View from the riverbank: Thames Valley continues to develop
On January 31, Thames Tap held a round table at which there was virtually unanimous agreement that...
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189,000 sq ft of offices and 94,000 sq ft of residential planned for Maidenhead
Plans to replace two offices in Maidenhead with a mixed use, office, residential and commercial...
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MP joins topping out at Green Park
Topping out has taken place at the new 240,000 sq ft office development at Green Park, ahead of an...
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Finalists chosen for Oxfordshire Property Awards 2020
Finalists have been decided for the Oxfordshire Property Awards 2020. Judges met on Friday,...
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Bus Boulevard scheme goes on display
Public drop-ins will be held to explain plans for the radical multi-million pound Bus Boulevard...
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SODC Local Plan deadlock could be broken
The latest move in the South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) Local Plan row looks set to...
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Oracle’s bowling alley, adventure golf, cafes and shops set for approval
Councillors have been recommended to approve a plan by The Oracle in Reading to turn its House of...
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422 flats at Broad Street Mall recommended for approval
Plans to add up to 422 flats to Reading’s Broad Street Mall go before councillors on March 4 with...
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Arlington Business Park sold to CapitaLand
Arlington Business Park at Theale has been sold to Singapore-based CapitaLand for £130 million.All...
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Manydown to go before planners in March
The planning application for the 3,520-home Manydown scheme at Basingstoke will be heard by...
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McKay secures its Greyfriars Road home
McKay Securities has applied for prior approval to turn its Reading head offices into flats – but...
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Podcast: Western Rail Link ‘a game changer for Reading housing market’
Western Rail Link to Heathrow will prove a game changer for Reading’s housing market, according to...
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Half an hour, half the price: The London-Thames Valley exodus
Driven by the need to adopt a more cost competitive trading position post-Brexit together with...
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New plans for Bicester Gateway
New plans have been submitted for the Bicester Gateway development after the previous scheme was...
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20,000 sq m industrial scheme for Theale
A plan for 20,000 sq m of industrial development is being drawn up for a site at Theale.A...
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370 homes for Swindon
An application to build up to 370 homes in Swindon has been submitted by David Wilson Homes and...
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Guildford town centre regeneration scheme being planned
Plans are being drawn up to develop a town centre site in Guildford into homes, shops, cafes, a...
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Sara Mardle joins Thames Valley Surveying
Chartered architectural technologist Sara Mardle has joined Reading-based Thames Valley Surveying...
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Massive film studio planned
A massive film studio is planned for Thames Valley Science Park.US-based Blackhall Studios has...
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International trade, MIPIM and Oxfordshire discussed at Oxford Social
Around 45 delegates attended the latest Oxford Social where MIPIM topped the agenda.The breakfast...
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Work starts on 310,000 sq ft Didcot Quarter
Work has begun on construction of 310,000 sq ft of distribution and logistics space at Didcot. The...
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Is multi-level industrial on the way?
SEGRO director Paul Lewis believes multi-level industrial developments will one day arrive in the...
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The South Oxfordshire Local Plan – What is Happening?
Solicitor Kayleigh Chapman, in Blandy & Blandy’s planning & environmental law team, looks...
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Funding set for Brexit bounce
A ‘quick and immediate reaction’ in the funding market as a result of Brexit was predicted when...
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RivingtonHark set to reposition the Kennet Centre
Town centre rejuvenation specialist RivingtonHark has been appointed to improve the Kennet Centre,...
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VSL celebrates Arrival in Bicester
A firm at the leading edge of electric van development has taken a new 120,600 sq ft manufacturing...
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St Modwen set to start on 200,000 sq ft industrial park
Work on a new industrial park in Basingstoke, totalling 200,000 sq ft, is set to start in Spring...
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250 homes and medical centre planned for Reading Golf Club site
Plans for 250 family homes and a medical centre on part of Reading Golf Club (RGC) site at Emmer...
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New plans to redevelop Meadway precinct
Outline plans have been submitted to to Reading Borough Council redevelop the Meadway precinct in...
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Official launch for Village Hotel Basingstoke
Dignitaries gathered on Monday (February 10) to launch the £20 million Village Hotel Club at...
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Oxfordshire R&D rents rocket
Research by Bidwells has shown spiralling rents for research space in Oxfordshire.The property...
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Savills appoints David Bainbridge
Savills, has appointed chartered town planner David Bainbridge as a director in its planning...
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Groundbreaking marks start of latest R&D space at Harwell
Groundbreaking has taken place at the site of a 60,000 sq ft building which will help tackle the...
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Police, fire and ambulance station for Theale
Work will start in Spring on a combined police, fire and ambulance station in Theale which will...
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Lessons from King’s Cross
Around 100 property professionals in Reading heard how flexibility allowed the massive King’s...
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Reading Golf Club redevelopment plans to go on show
Fiercely-contested plans to redevelop Reading Golf Club (RGC) in Emmer Green go out to public...
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TK Maxx commits to Broad Street Mall
A 10-year lease has been agreed that will keep TK Maxx at the Broad Street Mall in...
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Six years of industrial reports put planning system in the spotlight
Problems in the planning system have been highlighted as the stand out theme in six years of...
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Take up boost in Basingstoke office market
Research by property consultants Baker Davidson Thomas has shown positive take up figures in the...
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Reading Social returns to Winnersh Triangle
Reading Social returns to Winnersh Triangle for another successful UK Prop Social event.Charlie...
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Slough scheme tops out eight weeks early
Slough Urban Renewal (SUR) has shown off the progress made in the development of two hotels, 64...
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‘The time for Station Hill is now’
Reading’s Station Hill is attracting interest from office occupiers considering taking large...
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New property group for Newbury West Berkshire
A property group has been established within the economic development company, Newbury West...
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Broad Street Mall cinema to open this summer
Broad Street Mall owner Moorgarth has announced details of the cinema due to open at the centre...
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Glyn Salmon retires from Kier
Glyn Salmon has retired from Kier after 18 years.Mr Salmon, who was operations director as well as...
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Key roles filled at Milton Park
Two key appointments have been made at Milton Park in Didcot.Georgina Taylor has joined as...
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Advice on purchasing a commercial freehold property at auction
Solicitor Geena-Mae Bucknall, in Blandy & Blandy LLP’s commercial property team, provides...
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Massive new business district plan for Slough
Plans for a massive shopping centre in Slough have been ditched for a mixed use business district...
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Refurbed Maidenhead space come to market
A striking redesign has been completed at a 37,000 sq ft building at Maidenhead Office...
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Frasers acquires Lakeshore scheme for £135m
Frasers Property has acquired the Lakeshore development at Bedfont Lakes for £135 million.The...
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48,000 sq ft of lettings at Chineham Park
Three office lettings totalling more than 48,000 sq ft have been completed at Chineham Park in...
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Magpies plan 2023 move to Braywick
Maidenhead United FC could be in its new stadium by 2023.The club’s plan to move from York Road to...
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Meg Hopkins joins Evoke Transport Planning
Environmental science student Meg Hopkins has joined Evoke Transport Planning.Meg, currently in...
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Record industrial supply for Oxfordshire
The Oxfordshire market saw its largest ever supply of new speculative industrial stock in 2019...
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Haslams Chartered Surveyors appoints Will Morris and John Radford
Haslams Chartered Surveyors has appointed Will Morris as partner.Mr Morris, a RICS-registered...
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View from the riverbank: Be positive
Appointments, promotions, deals, a buyout, development, investment and the launch of awards to...
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Entries open for Oxfordshire Property Awards
The stand out projects and stand out people behind Oxfordshire’s property success will be...
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New Barclays Eagle Lab for Oxford
Barclays is to open a new Eagle Lab business incubator in Oxford.The service, supporting early...
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Harwell invites innovators to pilot energy technoloy
Harwell Campus has created what it calls a Technical Living Lab where energy innovators can test...
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1,000 homes and up to 71,000 sq m of industrial for AkzoNobel site
Developer Pannatoni has submitted plans for up to 1,000 homes and employment space for up to 500...
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Management buy out at Glanville
Multi-disciplinary consultancy Glanville has gone through a management buy out.The practice, which...
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Top names line up to discuss Bucks high streets
Five councils, Buckinghamshire LEP and businesses will come together next month to discuss how to...
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Council to replace Reading’s Rivermead Leisure Centre
Reading’s Rivermead Leisure Centre is to be replaced by a more modern development and a new...
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Harrison Clark Rickerbys to move to Reading town centre
Law firm Harrison Clark Rickerbys is to move from Green Park to Reading town centre.The firm,...
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Workplace parking levy looms for Oxford
A workplace parking levy (WPL) for Oxford is among radical transport measures to be voted on by...
Read MoreBusiness rates – changes on the way
With significant changes to business rates in the pipeline, Danny George, partner at property consultancy and Thames Tap partner, Vail Williams LLP, looks at what can be expected.Following last month’s election result, there is...
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162,000 sq ft warehouse scheme for Reading
Developer Arlington has submitted outline plans for 162,250 sq ft Reading International Logistics...
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View from the riverbank: Time for an industrial revolution
The submission by Arlington of the strategically significant site at Reading International...
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Three occupiers sign up for Elms Field, Wokingham
Three new occupiers have signed up to be part of the new Elms Field development in Wokingham –...
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Blandy’s teams up with Vail Williams for new seminar
Blandy & Blandy has teamed up with Vail Williams to host an event to offer advice on...
Read More‘Does minister have the courage of his convictions?’
A letter to housing minister Robert Jenrick has questioned his motives for keeping in place orders preventing South Oxfordshire acting on its Local Plan.Last year Mr Jenrick used rare powers to temporarily prevent the district...
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Bright prospects for Reading industrial market after 2019 ‘paralysis’
The long-running lack of supply of industrial stock in Reading is finally being addressed,...
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Wokingham Local Plan progresses
Councillors have approved the latest version of Wokingham borough’s draft Local Plan and public...
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New Station Hill application to go on show
Public exhibitions are to be held to display the next phase of Station Hill in Reading.As...
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Plans for Aldershot town centre to be submitted by March
A planning application to redevelop part of Aldershot’s run down town centre with a major...
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First letting at refurbished Loft Oxford
The first space to be let in the refurbished Loft Oxford building has been taken by communications...
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Landlords must meet new standards
Gemma Smith, associate solicitor in Blandy & Blandy LLP’s award-winning commercial property...
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Rob Lynch joins Blake Morgan
Rob Lynch has joined Blake Morgan as property partner. Mr Lynch was previously partner at Harrison...
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New Station Hill application imminent
Guests at 2020’s first Reading Social event heard the newest Station Hill planning application is...
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New year, new Government, new agenda – What does it mean for property?
DevComms managing director Rob Allaway has searched December’s Queen’s Speech to bring...
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Savills reports successful Oxford investment market in 2019
Thames Tap publisher UK Property Forums is one of the first businesses to take newly available...
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TWENTY Kingston Road, Staines sold for £19m
CLS has announced it has exchanged contracts to acquire 44, 230 sq ft TWENTY Kingston Road in...
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£359.5m council fund for Weyside Urban Village
Councillors have approved £359.5 million for infrastructure at 1,500-home Weyside Urban Village in...
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Kelly Matthews promoted at Savills, Oxford
Kelly Matthews has been appointed head of Savills’ residential lettings team in Oxford....
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Debate starts over Oxford’s zero emissions zone
Businesses will debate the UK’s first city centre zero emissions zone which could be in operation...
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Council says 15,000-home Grazeley Garden Town will save other sites from development
The latest version of Wokingham borough’s draft Local Plan will go before councillors on January...
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Edgars announces three promotions
Planning consultancy Edgars has promoted three planners to senior level. Alex Edge, Hugh Shepherd...
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Reading HMRC offices set for PDR conversion to 85 flats
An office building in Reading, currently let to HMRC, may be turned into 85 studio flats under a...
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Reading International Business Park offers ‘a fantastic opportunity’
Reading International Business Park (RIBP) offers a fantastic opportunity to its new owner,...
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Avison Young to draw up masterplan for London Road Industrial Estate
A masterplan for redevelopment of the London Road Industrial Estate in Newbury is to be drawn up...
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Guy Parkes and Andrew Baillie join Vail Williams from Rare
Property consultancy and Thames Tap partner Vail Williams has appointed Guy Parkes and Andy...
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Challenge ahead as consultation starts over Aylesbury Garden Town
A six-week consultation has begun over the masterplan for Aylesbury Garden Town which will lead to...
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Alison Webster appointed chief executive of Thames Valley Berkshire LEP
Thames Tap publisher UK Property Forums is one of the first businesses to take newly available...
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Delay to planning application for RSSP site
Submission of the planning application to redevelop the Reading Station Shopping Park (RSSP) has...
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Andover regeneration to include ‘wellness quarter’
More than 90 people attended a consultation on ambitious plans to redevelop Andover town...
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DevComms becomes new Voice of the Valley and moves into Oxfordshire
Stakeholder engagement specialist DevComms has reported major changes in December including an...
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Rare plans 2020 expansion
Rare Commercial Property has announced its plans to expand in 2020.The office agency, founded in...
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Crockers to join Harrods at Gardiner Place, Henley
A fine dining restaurant with former MasterChef finalist Dean Westcar as head chef is to open next...
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Lease agreed for St Modwen’s 188,000 sq ft warehouse scheme
Councillors in Basingstoke have agreed a 150-year lease on an 11-acre site earmarked for a 188,000...
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Retail market in Henley outperforms rival towns
The retail property market in Henley is outperforming that of similar towns, according to a new...
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