Hugh Blaza, Author at UK Property Forums

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...

Oxford’s Covered Market: time to polish the jewel

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Jan 21, 2021 | Development, Editorial, Environment, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Retail, Thames Tap, Views |

UK Property Forums consultant and Oxford resident Hugh Blaza is a fan of Oxford’s Covered Market....

How will Oxford house all its students?

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Jan 11, 2021 | Editorial, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Plan, Politics, Residential, Thames Tap, Views |

UK Property Forums consultant Hugh Blaza balances Oxford’s demand for student accommodation with...

A 2020 vision of Oxford

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Dec 17, 2020 | Development, Editorial, Education, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure, Leisure, Mixed Use, Office, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Plan, Politics, Residential, Retail, Thames Tap, Views |

Hugh Blaza, our man in Oxford, reviews an extraordinary year in and extraordinary city. It was all...

Oxfordshire’s housing plans: the natives are getting restless

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Nov 16, 2020 | County, Development, Editorial, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Plan, Politics, Residential, Thames Tap, Views |

Thames Tap consultant Hugh Blaza casts an eyes over concerns being expressed about the scale and...

Get involved in our debate on the future of Oxford city centre

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Nov 4, 2020 | Development, Editorial, Environment, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Plan, Politics, Thames Tap, Views |

Thames Tap consultant Hugh Blaza has spoken to leading players who can help shape the centre of...

Creating a vision for Oxford city centre: Is resi on the agenda?

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Jul 30, 2020 | County, Development, Editorial, Mixed Use, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Politics, Residential, Thames Tap, Views |

Thames Tap consultant and long-term resident of Oxford, Hugh Blaza, prompted discussion among...

The Store Hotel: a great project but is a wider discussion needed?

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Jul 10, 2020 | Development, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Residential, Retail, Sector, Thames Tap, Towns, Views |

Plans for a new hotel to replace 282-year-old Boswell’s department store in central Oxford,...

How we’re emerging from lockdown – from research to business parks

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Jul 8, 2020 | Berkshire, County, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Politics, Reading, Thames Tap, Views |

Following reports from Thames Tap contacts in New Zealand and Australia on how Covid-19 affected...

New Zealand: Life, business and property under Covid-19

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Jul 6, 2020 | Politics, Thames Tap, Views |

In one of two articles involving Thames Tap contacts abroad, Hugh Blaza finds out how Kiwis coped...

Where does South Oxfordshire go from here?

Posted by Hugh Blaza | May 13, 2020 | County, Development, Editorial, News, Oxfordshire, Plan, Views |

Hugh Blaza has spoken to figures at the heart of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan saga and offers...

Oxfordshire tourism: Life after lockdown

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Apr 28, 2020 | Editorial, Leisure, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Politics, Thames Tap, Views |

Experience Oxfordshire (EO), the destination management organisation for the county, has issued a...

COVID-19: News from the front line

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Mar 31, 2020 | Editorial, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Views |

UK Property Forums consultant, Hugh Blaza, offers an overview of Oxfordshire in the midst of the...

Is the Arc connecting with the right people?

Posted by Hugh Blaza | Dec 3, 2019 | Arc Watch, Infrastructure, Infrastructure, News, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, People, Plan, Thames Tap, Views |

Thames Tap consultant and former commercial property lawyer, Hugh Blaza, is a fan of the Oxford to...

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