£33.9m leisure centre approved
Work will start this year on a £33.9 million leisure centre in Leighton Buzzard following its...
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Inquiry into plans for Winnersh Aldi following Government call-in
Interested parties have until Monday, April 15 to make representations in the case of Aldi’s plans...
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Bellway to develop 135-acre Panshanger Aerodrome scheme
National housebuilder Bellway has been selected as the preferred development partner for Homes...
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Tesco shows Lidl enthusiasm for new Dunmow supermarket
Discount supermarket Lidl has submitted plans for a store in Great Dunmow, Essex. The value...
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New lab building planned for Oxford city centre
Plans have been submitted for a 19,800 sq m laboratory building near Oxford station. Applicant...
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Latest scheme for former Bracknell Town ground set for approval
Almost two years after voting to approve plans for 117 homes at Bracknell Town’s former Larges...
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104 homes planned for Chipping Norton
Plans for 104 homes at Chipping Norton have been submitted to West Oxfordshire District Council....
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What next after Help to Buy?
Adrian Plant, director of shared home ownership provider SOWN, (part of Leaders Romans Group),...
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Five Guys drive-thru planned for Showcase car park
Plans have been submitted for a Five Guys drive-thru at the Showcase Cinema car park in Reading....
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WSP appointed to help shape Market Square, Bicester
Design, planning and engineering giant WSP has been appointed to develop plans to rejuvenate...
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Join us to help re-imagine Slough
A remarkable day, exploring some of the key developments and issues in Slough, has been put on by...
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Eyes on the East: Ely and East Cambridgeshire – a Lib Dem win?
In the first of a series by DevComms, setting the political scene at locations around the Eastern...
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Consented former mill site up for grabs with Savills
The site of a former flour mill in Ickleford, which has consent for more than 70 new homes, has...
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Revised care home plan for Travis Perkins site in Woodley
Revised plans for a 68-unit care home on the site of the former Travis Perkins site at Woodley...
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Filling the void after Help to Buy
Adrian Plant, director of shared home ownership provider SOWN, (part of Leaders Romans Group),...
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Stubbings to drive sales at ‘exceptional’ Burnham Waters retirement scheme
Stubbings Property Marketing has been appointed by Burnham Waters to provide the sales and...
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Anna Bond appointed to key Western Corridor role at SEGRO
SEGRO has appointed Anna Bond as head of Western Corridor. She will be responsible for the overall...
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£13.5m approved to extend secondary school
Councillors have agreed £13.5 million towards adding 12 classrooms to a secondary school in...
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Major data centre plan for landfill site
Plans have been submitted for a large data centre on a former landfill site at Iver in...
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New plans for 51 flats near Wycombe town centre
Plans to replace a vacant retail and residential block in High Wycombe with 51 social housing...
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Steven Spencer to lead residential sales at Savills Rickmansworth
Savills has added to its residential sales team in Hertfordshire with the appointment of a new...
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Plans to develop garden centre land with mixed-use scheme
Plans have been submitted to redevelop land around the edges of a garden centre at Kidlington for...
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ANPR cameras to enforce compliance with Oxford’s LTNs
ANPR cameras are to be used to enforce restrictions in Oxford’s low traffic neighbourhoods (LTN)....
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What could the Government’s latest proposals on brownfield development mean for Reading?
Jon Sebbage from Savills’ planning team considers the local implications of the Government’s...
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UK Space Agency boldly goes to Harwell Campus
The UK Space Agency has made Harwell Campus its head offices. The agency has taken around 10,500...
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Local Plan hearings re-commence
Hearings that will help the Borough of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk move closer to adoption of its...
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Promotions across the East by Savills
Savills has announced a host of promotions across its offices in the East of England. In...
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Latest views at the stunning Horlicks Quarter
Members of Slough Borough Council and Berkeley Homes came together to celebrate the latest major...
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Podcast: Operation Royal Berks with Alison Foster
Alison Foster, programme director for Building Berkshire Together, joined the Battle & Bunce...
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Sustainable council homes celebrated at launch
Passivhaus-accredited council homes have been completed at three sites across Cambridge. A launch...
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Scores want to know more about East West Rail
More than 70 people attended the final event in Bedford Borough Council’s public engagement...
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Film studio plan thrown out and labelled a ‘chancer application’
Councillors have unanimously rejected plans for the proposed Holyport Film Studios in Maidenhead...
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Deal will make 80-unit Peterborough scheme come true
A deal between Deeley Group and housing provider Anchor will help deliver a sustainable,...
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11,000 sq m of labs approved for former bingo hall site
Councillors in Oxford have unanimously approved 10,929 sq m of lab space. Plans by Firoka (Oxford...
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1,000-home Reading scheme can go ahead
Plans for a major mixed-use scheme with up to 1,000 flats in Vastern Road, Reading have been...
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Two industrial lettings at Wokingham
Two lettings totalling around 22,500 sq ft have been secured in a warehouse scheme at Millars...
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Plan for 272 flats rejected by councillors
Councillors have refused Donard Real Estate’s plans for a tower block of 272 Build-to-Rent flats...
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New Church Farm home hits the right note for Christine
Musician and teacher Christine Garratt, made a careful choice of new home. She wanted somewhere to...
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Changes coming to planning enforcement
Yee Cheung, senior planner at Boyer in Colchester, explains some little-known changes to planning...
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Green tech firm Nium moves to Milton Park
Green tech company Nium has taken 7,500 sq ft of R&D space at Milton Park. The two-year-old...
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Plans go on show for 106,000 sq ft of new science and tech space
Consultation has begun on a masterplan for 106,000 sq ft of new science and technology space in...
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Richard Bennett: how the stunning Thames Lido project stayed afloat
Our View from the riverbank comment piece on February 19, comparing the Mechanics’ Institute in...
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Plans for 271 service families’ homes being drawn up for Carterton site
Plans for 271 homes on a site at Carterton have been revealed in a screening opinion request....
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King’s Lynn celebrates £20m funding
A £20 million funding package for King’s Lynn has been welcomed by local stakeholders. The town...
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Greater Norwich Local Plan reaches final stages
The Greater Norwich Local Plan (GNLP) has been formally adopted by the city council, seven years...
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Council set to downsize its head offices
Councillors in Ipswich will consider finding smaller, more efficient offices after a review found...
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Approval for solar farm at landfill site
Permission has been granted for a solar farm at a landfill site in Hertfordshire. Plans by Biffa...
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£250m labs scheme approved
Bruntwood SciTech’s £250 million plans to redevelop Melbourn Science Park in Cambridge have been...
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Vail Williams celebrates best ever year
Vail Williams has reported its best ever year, with increased revenues up five per cent to £18.3...
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Approval recommended for Newbury College site plan
Plans for a new Aldi, up to 75 homes and a care home on land next to Newbury College have been...
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272 flats set for approval in Woking
Approval has been recommended for a scheme to replace the former BHS department store in Woking...
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Holyport Studios set for refusal
Plans for 43 hectares of film and TV studios on Green Belt land at Maidenhead have been...
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Blandys’ leads top new venue through licensing process
UK Property Forums partner Blandy & Blandy has advised the UK’s largest entertainment arena....
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Approval on the cards for labs scheme to replace former bingo hall
Plans to demolish a bingo hall near Oxford United’s Kassam Stadium for a new laboratory building...
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44,000 sq ft distribution hub for Gateway 14
Plans have been submitted for a 44,000 sq ft distribution centre at Gateway 14 at Stowmarket. ...
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DevComms hosts round table with Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner
UK Property Forms (UKPF) partner DevComms launched its East regional office in Cambridge with a...
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YASA takes 88,000 sq ft pre-let at Bicester Motion
Mercedes-Benz’s electric vehicle division YASA has taken a pre-let on 88,000 sq ft for its new UK...
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Historic buildings specialist Chris Bailey joins Vail Williams
Vail Williams has hired historic buildings specialist Chris Bailey as an associate. He will work...
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Minster Quarter ‘an exemplar of our aspirations’
Arts, culture, leisure and community will be at the centre of Reading’s next major regeneration....
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Haslams Surveyors to market 220,000 sq ft in Newbury
Reading-based Haslams Surveyors has been appointed joint letting agent with Quintons on three...
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‘Budget lacked any real action to solve housing crisis’
Sponsors and partners of UK Property Forums were left largely underwhelmed by the property-related...
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County’s thumbs up for Dunton Hills approval
The approval of 3,700-home Dunton Hills Garden Village has been welcomed by Essex County Council....
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Mayor blasts East West Rail over chosen route
Mayor of Bedford Borough Tom Wootton has said he is ‘deeply disappointed’ after a meeting with...
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Natural History Museum centre set for approval
Plans for the Natural History Museum’s Collections, Digitisation & Research Centre at...
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Councils demand to know more about The Case for Cambridge
The leaders of Cambridge city and South Cambridgeshire district councils want more detail on and...
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Council calls for River Thames defences
A council is asking for the Government to fully fund a major flood alleviation channel. The Royal...
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Masterplan for 1,100 homes goes before council
Councillors are due to discuss a masterplan which could help deliver up to 1,100 homes in Swindon....
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Freddie Webber becomes managing director of Cala Thames
Cala Homes has promoted chartered surveyor Freddie Webber to managing director for its Thames...
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The new world of artificial intelligence in planning and development
John Mason, associate with Carter Jonas Cambridge, considers where the world of planning is going...
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Listed school site goes up for sale
A remarkable former school near Dorking has gone on the market with Knight Frank. The 14 buildings...
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Podcast: Reading FC and more with Nigel Howe
Former Reading FC chief executive Nigel Howe, the man central to finding a buyer for the club,...
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Thumbs-up for CMA report – but Government needs to act
UKPF partners and sponsors have welcomed the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) report on the...
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Both Reading BIDs backed by businesses
Reading’s Business Improvement Districts (BID) will run for a further five years thanks to...
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Housing costs could threaten Cambridge’s global significance
Cambridge’s position as a global leader could be under threat due to housing affordability and...
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Work starts on regeneration of Lakes Estate, Bletchley
Work is under way to deliver Milton Keynes’ first major regeneration project on the Lakes Estate...
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Three Oxfordshire deals secured by Martin’s Properties
Martin’s Properties has announced the £12 million acquisition of three sites in Oxfordshire. The...
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Skanska and Morgan Sindall to deliver major Cambridge schemes
Skanska UK and Morgan Sindall Construction have been announced as main contractors for Railpen’s...
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Councils join forces to tackle the housing crisis
A report and action plan are being drawn up to tackle the housing crisis across North Essex. It...
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Council re-tenders for theatre upgrade over costs concern
The £8 million refurbishment of the Cliffs Pavilion Theatre in Southend has gone back out to...
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Farnborough leisure and cultural hub goes on display
The latest designs for Farnborough’s new leisure and cultural hub are out for consultation....
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Blandys appoints Pam Kamel
Blandy & Blandy has appointed Pam Kamel as solicitor in its growing residential property team....
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360 student rooms planned for Guildford
New plans have been submitted for 360 student homes in the centre of Guildford. Pavilion trustees...
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PC reached at Trebor’s Lightning Park
Trebor Developments have reached practical completion at its Lightning Park scheme in Huntingdon....
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Siren Craft Brew to open at Station Hill in May
Reading’s Station Hill developer Lincoln MGT has announced the first commercial tenant in its Ebb...
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Bewley plans up to 245 homes at Tadley
Bewley Homes has submitted plans for up to 245 properties on land at Tadley. The housebuilder’s...
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Blenheim Estate teams up with UKPF
Blenheim Estate Homes and Pye Homes have joined the editorial board of UK Property Forums. The...
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Two deals announced at ARC Uxbridge
ARC Uxbridge has announced two lettings totalling 18,500 sq ft. Pizza Express has taken 5,000 sq...
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Sainsbury’s supermarket passes last hurdle for Arborfield site
A reserved matters application for a long-delayed Sainsbury’s supermarket for Arborfield has been...
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Resilient year ahead for rural land prices
The farmland market in the East of England is expected to have a resilient year with an increase...
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Minister marks groundbreaking at Milton Park’s latest development
Science Minister Andrew Griffith joined Milton Park’s top brass to mark groundbreaking at the new...
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Redevelopment approved for industrial estate
Councillors have agreed to redevelop Goldsworth Road Industrial Estate in Woking. After a...
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Bedford residents support East West Rail in new survey
People in Bedford have given East West Rail a thumbs-up in a survey on the project’s benefits. The...
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Savills shows Oxford’s lab demand is boosting the office market
Research by Savills suggests office take-up in Oxford reached 480,000 sq ft in 2023 – the...
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Deal signed to help bring Great Wolf Resort to Basingstoke
A deal has been signed which could bring a Great Wolf water park with 500-room hotel to...
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Chance to meet the key figures in Epping Forest developments
A Meet the Construction Buyer event is being put on by Epping Forest District Council. The free...
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Cambridge take-up stats driven by science and tech
Research by Bidwells shows science and tech businesses made up 86 per cent of take up in Cambridge...
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Making meanwhile uses worthwhile
UK Property Forums partner Carter Jonas considers the benefits meanwhile uses can offer both their...
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Hollywood Bowl, TK Maxx and River Island deals at The Chimes, Uxbridge
Three major deals have been announced for The Chimes shopping centre in Uxbridge. Hollywood Bowl...
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Another AEW acquisition in Reading – and a new bar to open
A new McCafferty’s Irish bar is set to open in Reading. Aqua Pubs, which owns Wild Lime at 12-14...
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Dismay over incinerator approval at Wisbech
A councillor has spoken of the disappointment across both Cambridgeshire and Norfolk over the...
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