Locals to be asked how to spend £20m
Public engagement begins this week on how £20 million should be spent improving Canvey Island. The...
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Riverwell Square to be the heart of Watford regen scheme
Riverwell Square has been unveiled as the new central point in the regeneration of part of Watford...
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Plans submitted for new school in Cambridgeshire village
Detailed plans have been submitted for a new primary school in Sawtry. Cambridgeshire County...
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Latimer plans to inform potential shared ownership customers
Latimer is advising buyers on how shared ownership could be an option for them. The housebuilder,...
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Barwood acquires site for 36,000 sq ft scheme
Barwood Capital has acquired a prime two-acre freehold site in Stevenage from BlueBird Land, to...
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Plans submitted for £1bn redevelopment of Cody Technology Park
Plans for the £1 billion redevelopment of Cody Technology Park in Farnborough have been submitted...
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Detailed plans for Slough Central to go on display
A public exhibition will be held in Slough next month to show details of the proposed Slough...
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30MW solar farm wins approval
Plans have been approved for a 46-hectare solar farm in Brize Norton. Witney Solar Farm Ltd, part...
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Plan submitted for 57 homes in Henley town centre
Plans have been submitted for 57 homes in the centre of Henley. The Green Regeneration Company has...
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£500m for Oxford – Cambridge corridor
The Government has announced a £500 million investment, designed to help turn the Oxford to...
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Cowley branch line to reopen with £120m funding
The Government has announced £120 million funding to reopen the Cowley branch line in Oxford,...
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Plans for up to 100 homes revealed
Plans for up to 100 homes in Bramley have been revealed in a screening opinion request to the...
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Catesby sells site for 55-home development
Land promoter Catesby Estates has completed the sale of an 8.7-acre site in Ambrosden in...
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Work starts on Reading Logistics Park
Construction has begun at Reading’s newest logistics scheme. Reading Logistics Park, a new 160,000...
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RO Group announces £1.2m deal for drive-thru
RO Group has announced the acquisition of a Burger King drive-thru in Sweet Briar Road, Norwich,...
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Crown Estate land deal next to Harwell Campus
The Crown Estate has acquired 221 acres of farmland next to Harwell Campus as part of Government...
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New year unveiling for Orbis9000 at Westcott
The first units at the Orbis9000 industrial and warehouse scheme at Patrizi’s Westcott Venture...
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Major expansion for Southend Premier Inn
Plans for a 49-room expansion to Southend’s Premier Inn hotel have been approved. The building, in...
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Podcast: Ryan Harris, Western region director for The Hill Group
Ryan Harris, regional director for the Western division for The Hill Group, joined us for the...
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Head office building acquired by Dreams
Bed retailer Dreams has completed the acquisition of its head office in High Wycombe from the...
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Affordable scheme of 88 homes launched
Legal & General and United Living have launched Sampson Green, a new scheme of 88 affordable...
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£81m programme of new homes set to move forward
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Development site up for auction with Savills
Savills is to auction a rare investment opportunity in Bury St Edmunds. The single storey first...
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Herts County Hall up for sale
Hertfordshire’s County Hall could be developed for residential, commercial or community use after...
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Jade Uko appointed director for Meeting Place
Jade Uko has been appointed regional director for the South East for built environment...
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EDG Property acquires Aspect Leisure Park
Midlands-based EDG Property has acquired Aspects Leisure Park in Bedford for an undisclosed price....
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Plans submitted to give listed hangar a makeover
Bicester Motion has unveiled plans to conserve and regenerate one of its listed hangars. Under...
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Government will not call in Oxford United stadium plan
Oxford United’s new stadium plan will not be called in by the Government. After gaining approval...
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Plans unveiled for 309 flats at Bicester Arc
Plans have been unveiled for a new Build-to-Rent (BTR) development of 309 flats at Bicester Arc....
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Catalyst Bicester acquired by DFI in £90m deal
Albion Land’s Catalyst Bicester scheme has been acquired by DFI for £90 million, the first deal in...
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Oxford’s Life & Mind building completes
The striking new £200 million Life & Mind building has opened in Oxford. The Legal &...
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Council asks Government for £71m to help replace ageing bridge
The Government has been asked to cover a £71 million funding gap to replace Kennington rail bridge...
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Ellison Institute buys into TOSP
The Oxford Science Park (TOSP) has announced the sale of part of its estate to the Ellison...
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Eagle and Child pub set for major restoration and reopening
The Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT) has won planning permission and listed building consent...
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National award for ONE Station Hill
Reading’s ONE Station Hill has been recognised with a top national award. Lincoln MGT, the joint...
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Approval celebrated for 170 John Lewis homes in Reading
John Lewis Partnership (JLP) has won approval for its plans for 170 Build-to-Rent (BtR) homes on...
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Council publishes plans for City Hall regeneration
Plans have been published for regenerating Norwich City Hall. Norwich City Council’s scrutiny...
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Famous former prison site is released
Montagu Evans has brought to market an investment and development opportunity in St Albans – with...
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Hill Group acquires nine-acre site for 56 homes
The Hill Group has completed the acquisition of Ickleford Mill, a 9.17-acre brownfield site close...
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Catesby sells 25-acre site in Essex
Catesby Estates has sold a 25-acre site in Latchingdon, Essex to housebuilder Dandara Homes for an...
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Katherine Ilett becomes director in Savills’ rural consultancy team in the East
Savills has appointed Katherine Ilett director in it rural valuation and consultancy team in the...
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Can Labour fulfil its plan to ‘build baby build’?
Ethan Leyden, senior account executive for DevComms in the South East, considers the way ahead for...
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Local Plans in Oxfordshire: time for change
Turley’s director, planning David Murray-Cox and senior planner Lillian Barth provide their...
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BerksProp Summit 2025
Alan Bunce offers a personal summary of highlights from BerksProp Summit 2025, a morning of debate...
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Reading is in decline, delegates are told
Reading’s office market is in decline with investors and corporate occupiers passing it by,...
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Savills Guildford duo trek up Mount Kilimanjaro to raise £5,000
Two directors from Savills’ Guildford office have climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest...
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The business sense of buying commercial property in 2025
Andy Jansons, founder and managing director of Jansons Property, examines how buying commercial...
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Work starts at 65-home Greencore scheme
Greencore has begun construction of 65 homes at Launton near Bicester. The scheme, on a 5.8-acre...
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£376m refinancing deal for Milton Park
Federated Hermes has announced the completion of a five-year £376 million financing deal for...
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Haslams appointed to let major portfolio of sites
Haslams Surveyors has been appointed by Indurent as leasing agent on a portfolio of industrial...
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Inify takes 11,620 sq ft of lab space at Nebula, Milton Park
Inify Laboratories is to move to Milton Park’s new Nebula building. The Swedish digital pathology...
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Boehringer Ingelheim takes 36,479 sq ft at Winnersh Triangle
Boehringer Ingelheim is to move its head offices from Bracknell to Frasers Property’s Winnersh...
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First phase of expansion set to open at Kingston Business Park
Work on the £8 million phase one investment in Albion Land’s Kingston Business Park in Kingston...
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Planning reform – where are we now?
Planning reform is never ending and this year has been no different. Andy Moffat, Savills...
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DevComms appoints Steve Price head of East division
Steve Price has been promoted to head of the East division for DevComms. Steve joined DevComms as...
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Hat-trick of permissions secured by untypical
Housebuilder, untypical, has secured planning permission on three sites that will deliver hundreds...
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Shortlist announced for BerksProp Awards 2025
The BerksProp Awards 2025 shortlist has been made public for the first time. Judges met on...
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Joint South & Vale Local Plan 2041 – the ‘single issue’ that could now cause years of delay
David Bainbridge, a planning director for Savills Oxford, explains what last week’s decision by...
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Mills & Reeve helps secure 43,000 sq ft of lettings
Goya Developments and Hillwood have announced two leases at Crest Distribution Park in High...
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Persimmon signs up to deliver 650 homes at Kingsfleet
Persimmon has signed up to deliver more than 650 properties at a 5,000-home scheme on the edge of...
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Marcus Devanny joins Freeths as partner
Law firm Freeths has appointed Marcus Devanny as partner in its real estate team in Oxford....
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30-hectare solar farm set for approval
Plans for a 29.4-hectare solar farm on agricultural farmland near Kingsclere have been recommended...
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Government urged to speed up stadium decision
The Labour leader of Oxford City Council Cllr Susan Brown has urged the Government to speed up its...
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Electric air taxis go on trial at Bicester Motion
A six-month project has begun to trial electric air taxis between Oxford and Cambridge. Skyports...
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Croyde Medical takes space at Grove Business Park
Croyde Medical has signed for a modern 3,419 sq ft unit at Grove Business Park. The maternity...
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Lord Hague cuts the ribbon on Oxford North
The £1.2 billion Oxford North development was officially launched by Lord Hague of Richmond on...
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Hill Group acquires consented land for housing scheme
Housebuilder The Hill Group has agreed to acquire two parcels of land at Parsonage Road in...
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Bourges View scheme goes up for sale
Chancerygate has announced its 124,100 sq ft Bourges View logistics and trade counter development...
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Report argues for extending East West Rail
A report by Transport East has highlighted benefits of extending East West Rail to Norfolk,...
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Ian Taylor joins Savills as associate
Savills has added to its planning team in the East of England with the appointment of Ian Taylor...
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First two phases complete at new Westcott development
Two phases of a new development at Westcott Venture Park have been unveiled. And three 10-year...
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Council to consider the future of Electric Theatre
The future of Guildford’s troubled Electric Theatre is being considered by the borough council....
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Christy Ng appointed principal planner for Boyer
Planning consultancy Boyer has appointed Christy Ng as principal planner in its Wokingham office....
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The next generation of new towns – implications for the Oxford to Cambridge Growth Area
New towns made the headlines this weekend after the Government’s taskforce released its first...
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Build baby build – Steve Reed’s energetic start and what it means for housing delivery
Sam Lloyd Jones, senior account executive for DevComms South East, weighs up the approach of the...
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Co-living flats launched in Guildford
Habito Co-Living has officially opened Guildford Plaza – its first UK development....
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Tower block to be redeveloped after deal with housing association
Councillors in St Albans have agreed to transfer an ailing 50-year-old tower block to a housing...
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Highly-sustainable care home launched
One of the UK’s most environmentally sustainable care homes has been officially opened. Marigold...
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Paula Hirst to lead massive garden town project
Paula Hirst has been named as new director for Harlow & Gilston Garden Town (HGGT). Her...
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Essex farm on the market with Savills
An Essex farm stretching to 35.78 hectares is on the market with Savills for £4.25 million. Boyles...
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Council set to seek a buyer for unfinished Hilton Garden Inn
The fiasco around the Hilton Garden Inn project at Fletton Quays in Peterborough is set to reach a...
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Council welcomes Government funding for Norwich
A leading councillor in Norwich has welcomed investment in the city from the Government’s £5...
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Approval for 42,541 sq m industrial scheme
Plans to redevelop Maidenhead Office Park into an industrial park have been unanimously approved....
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Construction under way at New Aquitaine House in Theale
Work has begun on Pulleyn Properties’ extension and redevelopment of its headquarters at Theale....
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Construction on Panattoni Park Reading to start next year
Panattoni expects to start work next year on a speculative 106, 453 sq ft logistics development at...
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Destination Oxfordshire: the train is ready to depart, time to get on board
Some of Oxfordshire’s most important developers and investors came together for the latest...
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Rob Brighouse arrives to help deliver Cowley Branch Line
Rob Brighouse has been announced as chair of the newly formed Oxford Strategic Rail Promoters’...
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Last chance to contribute to OxRAIL 2040
Just days remain for the public to contribute to a consultation on the future of rail in...
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Gymnastics firms stretches to second Surrey site
Prime Acrobatics has opened its second Surrey venue with help from Vail Williams. The health &...
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Deal could mean new home for charity
Councillors in Basingstoke have voted to approve in principle a deal to give a charity a new home...
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Two planners join Lichfields’ Thames Valley team
Planning and development consultancy Lichfields has appointed two new planners to its Thames...
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Spotlight on Guildford: regeneration spurs office market revival
Guildford’s office market is entering a new phase, with town centre regeneration schemes reshaping...
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Tungsten acquires four acres at Frimley Business Park
Tungsten Properties has acquired a total of four acres of consented development land at Frimley...
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New public exhibition to be held for Royal Elm Park scheme
A public exhibition about the Royal Elm Park development is to be held next week. The website for...
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Reading Riverworks scheme is launched
Berkeley Homes’ latest development of riverside apartments in Reading has been officially...
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Deal secures new fleet of 24 electric buses
A new fleet of 24 electric buses has been secured in a £13.8 million deal between Norfolk County...
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Delight as judge throws out legal challenge to consented 10,000-home scheme
A legal challenge to the consented 10,000-home Harlow & Gilston Garden Town has been thrown...
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Consultation starts over 400-home regeneration plan
Public consultation has begun on a draft masterplan for the future of the Rowley Drive area of...
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Innovation centre sold for £8.8m
Regional REIT has announced the sale of 58, 167 sq ft Clearblue Innovation Centre in Bedford,...
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Essex farm for sale with Savills
A 177-acre farm in Colchester is on the market with Savills for £4.5 million. Vinesse Farm in...
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