Author: Alan Bunce
Podcast: Reading FC and more with Nigel Howe
Posted by Alan Bunce | Mar 4, 2024 | Berkshire, Deals, Development, Leisure, Mixed Use, News, Reading, Thames Tap, Views |
Thumbs-up for CMA report – but Government needs to act
Posted by Alan Bunce | Mar 4, 2024 | Development, East of England, New Build, New Homes, News, Plan, Politics, Residential, Thames Tap, Thames Valley, Views, West London |
Both Reading BIDs backed by businesses
Posted by Alan Bunce | Mar 4, 2024 | Berkshire, News, Politics, Reading, Thames Tap |
Housing costs could threaten Cambridge’s global significance
Posted by Alan Bunce | Mar 1, 2024 | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Eastern Echo, Environment, Infrastructure, News, Plan, Politics, Views |
Work starts on regeneration of Lakes Estate, Bletchley
Posted by Alan Bunce | Mar 1, 2024 | Buckinghamshire, Development, Milton Keynes, Mixed Use, News, Residential, Thames Tap |
Three Oxfordshire deals secured by Martin’s Properties
Posted by Alan Bunce | Mar 1, 2024 | Deals, Development, Industrial, Mixed Use, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Retail, Thames Tap |
Skanska and Morgan Sindall to deliver major Cambridge schemes
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 29, 2024 | Appointments, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Deals, Development, Eastern Echo, Environment, Mixed Use, News, Office |
Councils join forces to tackle the housing crisis
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 29, 2024 | Eastern Echo, Essex, News, Politics, Residential |
Council re-tenders for theatre upgrade over costs concern
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 29, 2024 | Deals, Eastern Echo, Essex, Leisure, News, Politics, Southend |
Farnborough leisure and cultural hub goes on display
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 29, 2024 | Development, Hampshire, Leisure, News, Thames Tap |
Blandys appoints Pam Kamel
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 28, 2024 | Appointments, Berkshire, News, People, Reading, Thames Tap |
360 student rooms planned for Guildford
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 28, 2024 | Development, News, Residential, Surrey, Thames Tap |
PC reached at Trebor’s Lightning Park
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 27, 2024 | Cambridgeshire, Deals, Development, Eastern Echo, Industrial, News |
Siren Craft Brew to open at Station Hill in May
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 27, 2024 | Berkshire, Deals, Leisure, News, Reading, Retail, Thames Tap |
Bewley plans up to 245 homes at Tadley
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 27, 2024 | Development, Hampshire, New Build, News, News, Residential, Sector home, Thames Tap, Thames Valley |
Blenheim Estate teams up with UKPF
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 27, 2024 | Deals, Editorial, New Build, New Homes, News, News, Oxfordshire, Residential, Thames Tap, Thames Valley |
Two deals announced at ARC Uxbridge
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 26, 2024 | Deals, Deals, Hillingdon, London West, News, News, Office, Office, Thames Tap, Uxbridge |
Sainsbury’s supermarket passes last hurdle for Arborfield site
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 26, 2024 | Berkshire, Development, News, Retail, Thames Tap |
Resilient year ahead for rural land prices
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 26, 2024 | Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Deals, East of England, Eastern Echo, Environment, Hertfordshire, Home, Land & Estates, Land Sales, Nature Based Solutions, News, News, Suffolk, Views, Views |
Minister marks groundbreaking at Milton Park’s latest development
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 26, 2024 | Development, Laboratory, Life Science, News, Oxfordshire, Technology, Thames Tap |
Redevelopment approved for industrial estate
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 23, 2024 | Development, Industrial, News, Surrey, Thames Tap |
Bedford residents support East West Rail in new survey
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 23, 2024 | Arc Watch, Bedford, Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, Eastern Echo, Infrastructure, Infrastructure, News, News |
Savills shows Oxford’s lab demand is boosting the office market
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 23, 2024 | Deals, Life Science, News, Office, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Thames Tap, Towns |
Deal signed to help bring Great Wolf Resort to Basingstoke
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 23, 2024 | Basingstoke, Deals, Development, Hampshire, Leisure, News, Thames Tap |
Chance to meet the key figures in Epping Forest developments
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 22, 2024 | Deals, Development, Eastern Echo, Essex, News |
Cambridge take-up stats driven by science and tech
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 22, 2024 | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Development, Eastern Echo, Laboratory, Life Science, News, Technology |
Making meanwhile uses worthwhile
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 22, 2024 | Development, Eastern Echo, Office, Politics, Views |
Hollywood Bowl, TK Maxx and River Island deals at The Chimes, Uxbridge
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 22, 2024 | Berkshire, Deals, Leisure, News, Retail, Thames Tap |
Another AEW acquisition in Reading – and a new bar to open
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 21, 2024 | Berkshire, Deals, Development, Leisure, News, Reading, Thames Tap |
Dismay over incinerator approval at Wisbech
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 21, 2024 | Cambridgeshire, Development, Eastern Echo, Environment, Infrastructure, News |
170-home retirement village approved on appeal
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 21, 2024 | Cambridgeshire, Development, East of England, Eastern Echo, New Build, New Homes, News, News, Residential |
22,000 sq ft of lettings announced at The Future Works
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 21, 2024 | Berkshire, Deals, News, Office, Slough, Thames Tap |
Podcast: Alistair Elliott, former chairman and senior partner of Knight Frank
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 21, 2024 | Laboratory, News, Office, People, Residential, Technology, Thames Tap, Views |
Tungsten Properties acquires two sites for industrial schemes
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 20, 2024 | Buckinghamshire, Deals, Development, High Wycombe, Home, Industrial, Land & Estates, Land Sales, Milton Keynes, News, News, Thames Tap, Thames Valley |
Deal agreed for 196 homes at Tattenhoe Park
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 20, 2024 | Buckinghamshire, Deals, Development, Milton Keynes, New Build, New Homes, News, News, Residential, Thames Tap, Thames Valley |
‘Less talk, more action’: UKPF partners respond to Gove’s latest planning changes
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 19, 2024 | Development, Home, Land & Estates, New Build, New Homes, News, News, Politics, Residential, Thames Tap, Thames Valley, Thames Valley, Views, Views, Views |
View from the riverbank: imagination deficit
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 19, 2024 | Berkshire, Development, Leisure, Politics, Reading, Swindon, Thames Tap, Views, Wiltshire |
WAE Technologies takes 57,000 sq ft at OTP
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 16, 2024 | Deals, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Technology, Thames Tap |
Plans for 32 employment units recommended for approval
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 16, 2024 | Cambridgeshire, Development, Industrial, News, Office, Peterborough |
Can South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse co-operate to achieve growth?
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 16, 2024 | New Homes, Oxfordshire, Plan, Politics, Thames Tap, Views, Views |
Work starts on new £1.6m public realm for Colchester city centre
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 16, 2024 | Development, Eastern Echo, Environment, Essex, Infrastructure, News |
Plans for 500 homes and commercial space go on show
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 15, 2024 | Development, Eastern Echo, Industrial, Life Science, News, Residential, Suffolk |
Major hotel scheme approved for Orchard Park
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 15, 2024 | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Development, Eastern Echo, Leisure, News, Residential |
Pragmatic Semiconductor doubles its floorspace
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 15, 2024 | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Deals, Eastern Echo, Life Science, News |
Bids welcome to re-imagine Civic Quarter
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 15, 2024 | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Development, Eastern Echo, Mixed Use, News, Plan |
New weather centre approved at University for Reading
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 15, 2024 | Berkshire, Deals, Development, Environment, Infrastructure, News, Reading, Technology, Thames Tap |
Adobe among three new occupiers at Campus
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 15, 2024 | Berkshire, Deals, Environment, News, Office, Reading, Thames Tap |
Break clauses – pitfalls for commercial tenants
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 14, 2024 | Thames Tap, Views |
Plan to demolish vacant Siemens offices for 170 homes
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 14, 2024 | Development, New Build, New Homes, News, News, Residential, Surrey, Thames Tap, Thames Valley |
Plans submitted for 99 homes at Caversfield
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 14, 2024 | Development, News, Oxfordshire, Residential, Thames Tap |
New attempt to redevelop industrial estate
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 13, 2024 | Development, Environment, Industrial, News, Surrey, Thames Tap |
RLB report reveals cautious market positivity
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 13, 2024 | Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, News, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Thames Tap, Views, Wiltshire |
Kadans unveils latest new lab space
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 13, 2024 | County, Deals, Development, Laboratory, Life Science, News, Office, Oxford, Thames Tap |
Inquiry starts into homes near Guildford Cathedral
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 13, 2024 | Environment, New Build, New Homes, News, Residential, Surrey, Thames Valley |
Shire Hall building goes on the market
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 12, 2024 | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Deals, Eastern Echo, News, Office |
Four office deals at One Cambridge Square
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 12, 2024 | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Deals, Eastern Echo, News, Office |
UKREiiF teams up with OxPropSummit
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 12, 2024 | News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Thames Tap |
Approval for 95 homes in Wiltshire
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 12, 2024 | Deals, Development, Environment, News, Residential, Thames Tap, Wiltshire |
Willmott Dixon selected for new Herts police head offices
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 12, 2024 | Development, Eastern Echo, Hertfordshire, News, Office |
Grafton Centre redevelopment approved
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 12, 2024 | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Development, Eastern Echo, Life Science, Mixed Use, News, Office, Retail, Retail, Technology |
Vail Williams opens Oxford office
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 9, 2024 | Deals, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, People, Thames Tap |
Tesla among new occupiers at Catalyst Bicester
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 9, 2024 | Deals, Development, Industrial, News, Oxfordshire, Thames Tap |
£300m Norwich scheme ditched
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 9, 2024 | Development, Eastern Echo, Mixed Use, News, Norfolk, Norwich, Politics |
Councillors agree to try to revive the ‘heart of Swindon’
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 9, 2024 | Development, Education, Leisure, News, Swindon, Thames Tap, Wiltshire |
Occupiers still struggling to assess their space requirements
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 8, 2024 | Berkshire, Development, Infrastructure, News, Office, Reading |
The AA secures its new home at Plant
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 8, 2024 | Basingstoke, Deals, Development, Hampshire, News, Office |
Greggs drive-thru set to replace derelict Reading pub
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 8, 2024 | Berkshire, Development, Leisure, News, Reading, Retail, Thames Tap |
Council considers what to do with empty House of Fraser store it owns
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 7, 2024 | Development, Mixed Use, News, Politics, Retail, Surrey, Thames Tap |
349-home Bracknell Beeches scheme gets under way
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 7, 2024 | Berkshire, Bracknell, Development, New Build, New Homes, News, News, Residential, Thames Valley |
McLaren Living set to transform Minster Quarter
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 7, 2024 | Berkshire, Deals, Development, Environment, Mixed Use, News, Plan, Politics, Reading |
45,000 sq ft distribution centre let by Savills
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 6, 2024 | Deals, Eastern Echo, Industrial, News, Office |
Three new lettings and rising numbers at The Lexicon
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 6, 2024 | Berkshire, Bracknell, Deals, News, Retail, Thames Tap |
Inquiry to start into £300m road scheme around Didcot
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 5, 2024 | Environment, Infrastructure, News, Oxfordshire, Plan, Politics, Thames Tap |
New 107,000 sq ft building for Slough Trading Estate
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 2, 2024 | Berkshire, Development, Environment, Industrial, News, Slough, Thames Tap |
Hundreds oppose plans for battery storage site
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 2, 2024 | Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, Development, Environment, Infrastructure, News, Politics, Thames Tap |
Councils join forces to form Berkshire Prosperity Board
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 1, 2024 | Berkshire, Bracknell, Infrastructure, Maidenhead, Newbury, News, Politics, Reading, Slough, Thames Tap |
Work imminent on 175,000 sq ft Vitrum
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 1, 2024 | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Deals, Development, Eastern Echo, Environment, Laboratory, Life Science, News |
Top reviews and a new bar for Ebb & Flow
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 1, 2024 | Berkshire, BTR, Development, New Homes, News, News, Reading, Residential, Thames Tap, Thames Valley |
New Oxford city centre office for Morgan Sindall Construction
Posted by Alan Bunce | Feb 1, 2024 | Deals, News, Office, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Thames Tap |
New Regus office opens in St Albans
Posted by Alan Bunce | Jan 31, 2024 | Deals, Development, Eastern Echo, Hertfordshire, News, Office, St Albans |
New bid to save crumbling Swindon building
Posted by Alan Bunce | Jan 31, 2024 | Development, Education, Environment, Leisure, News, Politics, Thames Tap, Wiltshire |
Podcast: Caitlin Attrill and Liv Thomas on NextGen and the property world
Posted by Alan Bunce | Jan 31, 2024 | Berkshire, Development, Environment, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Plan, Politics, Reading, Thames Tap |
Carter Jonas secures 38,000 sq ft deal in Oxford City Centre
Posted by Alan Bunce | Jan 31, 2024 | Deals, News, Office, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Thames Tap |
Local Plan update moves forward at Guildford
Posted by Alan Bunce | Jan 30, 2024 | News, Plan, Politics, Sector, Surrey, Thames Tap |
New aquadrome for Basingstoke set to move forward
Posted by Alan Bunce | Jan 30, 2024 | Basingstoke, Development, Hampshire, Leisure, News, Politics, Thames Tap |
Google acquires airfield site in Essex
Posted by Alan Bunce | Jan 29, 2024 | Deals, Development, Eastern Echo, Essex, News, Politics, Technology |
139,000 sq ft lab building wins approval
Posted by Alan Bunce | Jan 29, 2024 | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Development, Eastern Echo, Laboratory, News, Office |
PwC rumoured to be first completion at One Station Hill
Posted by Alan Bunce | Jan 29, 2024 | Berkshire, Deals, Development, News, Office, Reading, Thames Tap |
Occupiers deterred by lack of industrial supply in Reading
Posted by Alan Bunce | Jan 29, 2024 | Berkshire, Development, Industrial, News, Politics, Reading, Thames Tap |
Savills appoints Henry Godsal to key investment role
Posted by Alan Bunce | Jan 26, 2024 | Appointments, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Eastern Echo, News, People, Subject, Towns |
Savills reports H2 boost in office deals in 2023
Posted by Alan Bunce | Jan 26, 2024 | News, Office, Thames Tap |
Why the revised NPPF could provide a challenge for Green Belt authorities
Posted by Alan Bunce | Jan 25, 2024 | Eastern Echo, Environment, New Homes, News, Plan, Residential, Views, Views |
Logistics hub planned by Thames Valley Police
Posted by Alan Bunce | Jan 25, 2024 | Berkshire, Development, Laboratory, News, Office, Thames Tap |
College wins approval for major improvements
Posted by Alan Bunce | Jan 25, 2024 | Development, Education, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Thames Tap |
40 homes, care home and nursery planned
Posted by Alan Bunce | Jan 25, 2024 | Development, News, Oxfordshire, Residential, Thames Tap |
Consultation starts over 1,000+ homes at RAF Halton
Posted by Alan Bunce | Jan 24, 2024 | Buckinghamshire, Development, Mixed Use, New Build, New Homes, News, News, Plan, Residential, Thames Tap, Thames Valley |
LRG makes three acquisitions
Posted by Alan Bunce | Jan 23, 2024 | Berkshire, Deals, News, Surrey, Thames Tap |
Two appointments at Carter Jonas Oxford
Posted by Alan Bunce | Jan 23, 2024 | Appointments, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, People, Thames Tap |
Carter Jonas is on the OxTrail
Posted by Alan Bunce | Jan 21, 2024 | Environment, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Thames Tap |