Author: Hugh Blaza

Equinox to boost the innovation opportunities for Oxford

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Nov 15, 2025 | Editorial, Life Science, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Thames Tap, Views |

It’s hard to imagine a more stellar gathering of stakeholders, from industry, local government and...

The Cowley branch line – the train WILL be leaving the station: no-brainer becomes game changer

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Oct 27, 2025 | Development, Environment, Infrastructure, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Politics, Thames Tap, Views |

UK Property Forums consultant Hugh Blaza has argued so long for the re-opening of the Cowley...

A view over Heyford Park – and into the future

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Oct 13, 2025 | Development, Environment, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Plan, Politics, Residential, Thames Tap, Views |

UK Property Forums consultant Hugh Blaza took to the skies to get a genuine bird’s eye view of...

Where will Oxford North take the city?

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Oct 6, 2025 | Development, Laboratory, Leisure, Mixed Use, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Residential, Technology, Thames Tap, Views |

UK Property Forums consultant Hugh Blaza was glad to be present as Oxford North officially opened...

Growth at centre of Oxfordshire Developers Forum meeting

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Jun 30, 2025 | Development, Editorial, Environment, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Politics, Thames Tap, Views |

UKPF consultant Hugh Blaza reports from the second meeting of the new Oxfordshire Developers...

How the Oxford to Cambridge growth corridor starred at UKREiiF 2025

Posted by Hugh Blaza | May 27, 2025 | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Development, Eastern Echo, Editorial, Education, Education, Environment, Environment, Industrial, Industrial, Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Laboratory, Laboratory, Leisure, Leisure, Life Science, Life Science, Mixed Use, Mixed Use, News, Office, Office, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Politics, Politics, Residential, Residential, Technology, Technology, Thames Tap, Views, Views |

UK Property Forums consultant Hugh Blaza reports from three days in Leeds where the Oxford to...

First look at new Oxford United stadium

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Oct 10, 2023 | Development, Environment, Leisure, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire |

UK Property Forums consultant Hugh Blaza attended the first exhibition about the proposed new...

A city on the verge of unprecedented change

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Apr 24, 2023 | Deals, Development, Editorial, Environment, Infrastructure, Laboratory, Leisure, Life Science, Mixed Use, News, Office, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Plan, Politics, Residential, Technology, Thames Tap, Views |

Some of the leading figures in the remarkable development scene in Oxford came together last week...

Join us to debate Oxford’s key discussion topics

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Mar 27, 2023 | Environment, Event News, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Politics |

UK Property Forums consultant Hugh Blaza looks ahead to a crucial opportunity to discuss the...

Oxford rallies to protest traffic management proposals…or does it?

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Feb 20, 2023 | Environment, Infrastructure, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Politics, Views |

UK Property Forums consultant and Oxfordshire resident Hugh Blaza went to the protest against Low...

Is the Ox-Cam Arc back on the Government agenda?

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Jan 27, 2023 | Arc Watch, Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, Deals, Development, Development, Eastern Echo, Editorial, Editorial, Environment, Environment, Hertfordshire, Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Laboratory, Laboratory, Laboratory, Life Science, Life Science, Life Science, Office, Office, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, Plan, Plan, Politics, Residential, Residential, Residential, Technology, Technology, Technology, Thames Tap, Views, Views, Views |

UK Property Forums consultant Hugh Blaza is cautiously optimistic the Oxford – Cambridge Arc...

Traffic filters – an alternative view

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Dec 2, 2022 | Environment, Infrastructure, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Politics, Thames Tap, Views |

Oxfordshire resident and Thames Tap consultant Hugh Blaza has been following the story of the...

The Arc will triumph

Posted by Hugh Blaza | May 9, 2022 | Arc Watch, Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, Development, Development, Eastern Echo, Editorial, Editorial, Environment, Environment, Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, Plan, Plan, Politics, Politics, Thames Tap, Views, Views, Views |

UK Property Forums consultant Hugh Blaza attended Westminster Social Policy Forum’s seminar on the...

The Ox-Cam Arc: being left to fend for itself?

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Apr 26, 2022 | Arc Watch, Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, Development, Eastern Echo, Editorial, Editorial, Environment, Environment, Essex, Hertfordshire, News, News, News, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, Plan, Plan, Politics, Politics, Suffolk, Thames Tap, Views, Views, Views |

The Oxford – Cambridge Arc may be low on the Government’s priority but this week UK...

Scores join us for OxProp Social

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Feb 14, 2022 | Environment, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Plan, Politics, Thames Tap, Views |

UK Property Forums consultant Hugh Blaza assesses our first OxPropSocial of 2022. To paraphrase...

Join us for OxProp Summit

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Feb 7, 2022 | Arc Watch, Environment, Industrial, Industrial, Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Laboratory, Life Science, Life Science, News, News, Office, Office, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, Plan, Politics, Residential, Technology, Technology, Thames Tap |

UK Property Forums consultant Hugh Blaza unveils our first major event of the year – OxProp...

Final whistle for the Kassam Stadium

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Jan 14, 2022 | Development, Editorial, Environment, Laboratory, Leisure, Life Science, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Plan, Politics, Residential, Thames Tap |

As Oxford United plans to substitute the Kassam Stadium with a new home at Stratfield Brake, UK...

Oxford transport: an end to gridlock?

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Jan 10, 2022 | Development, Infrastructure, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Politics, Thames Tap, Views |

UK Property Forums consultant Hugh Blaza sees a hopeful route ahead now that congestion in Oxford...

EWR Co: The train is leaving the station

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Dec 1, 2021 | Arc Watch, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Development, Editorial, Environment, Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Laboratory, Laboratory, Life Science, Life Science, Mixed Use, Mixed Use, Office, Office, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, Plan, Politics, Residential, Residential, Space, Technology, Technology, Thames Tap, Views, Views |

UK Property Forums consultant Hugh Blaza casts a wary eye over infrastructure and environmental...

The Oxford – Cambridge Arc: threatened by fundamental misunderstanding?

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Oct 15, 2021 | Arc Watch, Development, Development, Eastern Echo, Education, Education, Environment, Environment, Industrial, Industrial, Industrial, Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Leisure, Life Science, Mixed Use, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, Plan, Plan, Politics, Politics, Residential, Residential, Residential, Space, Thames Tap, Views, Views, Views |

UK Property Forums consultant Hugh Blaza takes on the councillors in South Oxfordshire seeking to...

We need investment, collaboration and communication

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Sep 20, 2021 | Arc Watch, Development, Editorial, Education, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Leisure, Life Science, Mixed Use, Mixed Use, News, Office, Office, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, Plan, Politics, Residential, Residential, Retail, Space, Technology, Thames Tap, Views, Views |

UK Property Forums consultant Hugh Blaza, a key member of the team organising and presenting...

The green way forward across the Arc

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Jul 16, 2021 | Arc Watch, Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, Environment, Environment, Essex, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, Politics, Suffolk, Thames Tap, Views, Views, Views |

Accepting the green challenge: how can the levels of environmental protection and improvement...

Oxpens – ‘It’s going to be cool’

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Jul 8, 2021 | Development, Editorial, Infrastructure, Leisure, Mixed Use, Office, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Residential, Thames Tap, Views |

Ahead of the announcement of the first glimpse of the radical plans for the Oxpens project in...

June webinars turn up the heat on Arc leaders

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Jun 23, 2021 | Arc Watch, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Editorial, Editorial, Environment, Environment, Infrastructure, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, Plan, Plan, Politics, Politics, Thames Tap, Views, Views |

UK Property Forums consultant Hugh Blaza put himself (digitally) among those leading discussions...

A step into a sustainable new world

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Jun 4, 2021 | Arc Watch, Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire, Development, Development, Eastern Echo, Editorial, Editorial, Environment, Environment, Industrial, Industrial, Industrial, Milton Keynes, Politics, Politics, Thames Tap, Views, Views, Views |

Thames Tap consultant Hugh Blaza considers how a groundbreaking industrial scheme in Milton Keynes...

Is the Arc ahead of the sustainability curve?

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Mar 29, 2021 | Arc Watch, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Editorial, Infrastructure, Leisure, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Politics, Views, Views |

Hugh Blaza examines the green credentials of the Oxford – Cambridge Arc following the recent...

ArcWatch comment: Farewell to the Expressway. But what now?

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Mar 29, 2021 | Arc Watch, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Infrastructure, Oxfordshire, Views |

Hugh Blaza waves farewell to the Ox-Cam Expressway – and ponders his own future transport...

ArcWatch comment: The bigger picture behind Bruntwood acquisition

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Mar 29, 2021 | Arc Watch, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, Views |

We’ve reported recently in Eastern Echo on the acquisition by Bruntwood SciTech of TTP’s Melbourn...

Describing the Arc: time to explain the whys and wherefores

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Mar 12, 2021 | Arc Watch, Editorial, Environment, Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Life Science, Mixed Use, Mixed Use, Office, Office, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, Plan, Politics, Residential, Residential, Space, Technology, Views, Views |

Thames Tap ArcWatch consultant Hugh Blaza has spotted a disconnect between those promoting the Arc...

Oxpens move gives us reasons to be cheerful

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Mar 1, 2021 | Development, Editorial, Environment, Mixed Use, Office, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Plan, Politics, Residential, Thames Tap, Views |

Thames Tap consultant Hugh Blaza gives an expert local view on the leap forward the Oxpens scheme...

ArcWatch unveiled – news and views from the Ox-Cam Arc

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Feb 22, 2021 | Arc Watch, Aviation, Bedford, Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, Development, Development, Eastern Echo, Editorial, Editorial, Education, Education, Education, Environment, Environment, Industrial, Industrial, Industrial, Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Leisure, Leisure, Life Science, Milton Keynes, Mixed Use, Mixed Use, Mixed Use, News, News, News, Office, Office, Office, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, Plan, Plan, Politics, Politics, Residential, Residential, Residential, Retail, Retail, Space, Technology, Thames Tap, Views |

UK Property Forums has teamed up with DevComms, OxLEP and Westcott to deliver regular news and...

Bids invited for spatial framework design of Oxford’s West End

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Feb 10, 2021 | Editorial, Education, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure, Leisure, Mixed Use, News, Office, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Plan, Politics, Residential, Retail, Thames Tap, Views |

Thames Tap consultant Hugh Blaza reports on the latest step forward in transforming Oxford’s...

East-West Rail opens up the Arc – but are trains electric?

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Feb 1, 2021 | Arc Watch, Bedford, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Development, Development, Eastern Echo, Environment, Environment, Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Milton Keynes, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, Politics, Politics, Thames Tap, Views, Views, Views |

UK Property Forums consultant Hugh Blaza sees East-West Rail as an essential element of the Oxford...

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