‘Budget lacked any real action to solve housing crisis’
Sponsors and partners of UK Property Forums were left largely underwhelmed by the property-related...
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County’s thumbs up for Dunton Hills approval
The approval of 3,700-home Dunton Hills Garden Village has been welcomed by Essex County Council....
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Mayor blasts East West Rail over chosen route
Mayor of Bedford Borough Tom Wootton has said he is ‘deeply disappointed’ after a meeting with...
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Natural History Museum centre set for approval
Plans for the Natural History Museum’s Collections, Digitisation & Research Centre at...
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Councils demand to know more about The Case for Cambridge
The leaders of Cambridge city and South Cambridgeshire district councils want more detail on and...
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Council calls for River Thames defences
A council is asking for the Government to fully fund a major flood alleviation channel. The Royal...
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Masterplan for 1,100 homes goes before council
Councillors are due to discuss a masterplan which could help deliver up to 1,100 homes in Swindon....
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Freddie Webber becomes managing director of Cala Thames
Cala Homes has promoted chartered surveyor Freddie Webber to managing director for its Thames...
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The new world of artificial intelligence in planning and development
John Mason, associate with Carter Jonas Cambridge, considers where the world of planning is going...
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Listed school site goes up for sale
A remarkable former school near Dorking has gone on the market with Knight Frank. The 14 buildings...
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Podcast: Reading FC and more with Nigel Howe
Former Reading FC chief executive Nigel Howe, the man central to finding a buyer for the club,...
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Thumbs-up for CMA report – but Government needs to act
UKPF partners and sponsors have welcomed the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) report on the...
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Both Reading BIDs backed by businesses
Reading’s Business Improvement Districts (BID) will run for a further five years thanks to...
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Housing costs could threaten Cambridge’s global significance
Cambridge’s position as a global leader could be under threat due to housing affordability and...
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Work starts on regeneration of Lakes Estate, Bletchley
Work is under way to deliver Milton Keynes’ first major regeneration project on the Lakes Estate...
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Three Oxfordshire deals secured by Martin’s Properties
Martin’s Properties has announced the £12 million acquisition of three sites in Oxfordshire. The...
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Skanska and Morgan Sindall to deliver major Cambridge schemes
Skanska UK and Morgan Sindall Construction have been announced as main contractors for Railpen’s...
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Councils join forces to tackle the housing crisis
A report and action plan are being drawn up to tackle the housing crisis across North Essex. It...
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Council re-tenders for theatre upgrade over costs concern
The £8 million refurbishment of the Cliffs Pavilion Theatre in Southend has gone back out to...
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Farnborough leisure and cultural hub goes on display
The latest designs for Farnborough’s new leisure and cultural hub are out for consultation....
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Blandys appoints Pam Kamel
Blandy & Blandy has appointed Pam Kamel as solicitor in its growing residential property team....
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360 student rooms planned for Guildford
New plans have been submitted for 360 student homes in the centre of Guildford. Pavilion trustees...
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PC reached at Trebor’s Lightning Park
Trebor Developments have reached practical completion at its Lightning Park scheme in Huntingdon....
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Siren Craft Brew to open at Station Hill in May
Reading’s Station Hill developer Lincoln MGT has announced the first commercial tenant in its Ebb...
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Bewley plans up to 245 homes at Tadley
Bewley Homes has submitted plans for up to 245 properties on land at Tadley. The housebuilder’s...
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Blenheim Estate teams up with UKPF
Blenheim Estate Homes and Pye Homes have joined the editorial board of UK Property Forums. The...
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Two deals announced at ARC Uxbridge
ARC Uxbridge has announced two lettings totalling 18,500 sq ft. Pizza Express has taken 5,000 sq...
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Sainsbury’s supermarket passes last hurdle for Arborfield site
A reserved matters application for a long-delayed Sainsbury’s supermarket for Arborfield has been...
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Resilient year ahead for rural land prices
The farmland market in the East of England is expected to have a resilient year with an increase...
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Minister marks groundbreaking at Milton Park’s latest development
Science Minister Andrew Griffith joined Milton Park’s top brass to mark groundbreaking at the new...
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Redevelopment approved for industrial estate
Councillors have agreed to redevelop Goldsworth Road Industrial Estate in Woking. After a...
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Bedford residents support East West Rail in new survey
People in Bedford have given East West Rail a thumbs-up in a survey on the project’s benefits. The...
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Savills shows Oxford’s lab demand is boosting the office market
Research by Savills suggests office take-up in Oxford reached 480,000 sq ft in 2023 – the...
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Deal signed to help bring Great Wolf Resort to Basingstoke
A deal has been signed which could bring a Great Wolf water park with 500-room hotel to...
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Chance to meet the key figures in Epping Forest developments
A Meet the Construction Buyer event is being put on by Epping Forest District Council. The free...
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Cambridge take-up stats driven by science and tech
Research by Bidwells shows science and tech businesses made up 86 per cent of take up in Cambridge...
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Making meanwhile uses worthwhile
UK Property Forums partner Carter Jonas considers the benefits meanwhile uses can offer both their...
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Hollywood Bowl, TK Maxx and River Island deals at The Chimes, Uxbridge
Three major deals have been announced for The Chimes shopping centre in Uxbridge. Hollywood Bowl...
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Another AEW acquisition in Reading – and a new bar to open
A new McCafferty’s Irish bar is set to open in Reading. Aqua Pubs, which owns Wild Lime at 12-14...
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Dismay over incinerator approval at Wisbech
A councillor has spoken of the disappointment across both Cambridgeshire and Norfolk over the...
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170-home retirement village approved on appeal
The Planning Inspectorate has ruled that a 170-unit retirement village can be built on Green Belt...
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22,000 sq ft of lettings announced at The Future Works
New leases totalling almost 22,000 sq ft have been announced by AshbyCapital at its The Future...
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Podcast: Alistair Elliott, former chairman and senior partner of Knight Frank
One of the best known names in the property world, locally, nationally and internationally, joined...
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Tungsten Properties acquires two sites for industrial schemes
A joint venture between Tungsten Properties and Euro Property Investments Limited (EPIL), has...
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Deal agreed for 196 homes at Tattenhoe Park
A deal has been struck to deliver 196 homes at Tattenhoe Park on the outskirts of Milton Keynes....
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‘Less talk, more action’: UKPF partners respond to Gove’s latest planning changes
The Government’s announcement that brownfield development will be supercharged under its latest...
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View from the riverbank: imagination deficit
Councillors trying to save an historic building in Swindon might do well to look to Reading for...
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WAE Technologies takes 57,000 sq ft at OTP
WAE Technologies has taken all 57,000 sq ft of Building 5 at Life Science REIT’s Oxford Technology...
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Plans for 32 employment units recommended for approval
Plans for 32 small employment units in Peterborough go before councillors on Tuesday (February 20)...
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Can South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse co-operate to achieve growth?
David Bainbridge, director of Savills Oxford, highlights the key points around the consultation...
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Work starts on new £1.6m public realm for Colchester city centre
Work has begun to create a £1.6 million public square in the centre of Colchester. The regenerated...
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Plans for 500 homes and commercial space go on show
Plans for 500 homes and commercial space on a brownfield site in Lowestoft went on display on...
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Major hotel scheme approved for Orchard Park
Plans for a six-storey hotel at Orchard Park have approved by South Cambridgeshire District...
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Pragmatic Semiconductor doubles its floorspace
British semiconductor maker Pragmatic Semiconductor has doubled its floorspace at Cambridge...
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Bids welcome to re-imagine Civic Quarter
Bids are being invited for a £1.25m contract to create a new Civic Quarter for Cambridge. The city...
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New weather centre approved at University for Reading
Councillors have approved plans for the new European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts...
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Adobe among three new occupiers at Campus
Three lettings have been announced at Campus Reading International development at J11 of the M4....
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Break clauses – pitfalls for commercial tenants
Senior associate solicitor Gemma Stephenson, in Blandy & Blandy’s commercial property team,...
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Plan to demolish vacant Siemens offices for 170 homes
Plans have been submitted for 175 homes at the former Siemens head office at Frimley. Miller Homes...
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Plans submitted for 99 homes at Caversfield
Richborough Estates has submitted plans for up to 99 homes on land at Caversfield, Oxfordshire....
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New attempt to redevelop industrial estate
A second attempt to redevelop an industrial park in Woking goes before councillors on February 22,...
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RLB report reveals cautious market positivity
Construction market sentiment remains positive in the South East despite viability and planning...
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Kadans unveils latest new lab space
Kadans Science Partner has brought its latest completed laboratory building to the market. Its...
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Inquiry starts into homes near Guildford Cathedral
An appeal begins next month over plans to build 124 homes in the grounds of Guildford Cathedral....
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Shire Hall building goes on the market
Part of the remarkable former Shire Hall site in Cambridge is up for sale or lease. The listed...
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Four office deals at One Cambridge Square
Four office lettings in Cambridge have been announced by Schroders Capital. The deals are among...
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UKREiiF teams up with OxPropSummit
UKREiiF has selected UK Property Forums’ OxPropSummit in April to be a pre-event for this year’s...
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Approval for 95 homes in Wiltshire
Persimmon Homes has won planning permission for 95 homes on a brownfield site in Chippenham. The...
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Willmott Dixon selected for new Herts police head offices
Willmott Dixon has won the £55m task of redeveloping the Hertfordshire Constabulary head offices...
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Grafton Centre redevelopment approved
Cambridge’s Grafton Shopping Centre is to be redeveloped for laboratory and office space after the...
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Vail Williams opens Oxford office
Vail Williams has enlarged its Thames Valley operation by opening a new office in Oxford. The new...
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Tesla among new occupiers at Catalyst Bicester
Albion Land has let a combined 53,600 sq ft to Tesla and an unnamed occupier at its Catalyst...
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£300m Norwich scheme ditched
Weston Homes has cancelled its £300 million Anglia Square development. The scheme, which was set...
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Councillors agree to try to revive the ‘heart of Swindon’
Councillors have agreed to start work on a ‘route map’ aimed at bringing an historic building in...
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Occupiers still struggling to assess their space requirements
Office occupiers are still adjusting to the amount of space they need after lockdown, delegates...
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The AA secures its new home at Plant
The AA has signed up as the first tenant of Plant, the former Mountbatten House in Basing View....
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Greggs drive-thru set to replace derelict Reading pub
A Reading pub which closed when lockdown began is set to make way for a Greggs drive-thru. The...
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Council considers what to do with empty House of Fraser store it owns
Councillors are to discuss what to do with the vacant House of Fraser unit in Camberley. Surrey...
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349-home Bracknell Beeches scheme gets under way
Construction has begun at Weston Homes’ £150 million Bracknell Beeches development. The scheme,...
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McLaren Living set to transform Minster Quarter
McLaren Living has been formally announced as the development partner for Reading’s Minster...
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45,000 sq ft distribution centre let by Savills
D&M Fearon Retirement Benefits Scheme, advised by Savills, has secured a new letting at Old...
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Three new lettings and rising numbers at The Lexicon
The Lexicon in Bracknell has reported increased footfall and spending and announced three new...
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Inquiry to start into £300m road scheme around Didcot
A public inquiry starts this month into a £300 million project to improve the roads around Didcot....
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New 107,000 sq ft building for Slough Trading Estate
SEGRO is to build 107,000 sq ft of speculative industrial space at Slough Trading Estate. The...
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Hundreds oppose plans for battery storage site
A planning application to site 888 shipping containers, modified for battery storage has prompted...
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Councils join forces to form Berkshire Prosperity Board
All six council in Berkshire look set to approve the formation of a county-wide prosperity board...
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Work imminent on 175,000 sq ft Vitrum
Breakthrough Properties is about to start construction of a massive life sciences scheme in...
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Top reviews and a new bar for Ebb & Flow
Six months after opening, Reading’s Ebb & Flow scheme at Station Hill has reached top spot in...
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New Oxford city centre office for Morgan Sindall Construction
Morgan Sindall Construction’s Thames Valley business has expanded into a new office in Oxford. The...
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New Regus office opens in St Albans
IWG has opened a Regus office in Harpenden, St Albans. The flexible space provider has created a...
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New bid to save crumbling Swindon building
The first stage in a long-term plan to restore a listed building which has been derelict for...
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Podcast: Caitlin Attrill and Liv Thomas on NextGen and the property world
Two of the key figures in the NextGen network across the Thames Valley joined us for the latest...
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Carter Jonas secures 38,000 sq ft deal in Oxford City Centre
UK Property Forums partner Carter Jonas has been central to what is believed to be the biggest...
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Local Plan update moves forward at Guildford
Councillors in Guildford have agreed to move forward with plans to update the Local Plan....
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New aquadrome for Basingstoke set to move forward
Councillors in Basingstoke will meet on Tuesday (February 6) to decide whether to approve...
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Google acquires airfield site in Essex
Google has acquired a 52-acre airfield in Essex which could become a new data centre campus. The...
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139,000 sq ft lab building wins approval
Kadans Science Partner has won planning approval for a 139,000 sq ft lab and office building in...
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PwC rumoured to be first completion at One Station Hill
One Station Hill developer Lincoln MGT has declined to comment on rumours of a completed deal...
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Occupiers deterred by lack of industrial supply in Reading
Occupiers seeking industrial space in Reading are being forced to look elsewhere due to the town’s...
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Savills appoints Henry Godsal to key investment role
Savills has expanded its team in Cambridge with the appointment of Henry Godsal as head of...
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