OneWeb demo office opens at Westcott
A sales and demonstration centre has opened at Westcott Venture Park for OneWeb, offering...
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How commercial property leases may change after Covid
Associate solicitor Gemma Smith, in law firm Blandy & Blandy’s commercial property team, looks...
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Foodstore approved for Bodicote
Consent has been given for a food store at Cotefield Business Park, Bodicote in Oxfordshire....
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265,000 sq ft more industrial space at Silverstone Park
Work has begun on 265,000 sq ft of speculative industrial buildings at Silverstone Park. A total...
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Slough is 46 per cent cheaper than its neighbours
House prices in Slough are 46 per cent below those of neighbouring boroughs, including those in...
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WRLtH ‘will be game-changer for Slough’
Western Rail Link to Heathrow (WRLtH) could offer a major boost to the housing market in Slough,...
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Key appointments for Carter Jonas
Property consultant and Thames Tap sponsor Carter Jonas has made 10 partner and group partner...
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Last chance to secure Drake Lodge apartment with two Government support schemes
Shanly Homes says first time buyers have a rare opportunity to buy a quality new home in a hugely...
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Massive Slough schemes due to be submitted by next year
Plans are due to be submitted by early next year for three major schemes in the centre of Slough...
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66-bed care home plan for Aldershot
LNT Care Developments plans a 66-bed car home to replace a car park in Aldershot. The Leeds-based...
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Key 143-home Banbury scheme submitted
Plans have been submitted for 143 new homes and community/retail space at the Canalside in Banbury...
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SEGRO support for careers in property
SEGRO has teamed up with Pathways to Property to invite sixth formers in the Thames Valley to find...
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New partners elected at Blake Morgan
Law firm Blake Morgan has elected Kath Shimmin as chair, one of five new partners. She replaces...
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View from the riverbank: Oxford’s route to the future
It would not have been unreasonable to think Oxford’s Westgate Centre faced a difficult existence...
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Inspector to consider 2,200-home Salt Cross Garden Village
A Government inspector has been appointed to oversee areas of the proposed 2,200-home Salt Cross...
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Old Bucks County offices set to become 46 flats
Plans to convert the former Buckinghamshire County Council offices in Aylesbury to 46 homes have...
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Local Plan challenge blocked again
The latest bid to block the South Oxfordshire Local Plan has been thrown out. The High Court had...
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Oxford North moves closer
Work on the massive mixed-use Oxford North scheme could start in the Summer. Thomas White Oxford...
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Shoppers flock back to Westgate centre
Shoppers have flocked back to the Westgate centre in Oxford following the reopening of retail....
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Stamp Duty Land Tax Surcharge for non-UK buyers
Olivia Foster in Blandy & Blandy’s commercial property team explains the new Stamp Duty Land...
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AV firm signs new lease at Langley
Audio visual engineering firm Jabra has signed for a further 10 years at its home at Langley. The...
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‘Huge’ occupier interest in Station Hill
The developer behind Reading’s Station Hill scheme says interest in both the office space and the...
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Hotel plan for Reading pub site
The former Warwick Arms pub in Reading could make way for a 29-room hotel. An application to...
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95 homes planned for Wokingham borough
Plans have been submitted for 95 homes on the Wokingham/Bracknell border. The applicant, stated as...
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Leasehold reforms – residential lease extensions
Associate solicitor Pippa Garrod, in Blandy & Blandy’s dispute resolution team, provides a...
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View from the riverbank: Is London still calling?
Our top stories both this week and last have forecast a positive future for this region – and in...
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Work starts on £100m Catalyst Bicester
Work is to start imminently on Catalyst Bicester, a £100 million scheme which will ultimately...
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WWA joins the Valley Voices
Architectural practice WWA has teamed up with Thames Tap as our latest Valley Voice. As reported...
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Reading markets ‘remain resilient’
In a prime position at the heart of the Thames Valley and with a flourishing information and...
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82 homes set for approval
Plans for 82 homes at Overton in Hampshire go before councillors on Wednesday (April 28) with a...
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Catalyst housing association makes key appointments
Catalyst has appointed two new senior development directors to its Counties New Homes team. Claire...
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Chance to eye up the Eagle Quarter
Thames Tap has teamed up with the developer behind the proposed Eagle Quarter in Newbury to offer...
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Michael Graham Estate Agent to market Hayfield Walk homes
Luxury homebuilder Hayfield has appointed Michael Graham Estate Agent on the £36 million Hayfield...
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Cala launches car club at Wolvercote Mill
Cala Homes has launched a car share club at its Wolvercote Mill development in Oxford. Three...
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Homes and office plan for Wootton Business Park
A small office block and 58 homes have been proposed for land at Wootton Business Park in...
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Bellway launches 98-home Long Acre at Shinfield
Bellway Thames Valley has launched 98 new homes in Shinfield in Berkshire, a site known as Long...
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New extension planned for The Meads at Farnborough
A 3,088 sq m extension is planned for The Meads shopping centre in Farnborough along with 104...
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Flexible industrial scheme planned for High Wycombe
A former furniture factory in High Wycombe could make way for an 8,278 sq m industrial...
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Removals firm moves to Axis J9
Removal firm House 2 Home (H2H) has taken 3,380 sq ft at Axis J9 in Bicester. The expanding,...
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PDR plan for 110 homes at Great Brighams Mead
McKay Securities has applied to convert Great Brighams Mead in Reading into 110 flats under...
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James Newton joins Vail Williams
Vail Williams has appointed James Newton as surveyor to its business space team in Reading, the...
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Thame site sold to Bellway and Care UK
Bellway Homes and Care UK have bought an 11-acre site in Thame. Angle Property and Fiera Real...
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Tender and consultancy listings
In an occasional series led by UK Property Forums and our partner BD Resources, we now have access...
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Jo Jackson joins SEGRO as director
Jo Jackson, former senior director for CBRE, has been appointed director, Thames Valley for SEGRO....
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View from the riverbank: Back to the future
It seems everyone has a prediction about the post-Covid world but one has started coming true very...
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Kier plans 86 homes at Didcot Garden Town
Kier Living has applied to build 86 homes at Didcot. In its application to South Oxfordshire...
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Helen Sachdev joins McKay Securities
McKay Securities has appointed Helen Sachdev as a non-executive director. Helen has more than 30...
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Major mixed-use scheme for Cholsey
Plans have been submitted to South Oxfordshire District Council for a major mixed-use scheme at...
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Join us for Spotlight on Slough
The remarkable scale of development in Slough will be explained in the next UK Prop Social...
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Last call for entries to OxPropFest Awards 2021
Entries for the OxPropFest Awards can now be made until 5pm on Thursday, April 22. The deadline...
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Plans for PDR conversion of Soane Point, Reading
Reading’s Soane Point offices could be turned into 144 studio flats under Permitted Development...
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Former LSH boss predicts boom time ahead for Thames Valley
Nick Coote, former head of Lambert Smith Hampton’s (LSH) Reading office, has forecast a move...
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Four deals by Hicks Baker
Four small lettings have been completed by Hicks Baker. Project management firm MICIM Limited has...
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Manisha Bhula to become partner at Blandy & Blandy
Blandy & Blandy has announced Manisha Bhula, head of the firm’s residential property team, is...
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Ian Blake launches iB Architects
Former Morse Webb director Ian Blake has left to launch a new architectural consultancy. iB...
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Appeal date set for South Oxfordshire Local Plan review appeal
Campaigners fighting South Oxfordshire District Council’s Local Plan have had a date set for their...
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Next takes 50,000 sq ft at Parkway Centre, Newbury for ‘standout’ new store
Next is to open a 50,000 sq ft store at the former John Lewis at the Parkway Centre, Newbury. The...
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Beth Wilson becomes principal consultant at Evoke
Beth Wilson has been promoted to principal consultant at Evoke Transport Planning. Beth, who has...
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Principles to support the Arc
The Oxford – Cambridge Arc Environment Group publishes its principles. Thames Tap consultant Hugh...
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3,000 objections to golf course plan
The revised planning application for homes at Reading Golf Club’s Emmer Green course has attracted...
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New leisure centres set for approval
Plans for Reading’s two new swimming pools go before councillors on Wednesday (March 31)...
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Temporary Shinfield Studios to go ahead
Plans for a temporary film studio at Shinfield have been unanimously approved. Wokingham Borough...
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First new lab occupier at the Wood Centre for Innovation
Biotech start-up, Samsara Therapeutics has become the first new lab occupier at The Oxford Trust’s...
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Theale station set for major upgrade
Work to improve Theale station begins this Summer thanks to a £4 million grant from Thames Valley...
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Eagle Quarter: ‘The best I’ve worked on’
The developer behind the proposed regeneration of Newbury’s Kennet Centre says the scheme is the...
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‘Huge boost’ as Panattoni buys 370-acre Honda site in Swindon
Industrial and logistics developer Panattoni has acquired the 370-acre Honda site in Swindon and...
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‘Berkshire needs to lead recovery’
Thames Valley Berkshire LEP chief executive Alison Webster has spoken to Thames Tap about her...
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Planning headache for Oxfordshire authorities
Following the warning from Savills Oxford director David Bainbridge that Oxfordshire’s special...
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John Lewis store at Basing View to close
The John Lewis store at Basing View is to remain closed after lockdown, putting 93 jobs at risk....
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Oxford North set to go ahead this Summer
The massive mixed-use Oxford North development has passed the final planning hurdle more than a...
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Refusal recommended for Berkeley’s plans for 209 homes
Councillors have been recommended to refuse Berkeley Homes’ plan for 209 properties on the site of...
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New school planned for Faringdon
Consultation has begun over plans for a 420-pupil primary school in Faringdon, Oxfordshire. Vale...
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Third phase acquisition at Axis J9
Albion Land has forward sold phase three of its Axis J9 development at Bicester for £30 million....
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Reviewed, paused, cancelled: political reaction to scrapping of the Expressway
DevComms managing director Rob Allaway reports the political reactions to the cancellation of the...
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Thumbs-up for Expressway cancellation
The cancellation of the £3.5 billion Oxford – Cambridge Expressway has been generally...
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Seven promotions for Savills Oxford
Savills has announced seven promotions within its two Oxford offices. The appointments, which took...
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Savills reports exceptional numbers of land sales
Savills south central has reported exceptional levels of sales in the first two months of 2021....
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Will availability shortages hamper Oxfordshire’s growth?
Jon Silversides, partner, commercial for Carter Jonas Oxford, evaluates the commercial property...
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Care home plan for Caversham Park mansion
Beechcroft Developments has declined to comment on its plans to turn the Caversham Park mansion in...
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Temporary Shinfield Studios plan for major US production
Urgent plans for a temporary forerunner to the proposed Shinfield Studios go before councillors on...
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Swindon Cultural Quarter vision revealed
A vision document has been developed for Swindon’s proposed new £80 million Cultural Quarter....
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New: tender and consultancy listings
In an occasional series led by UK Property Forums and our partner BD Resources, we now have access...
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Bracknell draft Local Plan moves forward
Councillors voted heavily in favour of Bracknell’s draft Local Plan, despite opposition to the...
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Oxford – Cambridge Expressway cancelled
The planned Oxford – Cambridge Expressway has been abandoned following a cost-benefit analysis....
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Milton Park to review its Local Development Order
Milton Park and its local authority are to review its Local Development Order (LDO) to help...
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Green light for zero emissions zone in Oxford city centre
Oxford city centre’s zero emissions zone (ZEZ) will go ahead this year and may expand to...
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Eagle Quarter plans submitted
Lochailort Newbury has submitted plans to redevelop the Kennet Centre for 402 homes, 30 flexible...
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£2m approved to progress Oxpens scheme
Oxford’s Oxpens development has moved a step closer after both shareholders in it agreed to fund...
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Spotlight on Westminster – March 2021
DevComms director Charles Bushe reports on what the region’s MPs have been up to over the last...
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VSL develops website for flexible space
Oxfordshire property consultant VSL has launched a website dedicated to marketing flexible space...
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Report shows increased retail take-up
Reduced rents and the availability of fitted out shops and restaurants caused a large increase in...
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View from the riverbank: Losing a Peel
The requirement to build on brownfield land before greenfield and greenfield before Green Belt...
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Councils consider joint Local Plan
Southern Oxfordshire’s two district councils are considering developing a joint Local Plan. South...
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Hayfield appoints Ken Mulpeter
Luxury housebuilder Hayfield has appointed Ken Mulpeter as production director to lead the...
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West Waddy merges with Archadia Architects
Abingdon-based planning and architectural consultancy West Waddy has merged with West London-based...
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Is this the hour that London’s commuter travel finally peaks?
Alec Prince, director for mode Transport Planning, looks at the effects of the pandemic on...
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262,000 sq ft of offices approved at Slough
Permission has been granted for the next 262,000 sq ft of The Future Works office development in...
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Developers – beware restrictive covenants
Rachel Booth, partner at Clark Holt solicitors & property development specialists, outlines...
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Work on 20,000 sq m of labs at TOSP to start this year
Work starts in Autumn on the first of two office and lab buildings totalling almost 20,000 sq m at...
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Retail park may be redeveloped for 900 homes
A retail and leisure park in Bracknell could make way for 900 homes under the council’s new draft...
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