust Life Science REIT has completed the acquisition of Oxford Technology Park (OTP)...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 17, 2022 | Deals, Laboratory, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Science, Technology, Thames Tap |
Carbon capture specialist CyanoCapture and liver health firm Ochre Bio are the latest firms to...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 17, 2022 | Deals, Development, Laboratory, News, Office, Oxfordshire, Thames Tap |
QUAD Systems has taken just under 3,000 sq ft at Milton Park, its first premises in the UK. The...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 16, 2022 | Berkshire, Deals, Development, Leisure, Newbury, News, Retail, Thames Tap |
Cinema operator Everyman has, so far, declined to comment on suggestions the brand is to open in...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 16, 2022 | Environment, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Politics, Thames Tap |
Experts from property and environmental industries will come together this week for a conference...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 16, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, Industrial, Newbury, News, Thames Tap |
Around 20,000 sq m of employment and distribution space has been approved for a site in Colthrop,...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 16, 2022 | Berkshire, Deals, Development, Leisure, Mixed Use, Newbury, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Retail, Thames Tap, Views |
The cavernous former Debenhams store was an unusual – but highly appropriate – venue for our...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 16, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, Environment, Newbury, News, Plan, Politics, Retail, Thames Tap |
Local authorities should be central to helping town centres recover, delegates heard at last...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 13, 2022 | Development, Environment, Infrastructure, Politics, Residential, Thames Tap, Views |
Politics looks set to stifle planning reform in the view of some of our Thames Tap partners. We...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 13, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, Industrial, News, Office, Reading, Thames Tap |
Councillors have deferred a decision on whether to allow the demolition of the art deco former...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 12, 2022 | Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, Development, Leisure, Mixed Use, News, Office, Residential, Retail, Thames Tap |
Boyer has secured permission to turn a disused, Victorian stable block in Buckinghamshire into a...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 11, 2022 | Politics, Thames Tap, Views |
Richard Pulford in the property disputes team at Boyes Turner, examines the past and present...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 11, 2022 | Berkshire, Bracknell, Development, News, Residential, Thames Tap |
Approval has been recommended for Bracknell Town FC’s latest plans for flats at the club’s former...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 10, 2022 | Hampshire, New Build, New Homes, News, Residential, Thames Valley |
Hampshire housebuilder David Wilson Homes is giving prospective home buyers the chance to...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 10, 2022 | Appointments, News, People, Surrey, Thames Tap |
Savills Guildford has made three appointments and two promotions in its development team. James...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 10, 2022 | Appointments, Berkshire, Infrastructure, News, People, Reading, Thames Tap |
Evoke Transport has appointed Issy Smith as assistant transport planner in its Reading office. The...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 9, 2022 | Berkshire, Editorial, Infrastructure, Maidenhead, Reading, Slough, Thames Tap, Views |
It’s fair to say the enthusiasm for Crossrail’s opening among our partners isn’t what it might...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 9, 2022 | Berkshire, Deals, Development, News, Office, Reading, Thames Tap |
Savills has announced its Reading team will move to a new office at Forbury Square. The team will...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 9, 2022 | Berkshire, Infrastructure, Maidenhead, Politics, Reading, Slough, Thames Tap, Views |
A mix of delight and scepticism among Thames Tap partners greeted the news that Crossrail is to...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 9, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, Mixed Use, News, Office, Reading, Residential, Thames Tap |
Reading Real Estate Network (RREN) resumed on Friday (May 6), for the first time post-lockdown,...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 6, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, News, Reading, Retail, Thames Tap |
Plans to demolish Dobbies Garden Centre in Shinfield and rebuild it have been recommended for...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 6, 2022 | Editorial, Environment, Infrastructure, Oxfordshire, Politics, Thames Tap, Views |
With numbers of planning applications for large solar farms increasing in Oxfordshire’s rural...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 5, 2022 | Appointments, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, People, Thames Tap |
Oxfordshire planning consultancy Edgars has announced five promotions. Paul Slater and Miriam Owen...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 5, 2022 | Berkshire, Deals, News, Office, Reading, Thames Tap |
Cybersecurity business Rapid7 has taken 22,616 sq ft at M&G Real Estate’s 2 Forbury Place in...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 5, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, Environment, News, Plan, Residential, Thames Tap |
Plans by Wokingham Borough Council for 130 homes and a 70-bed dementia care home go before the...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 4, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, Industrial, News, Reading, Thames Tap |
Fiercely-contested redevelopment of the art deco former Adwest Engineering building at Woodley has...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 4, 2022 | Buckinghamshire, Deals, Development, High Wycombe, Industrial, News, Thames Tap |
Filming is due to start this year on a Hollywood production at the new Wycombe Film Studios....
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 3, 2022 | Buckinghamshire, Development, Editorial, Infrastructure, Residential, Thames Tap, Views |
While planning applications have long required energy and environmental features, the Littleton...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 3, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, News, Reading, Residential, Thames Tap |
New plans are set to be submitted next month for a partial redevelopment of the former Drews the...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 3, 2022 | Berkshire, Deals, Development, Leisure, News, Reading, Retail, Thames Tap |
Leisure operator Bowl Central has secured the former Dawsons music shop unit in Caversham Road,...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 3, 2022 | Arc Watch, Deals, Deals, Development, Development, Hillingdon, Laboratory, London West, News, News, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, Science, Science, Technology, Technology, Thames Tap, Uxbridge |
Brookfield, which acquired Arlington in 2021 and bought into Harwell Campus in 2020, has announced...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | May 3, 2022 | Buckinghamshire, Development, Environment, News, Residential, Thames Tap |
A development of 650 homes in Buckinghamshire will have its own renewable energy park. The Arnold...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 29, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, Leisure, Maidenhead, News, Thames Tap |
Maidenhead United’s plan to move to a new stadium has taken a leap forward after the club...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 29, 2022 | New Build, New Homes, News, Thames Valley |
Living Space has handed the first tranche of 44 affordable homes over to Paradigm Housing Group at...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 29, 2022 | New Build, New Homes, News, Thames Valley |
Terra has submitted a planning application for 40 affordable homes with extensive landscaping and...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 29, 2022 | New Build, New Homes, News, Thames Valley |
Cala Homes (Thames) has handed over a 42.5-hectare forest to The Land Trust as part of a range of...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 29, 2022 | Development, News, Oxfordshire, Residential, Thames Tap, Uncategorized |
Work is set to start on a scheme of 1,000 homes and a new primary school in Banbury. L&Q...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 29, 2022 | Development, Environment, News, Office, Oxfordshire, Thames Tap |
Milton Park is about to unveil a new £12.4 million co-working space – and Thames Tap readers can...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 29, 2022 | Development, Industrial, Laboratory, News, Oxfordshire, Science, Technology, Thames Tap |
Plans for a 56, 000 sq m research, development and production scheme have been submitted to...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 28, 2022 | Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, Deals, Industrial, News, Thames Tap |
A private ambulance service has taken a lease on 11,250 sq ft of space at Wescott Venture Park....
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 28, 2022 | Berkshire, New Build, New Homes, News, News, Thames Tap, Thames Valley |
High demand for housing and limited stock is leading to soaring land prices, competing buyers and...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 28, 2022 | Appointments, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, People, Thames Tap |
Victoria Collett has been appointed development director for the company behind the Oxford North...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 27, 2022 | Berkshire, Deals, Development, Maidenhead, News, Office, Thames Tap |
Five years after launching, Maidenhead-based co-working operator MyWorkSpot has taken an...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 27, 2022 | Infrastructure, Infrastructure, London West, News, News, Thames Tap, Uxbridge |
There’s still time to join UK Property Forums for a rare chance to meet the man who runs London...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 27, 2022 | Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, Deals, Development, Laboratory, News, Science, Technology, Thames Tap |
International aerospace and defence company Nammo has taken a 18,200 sq ft building at Westcott....
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 26, 2022 | Appointments, News, People, Surrey, Thames Tap |
Vail Williams has announced three new appointments. Surveyor Charlie Perkins, graduate surveyor...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 17, 2022 | Berkshire, Bracknell, Editorial, Laboratory, Leisure, Mixed Use, Office, Residential, Retail, Thames Tap, Views |
It was encouraging to get an upbeat response from The Lexicon at Bracknell about progress on its...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 14, 2022 | Berkshire, Bracknell, Deals, Development, Leisure, Mixed Use, News, Retail, Thames Tap |
The next phase of The Lexicon in Bracknell is on course for completion next year – with some...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 14, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, Environment, News, Plan, Politics, Reading, Residential, Thames Tap |
A second planning committee at West Berkshire Council has refused permission for up to 165 homes...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 14, 2022 | Deals, Development, Laboratory, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Science, Technology, Thames Tap |
New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company Catalent has acquired the Vaccine Manufacturing and...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 14, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, Environment, News, Oxfordshire, Plan, Politics, Residential, Thames Tap, Views |
Unceasing demand for development land in Oxfordshire and the Thames Valley resulted in strong...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 13, 2022 | Development, Environment, Infrastructure, News, Oxfordshire, Politics, Thames Tap |
Opposition is growing to plans for a solar farm in South Oxfordshire. The plan, submitted to South...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 13, 2022 | Basingstoke, Development, Environment, Hampshire, Infrastructure, News, Politics, Thames Tap |
Fiercely-contested plans for an 85-hectare solar farm in Bramley have been recommended for...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 13, 2022 | Development, Education, Environment, Laboratory, News, Office, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Residential, Retail, Science, Technology, Thames Tap |
The £200 million redevelopment of Oxford’s Clarendon Shopping Centre has been unanimously approved...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 12, 2022 | Appointments, Berkshire, News, People, Thames Tap |
James Sackley has joined Boyer’s Wokingham planning team as a planner. Mr Sackley has experience...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 12, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, News, Reading, Residential, Thames Tap |
The evolving housing market in the Thames Valley will come under the spotlight at the next Thames...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 12, 2022 | New Build, New Homes, News, Thames Valley |
A new development in Slough is one of the first to take part in the Government’s First Homes...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 12, 2022 | New Build, New Homes, News, Thames Valley |
David Wilson Homes has launched a new collection of detached homes at its Woburn Downs development...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 12, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure, News, Slough, Thames Tap |
Thames Tap partner SEGRO has found a new way to try to help meet environmental standards at Slough...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 11, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, Editorial, Plan, Politics, Residential, Thames Tap, Views |
The latest moves in the Pincents Lane saga have shone a spotlight on the strange manner in which...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 11, 2022 | Berkshire, Bracknell, Deals, Development, Editorial, Environment, Industrial, Maidenhead, Reading, Slough, Thames Tap, Views |
James Craddock, managing director Thames Valley for SEGRO, looks at the success of the region and...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 8, 2022 | Development, Editorial, Laboratory, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Science, Thames Tap, Views |
Jon Silversides, head of Carter Jonas’ Oxford commercial agency, went to find out what matters to...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 8, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, News, Plan, Politics, Reading, Residential, Subject, Thames Tap |
Three months after councillors refused planning permission for a controversial scheme of up to 165...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 8, 2022 | Berkshire, Deals, Industrial, News, Office, Politics, Thames Tap |
Activity in the Thames Valley’s office and industrial markets has been buoyant in the first...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 7, 2022 | Deals, Development, Environment, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Residential, Thames Tap |
Postgraduate family housing is to be created in Oxford as part of a new scheme planned by Oxford...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 7, 2022 | Deals, Development, Mixed Use, News, Office, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Residential, Science, Thames Tap |
A team from Hawkins/Brown has won the competition to design the Begbroke Innovation District. The...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 7, 2022 | Berkshire, Deals, Leisure, News, Reading, Thames Tap |
Reading-based theatre group Rabble has been awarded a lease on a Grade II-listed 17th Century...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 7, 2022 | Appointments, Berkshire, Infrastructure, News, Reading, Thames Tap |
Evoke Transport Planning has announced two promotions in its development planning team. Jon...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 6, 2022 | Development, News, Oxfordshire, Plan, Residential, Thames Tap |
Plans for up to 370 homes have been submitted for land on the edge of Kidlington. Barwood...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 6, 2022 | Appointments, Berkshire, News, People, Thames Tap |
Didcot-based multi-disciplinary surveying and engineering consultancy Glanville has appointed Tim...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 6, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, News, Reading, Residential, Thames Tap |
Plans for redevelopment at Caversham Park House in Reading have been submitted to the council....
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 5, 2022 | Deals, Development, Industrial, News, Oxfordshire, Thames Tap |
Tungsten Properties has announced a £26.4 million forward funding deal with NFU Mutual for the...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 4, 2022 | Thames Tap, Views |
It’s perhaps as well that our story on the proposed drone superhighway didn’t go online last...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 4, 2022 | Deals, Development, News, Office, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Science, Technology, Thames Tap |
Construction work has been completed on a 49,000 sq ft R&D building for The Native Antigen...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 4, 2022 | Berkshire, Deals, Development, Mixed Use, News, Office, Politics, Reading, Residential, Retail, Thames Tap |
Hermes’ plans for 620 homes and office, retail and community space in Caversham Road, Reading have...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Apr 4, 2022 | Berkshire, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Deals, Deals, Development, Development, Eastern Echo, Environment, Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Ipswich, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, News, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Politics, Reading, Suffolk, Thames Tap |
A drone superhighway has been proposed which will link Reading, Oxford, Milton Keynes, Cambridge,...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Mar 31, 2022 | Appointments, Berkshire, Hampshire, News, People, Residential, Thames Tap, Wiltshire |
Buying agent Heaton & Partners has appointed Patrick Bishop as associate. Mr Bishop,...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Mar 30, 2022 | Deals, Development, News, Office, Thames Tap, Views |
Research by property consultancy Gerald Eve suggests rising numbers of deals are likely in the...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Mar 30, 2022 | Deals, Environment, Infrastructure, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Politics, Thames Tap |
Oxford has succeeded in its bid for £32.8 million of Government money to help fund a fleet of 159...
Read MoreThis website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.
If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.