City of Oxford: Building a Bridge to a New World – exclusive webinar
An exclusive webinar, featuring some of the top names shaping Oxford’s future, takes place...
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Consultation launched for massive Slough redevelopment
Consultation has begun to help shape the massive redevelopment of the Queensmere Observatory...
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Victoria Jones joins Reading UK
Victoria Jones has joined Reading UK as head of marketing.Ms Jones has previously worked with...
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‘We are in a very good place’ – after 125 years
In the third of three stories with Thames Tap partner T A Fisher, we look at how the firm started...
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What will happen when we return to the office after lockdown?
Given the deluge of information around the post-COVID-19 workplace, David Thomas, partner at...
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Help to redefine the way we live and work
Thames Tap has teamed up with Legacy Thinking to support a project which seeks to unearth...
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Debenhams closure will prompt ‘diverse new operators’
The Beauty Hall from Next is to take over part of the Debenhams store at The Oracle after the...
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What will your post-pandemic property portfolio look like?
“Now that everyone is working from home, can I close all of my offices at the next lease break?”...
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Blandys gets thumbs-up from clients
Law firm Blandy & Blandy, which has offices in Reading and Henley-on-Thames, has been widely...
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A round up of Local Plans in the Thames Valley
Solicitor Kayleigh Chapman, in Blandy & Blandy’s planning & environmental law team, takes...
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Is the property industry following the science?
Derek Jones, managing director, pre-contracts, for Bulb Interiors & Laboratories, considers...
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Certainty lacking in South Oxfordshire
Daniel Lampard, senior director for Lichfields, casts an expert eye over two major issues in South...
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6,500 home Harrington scheme re-emerges
Plans, first considered decades ago, for up to 6,500 homes in South Oxfordshire are being...
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Lichfields puts planning authorities under the spotlight
Planners at Lichfields have given Thames Tap data they gathered on local authorities in the region...
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‘We are still on track’
Developers behind some of the region’s major projects have told Thames Tap they remain on track to...
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Is the Arc behind the curve?
Turley director Tim Burden sees a way forward to speed up the slow progress being made on the...
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500-home Wheatley Campus appeal is upheld
Oxford Brookes University’s plans for 500 homes at its Wheatley Campus can go ahead after an...
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Helen Tilton appointed by Cratus Communications
Helen Tilton has joined UK Property Forum member Cratus Communications.Ms Tilton will run Cratus’s...
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Is the Arc suffering under the weight of expectation?
Savills planning director David Bainbridge has questioned the progress made on the Oxford to...
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Edgars wins national commendation
Oxfordshire-based planning consultancy Edgars has received a commendation in a national awards...
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‘We need more SME housebuilders’
In the second of three articles marking the 125th anniversary of Thames Tap partner T A Fisher,...
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Residential property market slowdown – what next?
Associate solicitor Manisha Bhula, head of Blandy & Blandy’s residential property &...
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Heat network regulations: Government planning for the new regime
Ed Weightman, senior associate and energy specialist in Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP’s Oxford...
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New appointments to Reading UK board
Reading UK has appointed two new members to its board of directors.Becky Holland (pictured above),...
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140 flats planned for site in Staines
Plans have been drawn up by Spelthorne Borough Council to build 140 flats on three parcels of its...
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Podcast: ‘Business confidence will return’
Business confidence will return to the Thames Valley so long as a ‘measured and sensible’ approach...
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Surrey Council move scrapped due to COVID-19
Plans to move Surrey County Council (SCC) to Midas House in Woking have been scrapped due to the...
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Furloughed director cycles 6,000km at home
Bulb Interiors’ Andrew Squires expects to complete a month-long, 6,000km charity cycle ride from...
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Link road plan submitted to support Aylesbury’s growth
Plans have been submitted for a major link road to the south and east of Aylesbury to serve the...
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36 commercial units planned for Aylesbury
Haymaker Group has submitted plans for 36 commercial units totalling 85,000 sq ft near...
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‘We won’t be among the casualties’
While the property sector faces its most difficult time in most people’s living memories, one...
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‘Development industry fared well in 2019’
Savills‘ south central development team, based in Oxford and Reading, has reported a strong 2019...
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Guildford planning meetings to go online
Online planning committee meetings will start at Guildford Borough Council on May 20.Only...
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Revised Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to support employers and a further 200,000 workers
Following an initial announcement on March 20, 2020, the Government has sought to provide further...
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Harwell Campus vaccines centre fast tracked
Work to build a specialist vaccines centre at Harwell has begun ahead of schedule because of the...
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The new office evolution: Five changes occupiers are seeking
Guy Parkes, partner at property consultancy and Thames Tap sponsor Vail Williams LLP, has been in...
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Approval for Brunel shed at Wycombe
Architectural consultancy Hawkins/Brown has won planning consent for the 13,560 sq ft...
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Leases and COVID-19 – How are landlords with commercial tenants affected?
Olivia Foster, in Blandy & Blandy’s commercial property team, outlines the impact of the...
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Rare to market 27,177 sq ft at One Forbury Place
Rare Commercial Property has been appointed to market 27,177 sq ft of office space at One Forbury...
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Council urges minister to relax planning deadlines
A council leader has written the housing minister to ask for a relaxation of targets dates for...
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ByBox takes the top floor at The Future Works in Slough
ByBox has taken the entire seventh floor at The Future Works in Slough – including a private roof...
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Kier is keeping calm and carrying on
Thames Tap partner Kier has issued a reminder of the firm’s presence in the region after the...
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‘There are better things to spend your money on’ – agents’ views on gaol site
Property agents have given Thames Tap their views on the complexities over redevelopment of the...
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Abbey friends group wants gaol site archaeology probe
Friends of Reading Abbey (FORA) wants any new development at Reading Gaol to be sympathetic to...
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Is how we sign documents about to change amid COVID-19?
Two experts from the commercial property world have put their minds and experience together to...
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Up to 200 homes planned for Eynsham
Goldfield Estates and Pandora Properties are planning up to 200 homes on land at Eynsham.Via...
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LSH appointed for Basing View
Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has been appointed to operate alongside Rare Commercial Property as...
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‘Government needs to be flexible’
Duncan Campbell, director of property advisers Campbell Gordon, has appeared on a BBC video...
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Former chief planner joins Cratus Communications
One of the country’s leading planners has joined UK Property Forums member Cratus...
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‘Staggeringly disappointed’ over Reading Gaol decision
Councillors and campaigners have been left frustrated by the decision of the Ministry of Justice...
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What do data protection and COVID-19 mean for your business?
Debbie Brett and Jennifer Scott, in Blandy & Blandy’s corporate & commercial team,...
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Takeaway food and Permitted Development Rights changes due to COVID-19
Solicitor Kayleigh Chapman, from Blandy & Blandy’s planning & environmental law...
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Podcast: Housing ‘is key to tech recruitment across The Arc’
Housing will be key to the success of the Oxford to Cambridge Arc, according to Bidwells’ research...
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Eli Lilly takes 42,500 sq ft at Bracknell
Drugs giant Eli Lilly has taken all 42,500 sq ft of office space at 8 Arlington Square...
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Extra care home planned for Thame
Rectory Homes and FirstPort Retirement Property Services have applied to build an extra care...
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Commercial property and COVID-19 – sector by sector
Developer and Thames Tap partner Jansons Property has put together a summary of how its experts...
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Japanese drugs firm moves UK HQ to Uxbridge Business Park
Arlington has let 10,854 sq ft at Uxbridge Business Park to pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo...
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Brookfield Asset Management buys into Harwell
Brookfield Asset Management has acquired a 50 per cent stake in the Harwell Campus.Through its...
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The property market after COVID-19
Guy Parkes, partner at property consultant and Thames Tap sponsor, Vail Williams, looks at past...
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COVID-19 and commercial tenancies
Olivia Foster, in Blandy & Blandy’s commercial property team, explains the impact of...
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305 homes planned for Warfield
Plans for up to 305 homes and a primary school in Warfield have been submitted to Bracknell Forest...
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Formula for scientific success
Around five years ago Bulb Interiors set up a specialist division focussed on the very specific...
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Blandy & Blandy rated among top planning law firms
Blandy & Blandy has been ranked joint 12th in a list of the top-rated planning law firms in...
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Planning – the way forward
Planning authorities will need to balance the need for transparency and public involvement against...
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Pegasus, the planning system and COVID-19
Andy Meader, senior director for Pegasus Group, explains how COVID-19 has affected the planning...
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Conveyancing and COVID-19
Blandy & Blandy partner, Luke McMath, explains how the housing market and conveyancing can...
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Woking rejects 310 Build-to-Rent flats
Plans for 310 Build-to-Rent flats in a 39-storey block in Woking town centre have been...
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Woking rejects 366 Build-to-Rent flats
Councillors have refused an application by Watkin Jones and McKay Securities for 366 Build-to-Rent...
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Horlicks site regeneration approved after s106 agreement
The final planning hurdle in Berkeley Homes’ plans for the Horlicks Building in Slough has...
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The high street’s survival of the fittest
In the midst of the most difficult times in most people’s living memory, Hicks Baker retail...
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Mixed use scheme for the Wasing Estate
Plans have been submitted for the development of Shalford Farm on the Wasing Estate between...
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Newbury residential and commercial market update
Commercial developers should consider building in Newbury because of the shortage of supply in the...
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Berkeley Homes submits plan for SSE site
Berkeley Homes has submitted its plans for 209 homes on the site of the former SSE building in...
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COVID-19: Thames Tap partners on keeping calm and carrying on
The COVID-19 crisis is leading to increased demand for some services, new working practices and...
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Council scraps leisure centre plan through lack of funding
Plans for a leisure centre between Wantage and Grove have been scrapped after Vale of White Horse...
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Swindon seeks to CPO 165-year-old Mechanics’ Institute building
One of Swindon’s most remarkable buildings could be compulsorily purchased by the council and...
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RSSP scheme submitted to council
The planning application for the mixed-use scheme proposed for Reading Station Shopping Park has...
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Development partners sought for Oxford North
The developer behind the £500 million Oxford North scheme has begun the search for two joint...
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Oxford Report published online
Exclusive interviews with key players in the £4 billion joint venture between the University of...
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153 student units for Oxford
Frontier Estates is planning 153 student rooms in Jack Straw’s Lane in Headington,...
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Councillors refuse Great Wolf Lodge at Bicester
Great Wolf Lodge is considering its options after plans for a major resort at Bicester were...
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New homes and shops in £100m Blackbird Leys redevelopment
Councillors have agreed to move forward with the £100 million redevelopment of the Blackbird Leys...
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£170m infrastructure funding for Bucks
Aylesbury’s ambition to become a Garden Town was given a boost in the Chancellor’s March 11 Budget...
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Aldershot regeneration plans submitted
Plans have been submitted to redevelop a run down area of Aldershot town centre with 100 flats,...
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) and commercial contracts – Where do you stand?
Debbie Brett, partner in Blandy and Blandy’s corporate & commercial team, explains the...
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Brakes applied to Oxford to Cambridge Expressway
The Oxford-Cambridge Expressway has taken a backseat thanks to a Government document stating the...
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£180m research centre for Harwell Campus
A £180 million science and digitisation centre for the Natural History Museum at the Harwell...
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22,000 sq ft industrial unit pre-let to Meech International
Tungsten Properties has pre-let a 22,000 sq ft industrial unit in Witney to manufacturing business...
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Key appointments at Mactaggart & Mickel
Luxury housebuilder Mactaggart & Mickel has made two key appointments in its strategic land...
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View from the riverbank: Is the planning system fit for purpose?
When councillors in Reading met last week to decide some important planning applications there was...
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Reading at the start of a long transport journey
Chris Holdup, associate at mode Transport Planning, offers his initial thoughts on the newly...
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Blandys signs for 10 more years
Law firm Blandy & Blandy has signed two 10-year lease renewals for its central Reading...
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Reading’s transport strategy ‘the most ambitious ever’
A clean air zone, workplace parking levy, emissions and road user charging, a third Thames bridge...
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Reading proves safe bet for ROA
Racehorse Owners Association (ROA) is on course to become a new occupier in Reading.ROA is...
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52 student rooms for Oxford
A former Conservative Club in Oxford would make way for 52 student rooms in a planning application...
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Refusal recommended for Great Wolf resort at Bicester
Councillors have been recommended to refuse permission for the proposed Great Wolf Lodge resort at...
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Broad Street Mall flats scheme approved
Councillors approved plans to add 422 flats to Reading’s Broad Street Mall at their March 4...
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Massive data centre scheme out for consultation
Neighbouring councils are being consulted on plans to redevelop Langley Business Centre for a...
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New housing company for Rushmoor
Councillors in Rushmoor borough have approved a five-year business plan ahead of the formation of...
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Eight promotions at Savills in Oxford
Eight people have been promoted at Savills’ Oxford office.The moves include five people stepping...
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