‘Appallingly incorrect’ rating revaluations in Reading
A report by Hicks Baker has highlighted what it calls ‘inaccurate, inconsistent and inexcusable’...
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Posted by Alan Bunce | Jan 17, 2023 | News, Politics, Reading, Retail, Thames Tap, Views |
A report by Hicks Baker has highlighted what it calls ‘inaccurate, inconsistent and inexcusable’...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Jan 16, 2023 | Deals, Development, Environment, Leisure, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Plan, Politics, Thames Tap |
A proposal to progress work on a new stadium for Oxford United in Kidlington has been recommended...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Jan 16, 2023 | Berkshire, News, Politics, Reading, Residential, Thames Tap |
Reading’s residential lettings market has experienced a record December along with Q4 rents...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Jan 16, 2023 | Berkshire, Deals, News, Reading, Retail, Thames Tap |
TA Fisher has acquired two retail warehouses to boost its investment portfolio. The Theale-based...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Jan 16, 2023 | Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Editorial, Environment, Infrastructure, Milton Keynes, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Politics, Reading, Thames Tap, Views |
While councils create cycleways across the UK, a more meaningful transport route being planned in...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Jan 13, 2023 | Development, Oxfordshire, Plan, Politics, Residential, Thames Tap, Views |
Harry Ramsey, senior planner for Savills Oxford, describes welcome progress on the Cherwell Local...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Jan 13, 2023 | Appointments, Berkshire, Deals, Infrastructure, News, Reading, Thames Tap |
Transport planning consultancy Motion has unveiled its newly-expanded Thames Valley team. The...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Jan 13, 2023 | Basingstoke, Deals, Development, Hampshire, Leisure, News, Politics, Thames Tap |
Councillors in Basingstoke have approved a masterplan to develop the town’s leisure park, despite...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Jan 12, 2023 | Buckinghamshire, Development, Milton Keynes, News, Residential, Thames Tap |
A council owned housebuilder has resubmitted its previously-approved plans for 174 homes in Milton...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Jan 11, 2023 | Berkshire, Development, Infrastructure, Reading, Thames Tap, Views |
Thames Tap’s Secret Agent has totted up the parking spaces yet to be occupied near J11 of...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Jan 11, 2023 | Deals, Industrial, News, Reading, Thames Tap |
Aviva Investors has acquired a 210,000 sq ft at Suttons Business Park in Reading. The building on...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Jan 11, 2023 | Berkshire, Deals, Development, Industrial, News, Retail, Slough, Thames Tap |
SEGRO has acquired Bath Road Shopping Park in Slough for £120 million and is considering...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Jan 11, 2023 | Berkshire, Deals, Development, News, Residential, Thames Tap |
Legal & General’s Suburban Build-to-Rent business (LGSBTR) and Cala Homes have agreed an...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Jan 10, 2023 | Appointments, News, Office, People, Residential, Surrey, Thames Tap |
Savills has announced planning director Charlie Collins has become head of the Guildford office....
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Jan 10, 2023 | Appointments, Berkshire, News, People, Reading, Thames Tap |
Ling Lee has joined Thames Valley Surveying as an architect. Ling will take on new projects...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Jan 10, 2023 | Buckinghamshire, Deals, Development, Milton Keynes, News, Office, Thames Tap |
Co-Space is to open a 19,000 sq ft is venue in Milton Keynes. The flexible workspace operator has...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Jan 9, 2023 | Berkshire, Development, Maidenhead, Mixed Use, News, Office, Politics, Residential, Retail |
A nightclub could stand in the way of the £500 million Nicholson Quarter at Maidenhead after the...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Jan 6, 2023 | Eastern Echo, London West, News, News, News, People, Politics, Politics, Politics, Thames Tap, Views, Views, Views |
Sponsors and partners of UK Property Forums have made a plea for stability in their hopes for...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Jan 6, 2023 | News, NextGen, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Thames Tap |
UK Property Forums (UKPF) has teamed up with real estate advisor Savills, to develop a new network...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Jan 6, 2023 | Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Deals, Environment, Infrastructure, Milton Keynes, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Reading, Thames Tap |
Reading-based drone technology firm Altitude Angel, the team behind the Project Skyway...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Jan 6, 2023 | Development, News, Oxfordshire, Residential, Thames Tap |
Outline plans for up to 150 homes in Chinnor have been submitted to South Oxfordshire District...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Jan 5, 2023 | Development, Laboratory, Life Science, News, Office, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Retail, Technology, Thames Tap |
Mission Street has submitted its planning application for the £100 million redevelopment of two...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Jan 5, 2023 | Development, Infrastructure, News, Oxfordshire, Thames Tap |
Electric vehicle (EV) charging network InstaVolt is to double the size of its ultra-rapid charging...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Jan 4, 2023 | Basingstoke, Development, Environment, Hampshire, News, Residential, Thames Tap |
Plans are being drawn up for 150 homes and a 75-bed care home on land at Sherfield-on-Loddon....
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Jan 4, 2023 | Development, Mixed Use, News, Residential, Retail, Surrey, Thames Tap |
Guildford’s 473-home Friary Quarter scheme goes before councillors on Wednesday (January 11) with...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Jan 4, 2023 | Development, Environment, Leisure, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Thames Tap |
A statement and two reports have been published by Oxford United in support of the club’s new...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Jan 3, 2023 | Berkshire, Development, Leisure, Mixed Use, News, Office, Reading, Residential, Retail, Thames Tap |
Hammerson’s plans to redevelop part of The Oracle shopping centre in Reading have been submitted...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Jan 3, 2023 | Berkshire, Development, Industrial, Leisure, Maidenhead, News, Thames Tap |
Plans for a new film studios development have been submitted to the Royal Borough. Greystoke Land...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Dec 20, 2022 | Buckinghamshire, Development, High Wycombe, News, Residential, Thames Tap |
Plans by Inland Homes for 101 properties on land at Hazlemere have been rejected on appeal. The...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Dec 19, 2022 | Berkshire, Deals, Development, Editorial, Infrastructure, Leisure, Mixed Use, News, Office, Politics, Reading, Residential, Retail, Thames Tap, Views |
UK Property Forums editor-in-chief Alan Bunce offers a personal update on where many of Reading’s...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Dec 19, 2022 | Politics, Thames Tap, Views |
Throughout 2022 Thames Tap sponsors contributed many expert thoughts on both local and national...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Dec 19, 2022 | Development, Laboratory, Life Science, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Thames Tap |
UKPF consultant Hugh Blaza reports on something rather special in the development of lab space in...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Dec 16, 2022 | Berkshire, Bracknell, Development, News, Politics, Residential, Thames Tap |
Almost a year after planners voted to approve 169 flats in Bracknell, the developer has won...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Dec 15, 2022 | Basingstoke, Development, Environment, Hampshire, Mixed Use, News, Plan, Politics, Retail, Thames Tap |
A masterplan for Basingstoke town centre has been approved by the council’s cabinet. Basingstoke...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Dec 15, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, News, Residential, Slough, Thames Tap |
Plans for 91 flats at the site of a former warehouse in Slough go before councillors on Wednesday...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Dec 15, 2022 | Development, Mixed Use, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Thames Tap |
Shaviram’s plans for 402 Build-to-Rent homes, a 133-room hotel and an innovation centre on the...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Dec 14, 2022 | Development, Environment, Infrastructure, News, Oxfordshire, Thames Tap |
Ground has been broken at the £51 million Eynsham park & ride in Oxfordshire. Oxfordshire...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Dec 14, 2022 | Oxfordshire, Politics, Thames Tap, Views |
A new Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) charging schedule for South Oxfordshire was approved by...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Dec 14, 2022 | Appointments, Berkshire, News, People, Thames Tap |
Daniel Nunn has joined Boyer as a senior planner based at its Wokingham office. Mr Nunn previously...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Dec 13, 2022 | Infrastructure, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Politics, Residential, Thames Tap |
Research by Savills suggests Oxford faces losing its competitive edge if it can’t resolve its...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Dec 12, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, Leisure, News, Reading, Residential, Thames Tap |
The developer seeking to turn the Caversham Park mansion in Reading into accommodation for the...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Dec 12, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, Editorial, Mixed Use, Reading, Thames Tap, Views |
If you mention gentrification of an area people seem to recoil in horror but there appears to be a...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Dec 12, 2022 | Development, Politics, Residential, Thames Tap, Views |
DevComms’ head of Oxford office Paul Vicary looks at the politics around Michael Gove’s recent...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Dec 9, 2022 | Deals, Deals, London West, News, News, Politics, Politics, Surrey, Thames Tap |
Spelthorne councillors have approved a proposal to accept recommendations by its auditor...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Dec 9, 2022 | Appointments, News, People, Surrey, Thames Tap |
Vail Williams has made two senior appointments, both from local authorities. Kathryn Banks...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Dec 9, 2022 | Development, Environment, Plan, Politics, Residential, Thames Tap, Views |
Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove confirmed in his letter to fellow MPs on the December 5 and...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Dec 8, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, Leisure, Mixed Use, News, Reading, Residential, Retail, Thames Tap |
Two applications for Thackeray Estates schemes in Reading town centre have been approved with...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Dec 8, 2022 | Deals, Development, Environment, Leisure, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Plan, Politics, Thames Tap |
A year after public engagement took place over plans for a new stadium for Oxford United, an...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Dec 8, 2022 | Basingstoke, Deals, Development, Hampshire, News, Office, Thames Tap |
The AA’s home at Basing View is to go on the market next year. The 47-year-old Fanum House...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Dec 3, 2022 | Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Deals, News, Oxfordshire, Retail, Thames Tap |
Five HSBC branches in the Thames Valley are among 114 closures announced by the bank. Branches at...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Dec 3, 2022 | Berkshire, Deals, Deals, Development, Development, Ealing, News, News, Reading, Residential, Residential, Thames Tap |
A £500 million deal has been signed to start John Lewis Partnership’s (JLP) venture into becoming...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Dec 3, 2022 | Environment, Infrastructure, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Politics, Thames Tap, Views |
The extraordinary meeting of Oxfordshire County Council’s cabinet last Tuesday lived up to its...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Dec 2, 2022 | Deals, Deals, London West, News, News, Surrey, Thames Tap |
Councillors in Spelthorne will meet on Thursday (December 8) to formally respond to a report...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Dec 1, 2022 | Buckinghamshire, Development, News, Residential, Thames Tap |
A vacant grade II-listed maltings building in Amersham could be converted into 45 homes under...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 30, 2022 | Development, News, Oxfordshire, Residential, Thames Tap |
Worcester-based Mercian Developments is planning a 128-unit care home on land at Bodicote in...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 30, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, News, Reading, Residential, Sector, Thames Tap |
Beechcroft Developments has revised its plans for turning the Caversham Park mansion in Reading...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 30, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, News, Reading, Residential, Thames Tap |
Plans have been submitted for up to 230 homes at Twyford in Berkshire. David Wilson Homes has...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 30, 2022 | Berkshire, Leisure, Mixed Use, News, Residential, Retail, Thames Tap |
Two town centre schemes by Thackeray Estates go before councillors in Reading on Wednesday...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 29, 2022 | Environment, Infrastructure, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Politics, Thames Tap |
Plans for controversial traffic filters in Oxford were passed by councillors on Tuesday with only...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 29, 2022 | Berkshire, Infrastructure, News, People, Reading, Thames Tap |
Thames Tap sponsor mode transport planning has closed its Thames Vally office in Reading to...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 28, 2022 | Berkshire, Deals, Development, News, Office, Thames Tap |
Occupiers with surplus space are on the increase in Reading’s office market, according to a new...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 28, 2022 | Editorial, Environment, Infrastructure, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Politics, Thames Tap, Views |
With protests by the brave, brutalised people of China taking the headlines, the UK’s well-to-do...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 28, 2022 | Berkshire, Deals, Development, News, Office, Reading, Thames Tap |
YoooServe has opened a 10,500 sq ft co-working area in Reading. The distinctive space, called The...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 25, 2022 | Environment, Infrastructure, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Politics, Thames Tap |
Councillors are expected to vote through radical plans to restrict car movements in Oxford at a...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 25, 2022 | Development, Environment, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Plan, Residential, Thames Tap |
A third round of consultation over a proposal for an 800-home development near Oxford is due to...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 24, 2022 | Berkshire, Deals, Development, Industrial, News, Politics, Residential, Slough, Thames Tap |
Slough’s Akzo Nobel site has fetched more than £100 million. Details of the sale have been kept...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 24, 2022 | Berkshire, Deals, Industrial, News, Politics, Slough, Thames Tap |
The first completed sale of one of Slough Borough Council’s assets has been announced with more...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 24, 2022 | Development, Environment, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Residential, Thames Tap |
Representatives from Oxford City Council joined developer Willmott Dixon and others to top out a...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 24, 2022 | Deals, Laboratory, Life Science, News, Office, Oxfordshire, Thames Tap |
Amano Enzyme has created a new Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) base at Milton Park. The...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 24, 2022 | Appointments, News, Oxfordshire, People, Residential, Thames Tap |
Greencore Construction has appointed Jonathan Miller as operations director. Mr Miller will...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 24, 2022 | Development, News, Residential, Surrey, Thames Tap |
Councillors have voted to approve plans to replace Guildford’s former Debenhams store with 185...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 24, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, News, Office, Reading, Residential, Thames Tap |
Kings Oak Miami’s application to add 72 flats to Great Brighams Mead has become the first to fall...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 23, 2022 | Development, Laboratory, Life Science, News, Office, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Technology, Thames Tap |
Demand for lab space in Oxfordshire is so strong it is driving up rents in the diminishing office...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 23, 2022 | Buckinghamshire, Development, Education, News, Thames Tap |
Planning permission for a new boathouse in Marlow has been granted after 20 years of work. Marlow...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 22, 2022 | Berkshire, Bracknell, Development, Industrial, News, Thames Tap |
Angle Property has submitted plans for a 25, 188 sq ft warehouse on the Western Industrial Area in...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 21, 2022 | Politics, Views |
The general consensus around the Autumn Statement seems to have been dismay about tax rises and...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 21, 2022 | Environment, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Politics, Thames Tap |
Real estate adviser and Thames Tap partner Savills is to hold a seminar next week on the future...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 21, 2022 | News, Plan, Politics, Thames Tap, Views |
Thames Tap sponsors and partners saw little to celebrate in terms of planning reform after...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 18, 2022 | Deals, Industrial, Laboratory, Life Science, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Technology, Thames Tap |
Digital metallurgy company Alloyed has taken a 10,000 sq ft high tech industrial unit at Abingdon...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 18, 2022 | Deals, Development, Mixed Use, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Residential, Thames Tap |
Grainger has agreed to forward fund and acquire Oxford’s first Build-to-Rent (BTR) scheme in a...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 18, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, Environment, Maidenhead, Mixed Use, News, Plan, Residential, Thames Tap |
Cala Homes (Chiltern) is to put its plans to develop Maidenhead Golf Course for 2,000 homes out...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 18, 2022 | Berkshire, Bracknell, Development, Environment, Industrial, News, Politics, Thames Tap |
Bracknell was described as the industrial capital of the Thames Valley when around 70 people...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 18, 2022 | Berkshire, Bracknell, Industrial, News, Politics, Thames Tap |
Bracknell’s Business Improvement District (BID) can be a voice for lobbying politicians, delegates...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 17, 2022 | Development, News, Thames Tap, Views |
Development land values in the South East have shown resilience despite a tougher economic...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 16, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, Environment, Mixed Use, Newbury, News, Politics, Thames Tap |
The developer behind the proposed Eagle Quarter at Newbury has offered a vigorous response to...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 16, 2022 | Berkshire, Bracknell, Deals, News, Office, Thames Tap |
Fryer Commercial has reported two office lettings in Bracknell totalling more than 20,000 sq ft....
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 15, 2022 | Deals, Laboratory, Life Science, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Thames Tap |
Kadans Science Partner has acquired 75,000 sq ft Windrush Court in Oxford in a sale and lease back...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 15, 2022 | Development, Environment, Laboratory, Life Science, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Technology, Thames Tap |
Detailed plans have been submitted for 75,000 sq ft of office and lab space at The Oxford Science...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 15, 2022 | Appointments, New Homes, News, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, People, Residential, Thames Tap, Thames Valley |
Savills has appointed Samuel Lamb as an associate director in its residential development sales...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 14, 2022 | Berkshire, Editorial, Environment, Infrastructure, Politics, Reading, Thames Tap, Views |
Another day, another press release comes out telling us Green Park Station is coming soon. A look...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 14, 2022 | Berkshire, Bracknell, Buckinghamshire, Deals, Hampshire, News, Reading, Residential, Surrey, Thames Tap |
Development sites in areas including Reading, Bracknell and Woking are among those being targeted...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 11, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, Education, News, Politics, Slough, Thames Tap |
Councillors are working to bring a university presence to Slough. The town’s quality of schools...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 11, 2022 | Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Deals, Development, Hampshire, News, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Thames Tap, Wiltshire |
Mactaggart & Mickel Group has unveiled plans for significant growth in the Thames Valley with...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 11, 2022 | Deals, Development, Industrial, News, Oxfordshire, Thames Tap |
Electric vehicle manufacturer YASA has taken 21,520 sq ft Unit 4 at Albion Land’s Catalyst...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 11, 2022 | Development, Infrastructure, Laboratory, News, Office, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Residential, Thames Tap |
Public consultation has begun on designs for and changes to parts of the Oxford North development....
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 10, 2022 | Berkshire, Deals, News, Office, Reading, Thames Tap |
US software firm Point of Rental Software has almost doubled its space in a move across Reading....
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 10, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, News, Office, Slough, Thames Tap |
A ‘seismic’ shift in the way occupiers seek amenities for their staff was described to delegates...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 9, 2022 | Berkshire, Environment, Infrastructure, News, Politics, Reading, Thames Tap |
Drivers are set to face fines for blocking yellow box junctions in Reading next year. Automatic...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 9, 2022 | Berkshire, Development, News, Politics, Residential, Slough, Thames Tap |
The sale of Slough’s Akzo Nobel site will bring the council a ‘massive’ financial boost and...
Read MorePosted by Alan Bunce | Nov 8, 2022 | Environment, Plan, Politics, Thames Tap, Views |
Emily Taylor, account manager for DevComms Oxford, considers the way the Sunak Government will...
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