Vale approves Didcot data centre plan
Councillors have unanimously approved a plan for two large data centres at the site of the former...
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New market square plan praised by councillors
Councillors in Reading were unanimous in their support for a new market square in the town centre....
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186 homes planned for Chertsey
Bellway Homes has applied to build 186 properties at Chertsey. The developer, along with the...
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£16.7m bid could speed up science park at Salt Cross
A bid for £16.7 million from the Government’s Levelling Up Fund could help speed up the delivery...
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Panattoni could build 7.2m sq ft at Swindon
Industrial property developer Panattoni is considering building up to 7.2 million sq ft of...
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Covid-19: Update on commercial rent arrears and forfeiture
Asma Muneer, solicitor in Blandy & Blandy’s dispute resolution team, discusses the further...
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Arrow team of four targets further expansion
High Wycombe-based Arrow Planning has grown to a team of four as the firm celebrates its fourth...
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Adrian Chan joins Carter Jonas
Carter Jonas has appointed Adrian Chan as senior surveyor at its Oxford commercial agency team. Mr...
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View from the riverbank: A glimpse of the future
While numerous possibilities around Reading’s Minster Quarter regeneration site catch the eye, two...
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Mall goes on the market as investment opportunity
Reading’s Broad Street Mall has gone on the market with Knight Frank as an investment opportunity....
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Green Park silent over reported Amazon deal
Green Park owner Mapletree has refused to comment on a report that Amazon has taken 50,000 sq ft...
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Arlington acquired by Brookfield
Science and technology property investment business Arlington has been acquired by a fund of...
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Approval recommended for new market square
A plan for a new market square in the centre of Reading looks set to go ahead. Reading Borough...
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Brunel Retail Park set to make way for industrial
Councillors have been recommended to approve a plan to demolish a retail park in Reading and...
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Nuclear fusion demonstration plant for Culham
General Fusion will build and operate a nuclear fusion demonstration plant at the UK Atomic Energy...
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Massive film studio plan for Marlow
Public engagement is about to begin over plans for a massive film studio development just outside...
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Hopes for high levels of interest in Minster Quarter scheme
Councillors agreed to press ahead with plans to seek a development partner to bring forward the...
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AIPUT presses Government to support air freight industry
Thames Tap partner AIPUT has teamed up with Logistics UK to present 11 recommendations to the...
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Crucial time in the Arc’s future
The western section of the Oxford – Cambridge Arc is approaching a crucial stage with two key...
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Shifting boundaries in West London
DevComms account manager Oliver Sergant looks at how the proposed boundary changes affect the West...
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Permitted Development Rights for upward extensions
Solicitor Kayleigh Chapman, in Blandy & Blandy’s planning & environmental law team,...
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Two appointments to TVBLEP board
Thames Valley Berkshire LEP has appointed two non-executive directors, both of them from Acclaro...
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Witney sees new occupier demand
Agents at VSL say there is increasing interest in commercial property of all sizes in the...
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800 homes approved in three schemes
Three plans for a total of up to 800 homes have been approved in three schemes on the edges of the...
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Siemens takes 30,000 sq ft at Farnborough
Siemens has taken 30,000 sq ft at Farnborough Business Park. The German tech company plans to set...
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View from the riverbank: Time for the IDR to vanish from view
When the term ‘environmental catastrophe’ is used, it’s usually a dire prediction. However, on...
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Partner needed to regenerate key town centre site
A development partner may be brought in to bring forward a mixed-use scheme including more than...
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Clark Holt merges with Gardner Leader
Swindon-based law firm and Thames Tap partner Clark Holt has merged with Gardner Leader. The new...
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Biotech firm moves to new labs at Wood Centre for Innovation
Biotech start-up DJS Antibodies has become the second occupier to move into the newly converted...
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Hill Group moves to new Abingdon office
Housebuilder Hill Group has expanded to a new regional office at Abingdon. The group opened its...
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First homes released at Hayfield Walk
The first homes at Hayfield Walk in Hanslope, Bucks have been released. The first of the 101...
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Show homes open at Novus Apartments, Slough
Three new show homes have been unveiled at Novus Apartments in Slough. The three show apartments...
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Toutley East plans submitted by council
Outline plans for 130 properties and a 70-bed dementia care home at Toutley East have been...
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New attempt to convert Soane Point
A new Permitted Development proposal to turn Soane Point in Reading into flats, has been...
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10,000 sq ft letting at Basing View
Marketing agency Purple has taken 10,400 sq ft at Eni House in Basing View. The furnished ‘plug...
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VSL reports three office deals
VSL has reported three deals among professional services firms to the west of Oxford. Financial...
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Winery plan for Wiltshire village
A winery will be created in Wiltshire after a successful application by Nexus Planning. Nexus...
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OxLEP sets up home at Harwell Campus
OxLEP has moved its offices to the Harwell Campus. After more than a year of staff working from...
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Pressure on rents as UPS takes 127,500 sq ft unit in Reading
UPS has taken a 10-year lease on a 127,500 sq ft building in Island Road, Reading. All three of...
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View from the riverbank: Bicester’s tourism drive
It seems fitting that the first UK Property Forums event since early last year is at one of the...
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Catesby Estates seeks permission for 400 homes at Bourne End
Catesby Estates has submitted plans for up to 400 homes and community facilities on land at...
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Glencar to build pioneering sustainable warehouse
Glencar Construction has been awarded a contract by logistics building developer Baytree, to...
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SEGRO deal keeps long-term occupier in Slough
SEGRO has unveiled a 10,450 sq ft extension to one of its Slough Trading Estate occupiers’...
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UKPropFest set to be our biggest event yet
Details of the speakers and walking tours at our first major event since January 2020 can now be...
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131 flats planned for Reading
Plans have been submitted for 131 flats just outside Reading town centre. Cannon Capital...
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520 homes set for Guildford
Councillors have been recommended to approve plans for up to 520 homes at Guildford. Guildford...
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Gladman seeks to build 250 homes in Swindon
Plans for 250 homes at Highworth on the edge of Swindon go before councillors on Tuesday (June 8)...
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Jansons submits plans for 43 homes and a Lidl
Plans for 43 homes and a Lidl store on a site In Lower Earley have been submitted to Wokingham...
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View from the riverbank: Eagle’s chance to take off
The online polls held during our latest webinar on Thursday suggested a large proportion of those...
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‘Stampede’ of independent retailers in Reading
A surge in retail deals in Reading and Caversham centres has been reported since the start of the...
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72 student units planned for St Hilda’s College
St Hilda’s College, Oxford has applied to demolish its principal’s lodgings building and...
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1,035 student accommodation units proposed
Plans have been submitted to replace 462 student accommodation units at Oxford Brookes University...
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63 flats approved for Slough town centre
Plans for 63 flats and two commercial units have been approved by Slough Borough Council. The...
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Covid-19 – Update on commercial landlords’ ability to recover rents
Asma Muneer, solicitor in Blandy & Blandy’s dispute resolution team, discusses the limitations...
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Eagle Quarter ‘will be exciting from day one’
Newbury’s new Eagle Quarter will be exciting from day one, according to the team behind the...
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Drews site could be let following redevelopment refusal
The former Drews the Ironmongers store in Reading is back on the market to be let following the...
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Work on Great Wolf Resort to start next year
Work is set to start next year on creating Great Wolf Resorts’ new £200 million water park at...
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Care home design: lessons learned from pandemic
Kathryn Gundry, associate at architectural practice and Thames Tap partner West Waddy Archadia,...
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Rail travel ‘must continue to evolve’
Radical plans to shake up the rail system have been given a cautious welcome by transport planning...
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16,800 sq ft let at Chineham Park
Frasers Property UK has announced 16,800 sq ft of lettings at its Chineham Park scheme in...
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Europe’s most powerful electric car charging hub for Oxford
Oxford is to have Europe’s most powerful electric vehicle (EV) charging hub Oxford City Council...
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OxPropFest Awards contenders announced
All the contenders for the 2021 OxPropFest Awards have been announced for the first time. A panel...
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Four deals by London & County
London & County has reported it has completed four lettings at a building called Unity at...
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View from the riverbank: Gaol sentence gets longer
Barely a week after the Queen explained Government plans to speed up the planning process, one of...
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‘Let us into gaol’ – experts respond to MoJ decision
Fears Reading Gaol will continue to lie empty were voiced when Thames Tap asked the thoughts of...
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159 homes set for approval in Oxford
Councillors in Oxford will discuss plans for 159 homes in Marston on Wednesday (May 26). Ahead of...
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Old care home to make way for new one
Councillors in Guildford have approved a plan to knock a care home down for a new one. Perseus...
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Bellway gets set for action at Long Acre, Shinfield
With Hollywood’s arrival in Shinfield, Bellway Homes sees its Long Acre scheme as a place to...
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£11.6m for new roads in Swindon
Swindon is to get £11.6 million for new roads to serve its New Eastern Villages (NEV)...
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1,649 homes approved for South Wokingham
Councillors have approved 1,649 homes in South Wokingham along with a school, new roads, open...
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PDR plan for 144 flats rejected
A bid to convert Soane Point offices in Reading to 144 flats using Permitted Development Rights...
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Drews redevelopment bid loses at appeal
S2 Estates’ plan to replace the former Drews the Ironmongers building in Reading with 44 flats,...
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Chance to learn more about Slough Central
A second online consultation takes place on Tuesday (May 25) to discuss the proposals for the...
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Berkeley unveils 41 homes for Hart Council
Hart District Council took delivery of 41 new properties at an official event held on earlier this...
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Montreaux launches Odyssey Place in Maidenhead
Montreaux is to launch Odyssey Place on Saturday, May 22, a striking collection of one and two...
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Regen boost for Shanly’s Aylesbury schemes
The radical regeneration of Aylesbury offers a boost for Shanly Homes’ two schemes there. It’s...
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Private cinema, business lounge and fitness suite unveiled at Lumina
Residents at Berkeley Homes’ Lumina development in Camberley can now use new work, leisure and...
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Venue offers chance to benefit from Maidenhead regen
A short walk from where Maidenhead’s £500 million town centre regeneration will take place, Inland...
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More haste, less speed? The impact of the reform of the Use Classes Order on commercial leases
Jane Gunnell, in law firm Blandy & Blandy’s commercial property team, explains the impact of...
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8,594 sq ft letting at Grove Business Park – with more to come
A high tech business, which helps remove impurities from precious metals, has taken a lease on...
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Elsworth collection unveiled by housebuilder Hill
An impressive selection of four-bedroom houses at the Mosaics development at Oxford has been...
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Council to fight on for gaol after MoJ blow
Councillors in Reading have made a public commitment to continue to try to ensure Reading Gaol...
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Spotlight on Westminster – May 2021
DevComms director Charles Bushe reports on what the region’s MPs have been up to over the last...
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Major South Wokingham homes schemes set for approval
Planning applications for up to1,649 homes, a school, a district centre, open space, plus roads...
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View from the riverbank: Are we planning to fail?
A healthy mix of optimism and cynicism characterises the views of our experts on the reforms to...
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One small step for the Arc
The first of a series in which Hugh Blaza looks at the sectors behind the phenomenal technological...
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‘When Government try to simplify things they usually fail’ – our experts respond to planning reforms
Thames Tap’s Valley Voices have given a cautious response to planning reforms announced in the...
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237-room hotel set for Heathrow
Councillors in Hillingdon meet on Wednesday (May 19) to consider plans for a 237-room hotel at...
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Office take-up on the rise
Take up in the South East rose sharply in Q1 of this year – with deals in Reading and...
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125,000 sq ft warehouse and aircraft museum for Membury
Walker Logistics has won consent for a 125,000 sq ft warehouse and aircraft museum on the former...
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Hill enters Oxford housing partnership
Housebuilder Hill has been appointed development partner by Oxford City Council’s housing company...
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Hill’s striking additions to Mosaics development
Lockdown life has fuelled demand for larger detached homes with gardens, close green spaces – and...
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Office space shortage is forecast
Knight Frank has forecast a chronic shortage of sustainable office stock in the South East. Its...
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Industrial scheme filled in 18 months
All 35 units at an industrial scheme in Witney now have occupiers – just 18 months after...
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New co-working space for Milton Park
Work has begun on Oxfordshire’s largest flexible co-working space at Milton Park. The Bee House, a...
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Great Wolf Lodge wins appeal for £200m resort at Bicester
Great Wolf Lodge has won its appeal to build a £200 million water park resort at Bicester. The...
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Blandy & Blandy strikes a balance between office and home working
A hybrid approach which balances the best of home based working with the aspects people have...
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View from the riverbank: Huge steps forward for Slough and Windsor
One of the most peculiar contrasts between neighbouring town centres has long been that of Slough...
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Rejuvenation looms for Windsor Yards after acquisition
Windsor Yards shopping centre is set for redevelopment after its sale to AEW UK Investment...
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TOSP seeks to bring in strategic partner
Magdalen College, Oxford has appointed Cushman & Wakefield to seek a strategic partner to help...
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