Octagon House sold to Danetti
A 16,000 sq ft building in Bracknell has been sold for around £3 million. Haslams chartered...
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View from the riverbank: Is this the best time to look west?
Online shopping and homeworking may not be the only trends to have been accelerated by...
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Rumours, innuendo and gossip
Ahead of our two-week break, here is a round-up of news items we have been unable to get...
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15,000 sq ft unit sold at Tungsten Park, Witney
Venture Engineering has bought a 15,000 sq ft unit at Tungsten Park in Witney, a 24-acre scheme...
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Plan for 600 flats to replace Aldershot shopping centres
Plans have been submitted for almost 600 flats to replace two shopping centres and a multi-storey...
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Campaigners may continue fight over Wycombe Local Plan
A High Court challenge to the Wycombe Local Plan has been thrown out – but campaigners plan...
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Meet the latest Thames Tap partners
Thames Tap has welcomed three new sponsors in recent weeks – and we would like to introduce...
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Work to start on 60 holiday homes at Silverstone
Sixty luxury holiday homes are to be built next to the track at Silverstone with access to all...
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On the up after lockdown
Renata Lovat Short, associate solicitor in the real estate team at Thames Tap partner Clark Holt,...
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Major civic hub plan for Farnborough
A combined civic hub with a leisure centre, library, council offices and start up business space...
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Joint venture signed to deliver £1.2bn Manydown development
A public-private partnership has been created to drive the first £1.2 billion phase of the...
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Plan to convert offices to 133 flats
A 72,172 sq ft office development in Basingstoke could be converted into 133 flats.An application...
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Planning reforms examined
Property consultancy and Thames Tap partner Vail Williams LLP asks how radical the recent planning...
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Woking Council considers CPOs for two schemes
Councillors in Woking will this week consider proposals to use Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPO) to...
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Probe to investigate council purchase of shopping centre
Councillors have ordered an investigation into the £106 million purchase of a shopping centre in...
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Thumbs up for 1,000 homes at Basingstoke Golf Club
Bloor Homes’ plans for up to 1,000 properties at Basingstoke Golf Club have been...
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Getting the basics right will result in more sustainable refurbishment projects
Bulb Interiors project director Andrew Squires balances the environmental and health and wellbeing...
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Mystery over land sale at Caversham Park
The buyer of several large and small areas of land around Caversham Park Village in Reading...
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Innovation Quarter ‘will help make Bicester Motion a world leader’
Some of the most advanced motoring innovators in the world will sit alongside specialists...
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Axis 9 units almost complete
Units at Aver Property Partnership’s 200,000 sq ft, Axis J9 in Bicester will be available in...
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Healthcare firm signs up for Abingdon Business Park
The final letting at the 192,000 sq ft Blacklands Way development at Abingdon Business Park has...
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Changes to Reading Metropolitan scheme
Changes to Hermes’ plans for homes and offices north of Reading station have failed to...
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Will planning changes deliver development or delay?
The Prime Minister’s strategy to ‘rebuild Britain and fuel economic recovery’ included further...
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SUR consultation starts on 200 homes in Slough
Slough Urban Renewal (SUR) has launched a public consultation over its plans for around 200 homes...
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Zurich to start on new Swindon offices
One of Swindon’s major employers has pressed the button on its 100,000 sq ft new head...
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DevComms launches Consult With You
Stakeholder engagement specialist and Thames Tap partner DevComms has launched a new digital...
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Round table highlights lessons from Covid-19
The lessons the construction industry must take from Covid-19 were the subject of a virtual round...
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Two thirds of employers expect more homeworking
John Dingle and Debbie Brett, partners in Blandy & Blandy solicitors’ commercial property and...
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104 homes approved for Theale site
Councillors in West Berkshire have approved a plan for 104 homes at Theale.The Englefield Estate’s...
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£7.5m for infrastructure projects in Berkshire
The Government has awarded £7.5 million to Thames Valley Berkshire LEP (TVBLEP) from its £900m...
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Clockwise plans Reading centre
Plans have been submitted to create a new serviced office operation in the centre of...
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265 homes planned for Didcot
Homes England is consulting on plans for up to 265 properties and office, café and retail space...
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Consultation starts over 1,500-home Guildford scheme
Public consultation on 1,500-home Weyside Urban Village in Guildford takes place online this month...
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SODC asks for five-year land supply rule change
The leader of South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) has asked the Government to revise...
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Three occupiers for new Wokingham units
Three new occupiers have signed up for units in redeveloped Wokingham.eActiv Health Lounge will...
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Locals back Jansons’ plans for West Eynsham SDA
Residents near a development site in West Eynsham have given their approval to Jansons Property’s...
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View from the riverbank: Councils need to be nicer neighbours
Councillors in West Berkshire angered locals in neighbouring Tadley last week by refusing...
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Plans submitted for 965 flats in Woking
Plans have been submitted for a development of 965 flats in the centre of Woking.Goldsworth Road...
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Co-working space planned at shopping centre
Plans have been submitted to convert part of The Atrium shopping centre in Camberley into a...
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Anna Strongman appointed to run £4bn Oxford University Development
Managing partner of Argent, Anna Strongman, is to become the chief executive of Oxford University...
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The Stamp Duty holiday explained
Luke McMath, partner in Blandy & Blandy Solicitors’ residential property team, explains the...
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Lidl considers next move after Tadley refusal
Lidl is considering its options after councillors refused permission for a new supermarket in...
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3,520-home Manydown is approved
Councillors in Basingstoke have approved the Manydown development for up to 3,520...
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Newbury and Swindon John Lewis stores to close
John Lewis has announced the closure of its ‘at home’ stores in Newbury and Swindon...
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Chiltern Land set up to help deliver brownfield sites
A new land promotion and residential development consultancy has been established in the Thames...
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Two more Microsoft buildings sold
Two former Microsoft buildings at Thames Valley Park which total 155,000 sq ft are in line for...
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New Local Plan for Cherwell district
David Bainbridge, planning director at Savills, based in Oxford, has been following the progress...
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Technology – the key to future co-working?
David Johnston, who co-founded MyWorkSpot co-working space in Maidenhead, discusses how space such...
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Positive signs from developers in Blandys research
Independent property developers are divided over Government support to the sector throughout the...
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SEGRO lets 60,000 sq ft Bracknell unit
A 60,000 sq ft unit at SEGRO Park Bracknell has been let, just weeks after reaching practical...
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Blandy & Blandy prepares to reopen
Law firm and Thames Tap partner Blandy & Blandy has taken the first steps in reopening its...
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2,200-home Garden Village for north Eynsham
Plans for 2,200-home Oxfordshire Garden Village on a site to the north of Eynsham have been...
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Australia: Life, business and property under Covid-19
In one of two articles involving Thames Tap contacts abroad, Amy Battle reports her experience...
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‘No sign things will be radically different’ – sceptical welcome for Build Build Build
Thames Tap’s Valley Voices have largely welcomed Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Build Build Build...
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Hyundai swaps Wycombe for Leatherhead
Hyundai is to leave High Wycombe for a new head office building at Leatherhead.The South Korean...
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Has sustainability taken a back seat since Covid-19?
Project director for Bulb Interiors, Andrew Squires, balances the needs of occupiers to socially...
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Axe hangs over John Lewis branches
John Lewis & Partners has refused to comment on the possible closure of stores in Reading,...
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Help Thames Valley Berkshire LEP drive recovery
Business owners can help Thames Valley Berkshire LEP compile a Berkshire Local Industrial Recovery...
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‘Every year planning gets more complex’
The planning system has been getting worse for years and shows no signs of reform, delegates heard...
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Ten deals signed at Milton Park
Ten new science and technology companies have signed leases totalling 45,448 sq ft at MEPC’s...
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Opposition grows to proposed Swindon Science Park
Around 1,000 representations have been made over plans for a new science park in Swindon.The...
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Podcast: ‘We have to get Nicholson Quarter right’
Maidenhead’s proposed new town centre is closer to a factory outlet than a traditional shopping...
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Deal to provide £1.2m to build affordable homes
A £1.2 million partnership has been formed between West Oxfordshire District Council and Heylo...
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‘Curious’ timing of 3,000-home Chalgrove Airfield application
Turley director Tim Burden has questioned the timing of the planning application by Homes England...
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Aldershot regeneration scheme approved
Plans have been approved for a major regeneration project in Aldershot town centre. Rushmoor...
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Row over Sandown Racecourse scheme
Residents in Esher have reacted to revelations about housing minister Robert Jenrick after he...
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Blandys’ research suggests housing market will bounce back
Luke McMath, partner in Blandy & Blandy Solicitors’ residential property team, looks at the...
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Spelthorne to hold public meeting over property investments
An online public meeting is to be held by Spelthorne Borough Council to explain its position...
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Reading International Business Park sold
Contracts have been exchanged in a £120 million deal to buy Reading International Business Park,...
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Consultation launched for mixed-used Kingston scheme
Three days of online public consultation begin on Monday, June 29 for a major mixed-use scheme in...
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2,500-home Garden Village proposed for Basingstoke
Portsmouth Estates has submitted a concept document to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council for...
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Town council opposes conversion of ancient Red Lion Hotel
Henley Town Council is to oppose a change of use application which could mean the ancient Red Lion...
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Homes England applies for 250 homes in West Berkshire
Homes England (HE) has applied to build up to 250 properties at the former site of the Pirbright...
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Massive warehouse planned for Basingstoke
Newlands Developments is seeking to build a 271,000 sq m distribution centre on land at Oakdown...
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Manor house, offices and 139 acres of parkland goes on the market
A rare site offering office buildings and a manor house within 139 acres of parkland is being...
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Street food market to open at Broad Street Mall this week
Reading’s Broad Street Mall is to open a pop-up street food market this week as a forerunner to...
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View from the riverbank: Don’t let evil succeed
It’ll be some time before Saturday’s dreadful events in Reading’s Forbury Gardens will enable us...
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‘We need face-to-face meetings again’
Face-to-face meetings need to return to the property world according to developer Andy Jansons.Mr...
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Aramex UK takes 80,000 sq ft at Heathrow
Logistics provider Aramex UK has taken a 10-year lease on an 80,782 sq ft building at Poyle...
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University’s biggest ever scheme remains on course
The biggest building project in the history of the University of Oxford remains on track despite...
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Bray Studios expansion approved
A major expansion of Bray Studios has been approved by the Royal Borough.Working on behalf of...
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Major extension to Holmer Green School
A major extension to Holmer Green Senior School in High Wycombe has been approved by...
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Vail Williams appoints Rob Pabst
Property consultancy Vail Williams LLP has appointed a regional facilities manager to join the...
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75 flats approved for prominent Slough site
Plans for 75 homes have been approved remotely by Slough Borough Council’s planning committee, its...
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Top names lined up to debate business park bounce
The current debate over working in dense urban centres or low rise out of town locations will be...
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164-homes planned for Bracknell Town FC site
Bracknell Town FC has submitted plans to redevelop its Larges Lane ground for 164 flats and move...
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Reading’s third Thames bridge ‘is now irrelevant’
Environmental issues and the Covid-19 crisis have made the third Thames bridge in Reading...
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BDT to let 12,500 sq ft at Basing View
Basingstoke agent, BDT, has been appointed to market 12,555 sq ft at Sovereign House at Basing...
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‘It’s time to put Maidenhead back at the top’
The developer behind Maidenhead’s proposed Nicholson Quarter, Rob Tincknell, says he plans...
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£400m Nicholson’s shopping centre plans unveiled
Details of the £400 million redevelopment of Maidenhead’s Nicholson’s shopping centre have been...
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Plans submitted for £3m Coppid Beech park & ride
Plans have been submitted for the 250-space Coppid Beech park & ride.Wokingham Borough Council...
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Oxford Local Plan is formally adopted
The final hurdle has been cleared for Oxford City Council’s Local Plan.The plan, found to be sound...
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48-unit care home succeeds at second attempt
An independent living extra care home has been approved for South Woking.Woking Borough Council’s...
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Massive warehouse approved for Swindon
A warehouse distribution building with a total of more than 2.3 million sq ft of floorspace has...
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2,500 homes approved for Swindon site
Outline planning permission has been granted for 2,500 homes at Swindon.Swindon Borough Council’s...
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Covid-19 and commercial property – practical tips for landlords, tenants and occupiers
Katja Wigham, partner in Blandy & Blandy’s commercial property team, provides practical tips...
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Still time to help redefine the way we live and work
The deadline has been extended for those wishing to take part in a survey about how travel and...
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Clare Giannini joins Willmott Dixon
A well-known name in the Thames Valley’s property and construction market has taken up a new role...
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Milton Park survey reveals post-Covid concerns
A survey among people who work at Milton Park has revealed the biggest fear of returning to the...
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Premier Inn approved for Swindon
Whitbread has been granted permission for a 194-room Premier Inn at Swindon.The £17 million,...
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