Council-owned developer pays £1m dividend
A development company owned by Norfolk County Council has announced a £1 million dividend to the...
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First look at St Botolphs regeneration
The first image has been released showing the striking new look of Colchester’s St Botolph’s...
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Historic hotel goes up for sale with consent for regeneration
An historic former hotel in Newmarket has gone up for sale with Christie & Co and Cheffins....
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Cheffins secures 27,000 sq ft deal at Ely
Fibre network provider WHP Telecoms has taken 27,000 sq ft of office, workshop and warehouse space...
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100 battery storage units recommended for approval in Garsington
Plans for a battery energy storage system in South Oxfordshire have been recommended for approval....
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88-hectare solar farm planned for Bucks farmland
Plans have been submitted for an 88-hectare solar farm in Thornborough, North Bucks. Crosshouse...
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Hillwood Park Luton scheme moves a step closer
Hillwood has submitted detailed plans for a speculative new multi-unit logistics scheme in Luton....
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Redevelopment approved for The Paddocks
Plans for 24,000 sq m of flexible R&D space have been approved by Cambridge City Council....
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End in sight for Reading’s delayed A33 roadworks – but there’s more pain to come
Unforeseen ground conditions and delayed utility works have pushed the finish date to the current...
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Oxford United stadium recommended for approval
Plans for Oxford United’s new stadium go before councillors on Thursday (August 14) with a...
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Sigma submits plans for up to 68 homes in Bucks
Sigma Strategic Land has submitted plans for up to 68 homes in the village of Ickford in...
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Consultation begins for £1bn tech park redevelopment
Consultation is under way for the £1 billion redevelopment of Cody Technology Park in Farnborough....
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Hallam Land plans 150 homes in Aylesbury
Hallam Land is seeking a screening opinion ahead of a scheme of around 150 homes in Buckingham...
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Plans submitted for 66 homes at Aston Clinton
Buckinghamshire housebuilder Rectory Homes has applied to build up to 66 units on land at Aston...
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Reforming planning: DevComms survey explores the new political direction
Research by DevComms has provided data on Reform UK’s approach to planning, development and...
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Restoration plan for key Bicester Motion buildings
Bicester Motion has submitted plans to restore and regenerate office buildings which date back...
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Podcast: Taylor Cherrett, director in the South East team for Turley
Turley director Taylor Cherrett joined the Battle & Bunce Talking Property podcast to discuss...
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Screening request reveals 64,000 sq m business park expansion
A screening request has revealed details of the proposed expansion of Enstone Business Park in...
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TPS takes 13,000 sq ft at Access @ Eastern Gateway
Hillwood has let a 13,000 sq ft unit at Access @ Eastern Gateway in Ipswich. TPS, a trade-only...
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Bauder takes the keys to 44,000 sq ft at Gateway 14
A new 44,000 sq ft distribution centre at Gateway 14, Stowmarket has been handed over to...
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New £55m scheme planned for Suffolk Business Park
Plans have been submitted for a £55 million development at Suffolk Business Park. Churchmanor...
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Savills reveals 12,000 acres of farmland marketed so far in 2025 across East of England
More than 12,000 acres of farmland have been publicly marketed in the East of England since the...
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‘Significant’ fenland arable farm on the market for £13.5m
A fenland farm of more than 1,000 acres is on the market with a guide price of £13.5 million....
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Harrods plans food production in Thatcham
Harrods is planning a food production warehouse in Thatcham. The upmarket retailer has a...
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Plan to turn The Pinnacle, Reading into 70 flats
A 40,000 sq ft office building, just yards from Reading station, could be turned into flats under...
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JV deal set to help deliver 343 homes
A joint venture between Vistry Group and Kier Property has acquired a site for 343 homes in...
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Blenheim Estate unveils new shared ownership properties
Blenheim Estate Homes has released four new properties at its Park View development specifically...
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Vail Williams announces new Thames Valley appointments
Vail Williams has announced two appointments to its property asset management (PAM) team in the...
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Topping out at 349-home Bracknell Beeches
© Thames Tap (powered by ukpropertyforums.com). Sign up to receive our weekly free journal,...
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How farmers and landowners can access new grants for environmental improvements
Chloe Gimson and Ella Rowe from the Savills food and farming teams in Norfolk and Oxford discuss...
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Green Park takes national health and wellbeing award
Green Park has won best Health and Wellbeing Initiative at the 2025 Property Week Awards. The...
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Government science advisor visits Milton Park
Milton Park had a visit from the Government’s chief scientific advisor in the Department for...
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Plans for huge solar farm discovered in Sea Link papers
Details have been unearthed of plans for a massive solar farm in Suffolk. The proposed 250 MW...
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OKA returns to Milton Park
Interiors brand OKA has relocated its head offices to Milton Park after four years away. The brand...
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197 homes approved at Halstead
Hopkins Homes, part of the untypical group, has been granted reserved matters approval for almost...
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162-acre site sold to Barratt and David Wilson Homes
Land promoter Catesby Estates has completed the sale of Straits Mill, a 162-acre site in...
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Pigeon lands approval for CHEP UK industrial scheme
Pigeon has won planning permission for a 12-acre industrial building with open storage site at...
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£350m deal to deliver Anglia Square regeneration
A £350 million deal is set to breathe new life into the troubled and long-awaited regeneration of...
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Why investors are beginning to love Herts
Savills Cambridge’s Molly Eyles senior surveyor, development, and Joe Last, associate director,...
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One year’s rent of commercial unit put up as competition prize
A year’s rent of an industrial unit at Slough Trading Estate is being put up as a competition...
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Councillors to set the way forward for Ascot High Street
Councillors are due to decide the way forward to regenerate Ascot High Street at a meeting on...
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Bus interchange set to go into service
A £33 million infrastructure scheme in the centre of Swindon is due for completion in August. The...
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Vast parkland proposed alongside 600-home development
Albion Land has submitted plans for 600 homes and an 85-acre public park next to Graven Hill. The...
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Savills appoints Helen O’Riordan to its country house team
Savills’ associate director for the Home Counties Helen O’Riordan has joined its country house...
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Vail Williams announces five retail lettings in central Oxford
Vail Williams has let five Oxford city centre retail units. The property consultancy says the city...
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Segen takes space at Farnborough Business Park
Frasers Property has let a 3,620 sq ft office unit at Farnborough Business Park to Segen, a...
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Savills sets up new team of forestry experts
Savills has established a new forestry team in the central region. The team, to be led by Mark...
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Permission granted for modern redevelopment of Wasdell packaging plant
Plans have been approved to extend and refurbish Wasdell Group’s Groundwell site in Swindon. The...
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Government approves 72,000 sq m data centre
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has stepped in to grant permission for a 72,000 sq m data...
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The rise of mid-tech real estate: adapt or get left behind
Emily Slupek, director in the building, project and consultancy team and head of Oxford project...
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RTPI recognition for young Savills planners
Two of Savills’ young planners have won recognition for their work from the RTPI. Laura Eacott...
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Plans submitted for the next 172 homes at Valley Park, Didcot
Plans have been submitted for the next 172 homes at Valley Park, Didcot. Persimmon Homes Wessex...
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650 homes planned for Bramley
Plans are being drawn up for around 650 homes at Bramley in the Basingstoke & Deane borough....
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Councillors choose the way ahead for Hitchin
Councillors in North Herts have agreed their preferred approach to regenerate the Churchgate area...
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Council agrees to fight solar farm schemes
Members of Breckland Council have voted to fight vast solar projects planned for the area. The...
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New bridge opens for Chelmer Waterside scheme
A new bridge to link to the 1,100-home Chelmer Waterside scheme in Chelmsford was officially...
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Major new flagship M&S planned for Ipswich
M&S has applied to redevelop the site of a former Toys R Us store in Ipswich for a new...
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Council withdraws key objection to 203-home plan
A council has withdrawn one of its key reasons for refusing a housing scheme, just as a public...
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Anger over axed A12 widening project
Politicians in Essex have spoken of their frustration after the Government axed plans to widen the...
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Up to 118 homes approved for Arborfield
Plans have been approved for up to 70 homes in Arborfield. Wokingham Borough Council’s planning...
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Reading may seek to expand borough boundary
Councillors in Reading are to be asked to consider a proposal to press the Government to allow...
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Persimmon puts on first time buyer events
Persimmon Homes Wessex is holding four events in Oxfordshire and Wiltshire to help first time...
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Barnwood optimistic about growth across the Arc
Building and fit out firm Barnwood has reported a strong first half of the year and is optimistic...
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Oasis regeneration plans approved – but housing is refused
Councillors have voted to allow SevenCapital’s plans to regenerate Swindon’s listed Oasis leisure...
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Oxford United stadium ‘a fantastic addition’
The operator for the new Raddison Hotel at the proposed Oxford United stadium has highlighted the...
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John Lewis scales back its Reading BTR scheme
John Lewis Partnership (JLP) has scaled down its plans for Build-to-Rent homes in Reading. Last...
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25-storey co-living scheme set for approval
Plans for 580 co-living flats in Woking go before councillors on Tuesday (July 15) with a...
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Oxfordshire offers strategic location for defence policy
With Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowing to make Britain ‘battle-ready’ after unveiling the...
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280,000 sq m approved and 300,000 sq m refused at Cherwell
Councillors in Cherwell district have approved plans for 280,000 sq m of logistics space while...
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Podcast: Mark Taylor, head of commercial agency for Savills Cambridge
Mark Taylor, head of commercial agency for Savills in Cambridge, joined us for the latest Battle...
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OxPropAwards 2025 – the shortlist
The shortlist has been released for OxPropAwards 2025 And, due to the high number of submissions,...
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From railways to rollercoasters: planning the East’s multi-billion pound boom
The Chancellor has been backing infrastructure growth across the East as a key to unlocking wider...
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Gladman scheme for up to 160 homes refused again
Gladman’s attempt to build up to 160 homes at Chalgrove has been refused for a third time. South...
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Office building could be converted to storage
A 54,000 sq ft office building in Maidenhead could be converted to self-storage use under plans...
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Council may buy 66 homes for social housing
Councillors in Swindon are to consider buying a consented scheme of 66 new homes for council...
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New council office building approved
Councillors have approved a 46,000 sq ft office development on land opposite Didcot Parkway...
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Retirement village planned for car dealership site
McCarthy Stone has submitted proposals to build a retirement village of 47 flats in Old Basing....
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Work begins on new business campus at Vodafone’s Newbury head offices
Oval Real Estate has begun the redevelopment of Vodafone’s Newbury head offices. The 38-acre,...
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400 homes planned for print and waterwork sites
A scoping request has revealed plans for up to 400 homes on the site of a former printworks, which...
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Demolition of Anglia Square set to start this year
Long-awaited plans to demolish Norwich’s Anglia Square for a major mixed-use development...
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RO Group acquires Hemel Hempstead warehouse
RO Group has acquired a freehold storage and distribution warehouse in Hemel Hempstead for £1.82...
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Pension scheme takes space at Airport Business Park Southend
HBD has sold a 5,614 sq ft unit at Airport Business Park Southend (ABPS) to The Trustees of...
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Hill Group reports record profits again
Housebuilder The Hill Group has reported record turnover and profit for the second year running....
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70 homes recommended for approval
Outline plans for up to 70 homes in Arborfield go before councillors on Wednesday with a...
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RTPI recognition for Savills’ Errin Marshall
A young Cambridge planner has won recognition from the Royal Town Planning Institute’s (RTPI)....
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Bewley plans 50 homes in Surrey village
Plans for 50 homes in a Surrey village have been submitted to Guildford Borough Council. Bewley...
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Berkeley completes acquisition of Slough Central scheme
Berkeley Homes has completed the acquisition of the Queensmere and Observatory shopping centres in...
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Motorsport tech centre opens at Bicester Motion
Sauber Motorsport has announced the opening of a Technology Centre at Bicester Motion. The centre...
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SEGRO staff volunteer across the region
Employees of SEGRO came together for the developer’s annual UK Day of Giving. Teams worked on...
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More PDR flats planned for Kingsmead Business Park
Plans have been submitted to convert an office building on a Loudwater business park into housing...
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£1bn data centre planned for Pinewood Studios site
Pinewood Group has submitted outline plans for a £1 billion data centre to the south of its...
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Gallery: the best images from EastPropAwards 2025
Photographer David Johnson supplied a great selection of images from the EastPropAwards...
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Shifting behaviours: can the industry adapt?
South East construction and property management consultant Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) has...
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Tungsten Properties acquires Arborfield site
Tungsten Properties has acquired the site of a consented industrial and logistics scheme near...
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Ollie Eggenton joins Mosaic Living as associate director
Mosaic Living, which provides support to the housebuilding sector, has appointed Ollie...
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Consultation launched to improve Wantage
Public consultation has begun in a bid to attract ideas to improve Wantage town centre. The...
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EastPropAwards 2025 – the winners
Winners of the fourth annual East of England Property Awards have been made public. More than 200...
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Berkeley highlights energy efficiency at Winterbrook Meadows
Berkeley Homes has highlighted the energy efficiency of its homes at Winterbrook Meadows, in...
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Councillors to consider report to decide where 1,200 homes will go
A document, designed to allocate sites for more than 1,200 homes in South Norfolk, goes before...
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Medieval theatre regeneration reaches crucial stage
A crucial stage has been reached in a bid to regenerate Britain’s oldest working theatre. Major...
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