Chiltern Land set up to help deliver brownfield sites
A new land promotion and residential development consultancy has been established in the Thames...
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Two more Microsoft buildings sold
Two former Microsoft buildings at Thames Valley Park which total 155,000 sq ft are in line for...
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New Local Plan for Cherwell district
David Bainbridge, planning director at Savills, based in Oxford, has been following the progress...
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Technology – the key to future co-working?
David Johnston, who co-founded MyWorkSpot co-working space in Maidenhead, discusses how space such...
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Positive signs from developers in Blandys research
Independent property developers are divided over Government support to the sector throughout the...
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SEGRO lets 60,000 sq ft Bracknell unit
A 60,000 sq ft unit at SEGRO Park Bracknell has been let, just weeks after reaching practical...
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Blandy & Blandy prepares to reopen
Law firm and Thames Tap partner Blandy & Blandy has taken the first steps in reopening its...
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2,200-home Garden Village for north Eynsham
Plans for 2,200-home Oxfordshire Garden Village on a site to the north of Eynsham have been...
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Australia: Life, business and property under Covid-19
In one of two articles involving Thames Tap contacts abroad, Amy Battle reports her experience...
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‘No sign things will be radically different’ – sceptical welcome for Build Build Build
Thames Tap’s Valley Voices have largely welcomed Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Build Build Build...
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Hyundai swaps Wycombe for Leatherhead
Hyundai is to leave High Wycombe for a new head office building at Leatherhead.The South Korean...
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Has sustainability taken a back seat since Covid-19?
Project director for Bulb Interiors, Andrew Squires, balances the needs of occupiers to socially...
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Axe hangs over John Lewis branches
John Lewis & Partners has refused to comment on the possible closure of stores in Reading,...
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Help Thames Valley Berkshire LEP drive recovery
Business owners can help Thames Valley Berkshire LEP compile a Berkshire Local Industrial Recovery...
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‘Every year planning gets more complex’
The planning system has been getting worse for years and shows no signs of reform, delegates heard...
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Ten deals signed at Milton Park
Ten new science and technology companies have signed leases totalling 45,448 sq ft at MEPC’s...
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Opposition grows to proposed Swindon Science Park
Around 1,000 representations have been made over plans for a new science park in Swindon.The...
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Podcast: ‘We have to get Nicholson Quarter right’
Maidenhead’s proposed new town centre is closer to a factory outlet than a traditional shopping...
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Deal to provide £1.2m to build affordable homes
A £1.2 million partnership has been formed between West Oxfordshire District Council and Heylo...
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‘Curious’ timing of 3,000-home Chalgrove Airfield application
Turley director Tim Burden has questioned the timing of the planning application by Homes England...
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Aldershot regeneration scheme approved
Plans have been approved for a major regeneration project in Aldershot town centre. Rushmoor...
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Row over Sandown Racecourse scheme
Residents in Esher have reacted to revelations about housing minister Robert Jenrick after he...
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Blandys’ research suggests housing market will bounce back
Luke McMath, partner in Blandy & Blandy Solicitors’ residential property team, looks at the...
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Spelthorne to hold public meeting over property investments
An online public meeting is to be held by Spelthorne Borough Council to explain its position...
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Reading International Business Park sold
Contracts have been exchanged in a £120 million deal to buy Reading International Business Park,...
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Consultation launched for mixed-used Kingston scheme
Three days of online public consultation begin on Monday, June 29 for a major mixed-use scheme in...
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2,500-home Garden Village proposed for Basingstoke
Portsmouth Estates has submitted a concept document to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council for...
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Town council opposes conversion of ancient Red Lion Hotel
Henley Town Council is to oppose a change of use application which could mean the ancient Red Lion...
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Homes England applies for 250 homes in West Berkshire
Homes England (HE) has applied to build up to 250 properties at the former site of the Pirbright...
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Massive warehouse planned for Basingstoke
Newlands Developments is seeking to build a 271,000 sq m distribution centre on land at Oakdown...
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Manor house, offices and 139 acres of parkland goes on the market
A rare site offering office buildings and a manor house within 139 acres of parkland is being...
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Street food market to open at Broad Street Mall this week
Reading’s Broad Street Mall is to open a pop-up street food market this week as a forerunner to...
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View from the riverbank: Don’t let evil succeed
It’ll be some time before Saturday’s dreadful events in Reading’s Forbury Gardens will enable us...
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‘We need face-to-face meetings again’
Face-to-face meetings need to return to the property world according to developer Andy Jansons.Mr...
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Aramex UK takes 80,000 sq ft at Heathrow
Logistics provider Aramex UK has taken a 10-year lease on an 80,782 sq ft building at Poyle...
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University’s biggest ever scheme remains on course
The biggest building project in the history of the University of Oxford remains on track despite...
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Bray Studios expansion approved
A major expansion of Bray Studios has been approved by the Royal Borough.Working on behalf of...
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Major extension to Holmer Green School
A major extension to Holmer Green Senior School in High Wycombe has been approved by...
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Vail Williams appoints Rob Pabst
Property consultancy Vail Williams LLP has appointed a regional facilities manager to join the...
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75 flats approved for prominent Slough site
Plans for 75 homes have been approved remotely by Slough Borough Council’s planning committee, its...
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Top names lined up to debate business park bounce
The current debate over working in dense urban centres or low rise out of town locations will be...
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164-homes planned for Bracknell Town FC site
Bracknell Town FC has submitted plans to redevelop its Larges Lane ground for 164 flats and move...
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Reading’s third Thames bridge ‘is now irrelevant’
Environmental issues and the Covid-19 crisis have made the third Thames bridge in Reading...
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BDT to let 12,500 sq ft at Basing View
Basingstoke agent, BDT, has been appointed to market 12,555 sq ft at Sovereign House at Basing...
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‘It’s time to put Maidenhead back at the top’
The developer behind Maidenhead’s proposed Nicholson Quarter, Rob Tincknell, says he plans...
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£400m Nicholson’s shopping centre plans unveiled
Details of the £400 million redevelopment of Maidenhead’s Nicholson’s shopping centre have been...
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Plans submitted for £3m Coppid Beech park & ride
Plans have been submitted for the 250-space Coppid Beech park & ride.Wokingham Borough Council...
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Oxford Local Plan is formally adopted
The final hurdle has been cleared for Oxford City Council’s Local Plan.The plan, found to be sound...
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48-unit care home succeeds at second attempt
An independent living extra care home has been approved for South Woking.Woking Borough Council’s...
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Massive warehouse approved for Swindon
A warehouse distribution building with a total of more than 2.3 million sq ft of floorspace has...
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2,500 homes approved for Swindon site
Outline planning permission has been granted for 2,500 homes at Swindon.Swindon Borough Council’s...
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Covid-19 and commercial property – practical tips for landlords, tenants and occupiers
Katja Wigham, partner in Blandy & Blandy’s commercial property team, provides practical tips...
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Still time to help redefine the way we live and work
The deadline has been extended for those wishing to take part in a survey about how travel and...
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Clare Giannini joins Willmott Dixon
A well-known name in the Thames Valley’s property and construction market has taken up a new role...
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Milton Park survey reveals post-Covid concerns
A survey among people who work at Milton Park has revealed the biggest fear of returning to the...
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Premier Inn approved for Swindon
Whitbread has been granted permission for a 194-room Premier Inn at Swindon.The £17 million,...
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334,000 sq ft deal at CM40 at Banbury
A speculatively-built 334,760 sq ft warehouse at Banbury has been let to logistics provider Great...
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Dobbies lays down roots at Designer Outlet Cotswolds
A major shopping development which includes much of the Thames Valley in its catchment, has...
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New date for Manydown application
A new date has been set for councillors in Basingstoke to consider plans for up to 3,250 homes at...
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Q&A with developer Andy Jansons
Jansons Property managing director Andy Jansons answers some central questions on the developer’s...
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New secondary school approved for Walton
A 900-pupil secondary school on land at Walton-on-Thames in Surrey has been approved by Elmbridge...
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Six deals at Winnersh Triangle
Frasers Property UK has announced six office deals totalling 140,000 sq ft at Winnersh...
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Speakers reveal the cost of Covid
A future of reduced property values, new working practices and firms not re-opening their...
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Alice Hilliard becomes partner at Hollis Hockley
Alice Hilliard is to join Thames Valley commercial agent Hollis Hockley as partner.Alice, who is...
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Third proposal for new Caversham cinema
Hermes’ latest bid to create a boutique cinema in Caversham involves replacing existing offices...
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Video reveals progress at Silverstone Park
An aerial video has been released to show the progress of the latest development at Silverstone...
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Q&A with Pippa Garrod from Blandy & Blandy
A Q&A with Pippa Garrod, associate solicitor in Blandy & Blandy’s dispute resolution team...
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New units drive demand at Bicester Motion
Bicester Motion has let 80 per cent of The Command Works, the new 77,000 sq ft extension to its...
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Property professionals abandon the razor
During numerous online meetings throughout recent months a number of lockdown beards have become...
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‘I can’t wait to get back to the office’
Forecasts suggesting the end of the office as we know it have been a feature of lockdown but Evoke...
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Sarah-Jane Curtis to help steer Bicester Motion
After playing a key role in the success of Bicester Village, Sarah-Jane Curtis has joined Bicester...
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South Oxfordshire Local Plan to kick off virtual hearings
South Oxfordshire’s Local Plan examination will be the first in the UK to be heard online. Tim...
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The Arc shows the collaborative way out of crisis
Sue Foxley, research director at Bidwells, shares her insight into how collaboration among...
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New Slough scheme ‘could lead its post-Covid revival’
Strategic plans are at an advanced stage for a radical mixed-use development in Slough, a scheme...
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Three deals announced by Hicks Baker
Hicks Baker has announced three office deals across Berkshire including one which will involve a...
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Jansons set to host landmark online public consultation for West Eynsham
A public consultation event for Jansons Property’s vision for the West Eynsham SDA along with...
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290,000 sq ft tech scheme with David Lloyd club approved
Plans for 290,000 sq ft of technology buildings and a David Lloyd Club in Bicester, have been...
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Survey suggests estate agents expect rapid recovery
A survey by law firm Blandy & Blandy has shown estate agents in the region, which have begun...
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View from the riverbank: Will Reading prove as remarkable as Oxford?
Our first online UK Prop Social event prompted some remarkable information and the next looks set...
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Oxford faces 20 per cent retail vacancy rate
Oxford city centre faces a possible vacancy rate of more than 20 per cent in its retail space...
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Cotswold Automotive Park gets final approval
After a prolonged delay, the £130 million Cotswold Automotive Park (CAP) with its Mullin Museum...
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Two masterplans move forward in Staines
A major redevelopment at Causeway Business Park in Staines has been approved by Runnymede Borough...
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RARE becomes sole agent for 60,000 sq ft at One Forbury Place
RARE Commercial Property is now acting as sole agent to dispose of almost 60,000 sq ft of former...
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New apart-hotel planned for Farnborough
Plans have been submitted for a 39-suite apart-hotel in the centre of Farnborough.House of Fisher,...
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Simon Dimmick retires from Blandys
One of the best known faces in legal and property circles in the Thames Valley is...
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Reading’s new road changes ‘will not become permanent by stealth’
Plans to introduce new cycle lanes and one-way systems throughout Reading have been agreed with...
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Oxford Local Plan 2036 approved by inspectors
The new Local Plan for Oxford is expected to be given final approval next month at a meeting of...
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Electric car maker expands into an extra 30,000 sq ft at Bicester
Electric van maker Arrival Ltd has taken a second unit at Network @ Link 9 in Bicester.The...
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What next in Chiltern & South Bucks Local Plan chaos?
Daniel Lampard and Zahra Waters, senior director and senior planner at Lichfields, look at the way...
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Inspector says councils failed to engage
Arrow Planning director Mark Schmull explains the latest twist in the wrangle between councils in...
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Jansons seeks improvements to West Eynsham SDA
Developer Jansons Property has drawn up a scheme to route the key access road into a major...
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Positive signs for Reading housing market
Residential estate agents, housebuilders and lawyers acted quickly to restart the sales and...
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Major changes to roads in Reading
Radical changes to Reading’s roads are set to be introduced during the pandemic with new cycleways...
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Major rebuilding project at AWE site
A screening opinion request has revealed plans for a massive rebuilding project at the AWE at...
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299 homes planned for Swindon
Danescroft has applied to build 299 homes in Swindon, part of the town’s New Eastern Villages...
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Pedestrianisation and cycle paths plan for central Oxford
Plans have been set out to make changes to roads in Oxford, some of which could stay in place...
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New £5m church development approved
A £5 million plan to redevelop Newbury Baptist Church has been approved by West Berkshire...
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What next for the Thames Valley’s major infrastructure projects?
Blandy & Blandy addressed the property industry at two of our events in recent times, looking...
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Four new partners at Blake Morgan
Law firm Blake Morgan has announced the promotion of four lawyers to partner – three of them...
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A RARE:Find as Loxone acquires 10,000 sq ft Theale
Smart home technology provider Loxone UK has acquired a 10,000 sq ft head office building at...
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