Massive logistics park set for approval
Plans for 112,000 sq m of warehouse space have been recommended for approval by Brentwood Borough...
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Author: Matthew Battle
Can the housing crisis and the climate crisis be solved at the same time?
Rob Preston, associate with Carter Jonas Cambridge, asks if the housing crisis and our climate...
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Topping out celebrated at sustainable homes scheme
A topping out ceremony has been held for a scheme of 35 sustainable homes in Harlow. The Oakview...
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Land and Estates – a new supplement included in The Forum!
Unearthing rural property news and views in the East of England, Thames Valley, and West London....
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Good REiiF: UK property event is building solid foundations
UKPF managing director Matthew Battle offers his personal observations and comments after...
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Go West! New frontiers for UKPF
We are really excited to be launching Western Whistle, our new journal which will provide regular...
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View from the punt: new year, new look
New look for the Eastern Echo Using rudimentary software and a barrel load of enthusiasm, myself...
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View from the riverbank: new year, new look
Thames Tap was launched in January 2015. Using rudimentary software and a barrel load of...
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TWO selects Hill Group for Oxford North’s first phase
Thomas White Oxford (TWO), the development company of St John’s College, has selected Hill Group...
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View from the riverbank: David Murray – a friend to the Thames Valley
It was with great sadness we learned about the passing of David Murray last week, founder of the...
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View from the riverbank: Thames Tap marks 250 editions
Welcome to ThamesTap number 250. Like many of the best inventions, it was born out of frustration....
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A 2020 vision of UK Property Forums
In a year in which the world changed for so many in good and bad ways, it has also changed...
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View from the riverbank: Heathrow’s crucial role in the region
Heathrow Airport has long been the goose that laid the golden egg by underpinning the Thames...
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View from the riverbank: Why Swindon’s star is rising
For too long the Swindon commercial market has been somewhat lost in the triangle marked by the...
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View from the riverbank: Thames Valley given leading role in TV and film future
As demand for fresh film and TV content becomes ever greater due to a mix of ‘lockdown viewers’...
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View from the riverbank: LSH deal could lead the way for the region
Somehow, finding the solution to the much-needed re-occupation of the office has become like...
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View from the riverbank: Office update
Last Wednesday, myself and my colleague Alan Bunce, emerged from hibernation like two bears who...
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View from the riverbank: Is the Thames Valley going grey?
As the effects of Covid-19 rampage through the office market, evidence emerges that major...
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New UK Prop Fest webinar planned for September
The team behind Thames Tap has launched an exclusive programme for a major free online event next...
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View from the Union : From Steve Curran, Leader of Hounslow Council
A special message for the readers of London West from Steve Curran, Leader of the Council at...
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Urban Splash embraces MMC at Northstowe
August 2020 officially marks the start of Inholm, the new ‘urban village’ being created by House...
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Kingston University halls of residence multi-million pound refurbishment
Kingston University halls of residence at Seething Wells and Kingston Hill multi-million pound...
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New resi scheme planned for Lower Stondon in Bedfordshire
Rainier Developments have submitted an outline planning application for up to 115 new homes on...
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Union Park in Leighton Buzzard appoints new advisors
Adroit Real Estate Advisors and Savills have been confirmed as the leasing team for Union Park, a...
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Cambridge South station railway gets the green light
A preferred location for the proposed new railway station to serve Cambridge South has been...
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MH Star buys 206,000 sq ft Warehouse
Jaynic has sold the SP206 warehouse at Suffolk Park, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, to consumer goods...
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Fibre infrastructure takes space near Cambridge
The UK’s largest alternative provider of telecoms fibre networks has located its Cambridge...
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Peterhouse College and Abstract confirm 300,000 sq ft office deal
Peterhouse College and Abstract have exchanged contracts to acquire a 9.17 acres (3.71Ha) site...
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Liz Truss backs plans to build world-leading Cambridge Norwich Tech Corridor cluster
International Development Secretary Liz Truss is backing a new road map for the future of the...
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East of England suffers from chronic lack of warehouse supply
According to Savills latest Big Shed Briefing, there is less than a year’s worth of Grade A...
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View from the riverbank: Surrey should stay focussed on regeneration aims
Has the regeneration badge become a millstone for Surrey Heath Borough Council?The rapidly...
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View from the riverbank: Is office space servicing Reading?
Castleforge Partners’ application for a major redevelopment of Soane Point, Reading, could...
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View from the Union : Editorial Comment
Are City birds starting to migrate? News that Unilver and Sotheby’s are relocating to South...
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London Square gets approval for Kingston scheme
London Square secures go-ahead for its new project in Kingston at a virtual planning committee...
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Could COVID-19 kill “predict and provide” ?
David Frisby, Managing Director at mode transport planning and Union Member of the London West...
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Sotheby’s make a bid for Richmond
The Grade II listed building at Heron Square, which is located within the exclusive Richmond...
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Unilever campus to be located in Kingston
Kingston Council welcomed the news that Unilever is relocating their UK headquarters to the town...
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View from the riverbank: Time to tighten the Thames Tap
After a global pandemic and the subsequent crippling effects for the business community, there has...
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All change! for TFL office workers
TFL (Transport for London) is looking to reduce its office estate as Covid-19 prompts a permanent...
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View from the riverbank: Tony Pidgley remembered
Last week the Thames Valley lost one of the key figures behind the regeneration of many parts of...
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Black Cat Junction gets lucky
The further consultation into the multi-million-pound A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvement...
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Massive demand on The Arc predicted by Bidwells
New Bidwells research has revealed that up to 20 million sq ft of new lab and office space will be...
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Virtual consent for Cambridge resi scheme
The previous use of this site was a Cambridge City pupil referral unit and the proposed...
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Huawei gets green light for R&D Centre
A new 50,000 square metre research and development centre in South Cambridgeshire received the...
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Go ahead for 1200 homes on eastern edge of Cambridge
A vibrant, well-connected and sustainable new neighbourhood with up to 1,200 much needed new homes...
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Middle Eastern investor takes delivery of Ocado order
Apollo Court, Hatfield which is let in full to Ocado Group has been purchased by a Middle Eastern...
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View from the Union
The decision of when to launch London West was always going to be difficult. However, when you add...
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Hanging out in Ealing
MAA has submitted plans for Urban Livings new 48 units scheme developed in close collaboration...
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View from the riverbank: Time to get some major schemes going
There must be some benefits to being in a lockdown and not being able to network and share ideas...
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Barker Storey Matthews is really active
Barker Storey Matthews – now part of Eddisons – has been identified as the most active...
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Design Code marches into Waterbeach Barracks
The redevelopment of Waterbeach Barracks and Airfield reached another milestone today (10 June)...
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View from the riverbank: It’s time to re-occupy the office
In the post-Covid-19 world in which we now live, chief executives from some of the biggest...
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Green light on new Peterborough premises for Blue Light Services
An automotive company specialising in designing, converting and supplying vehicles for frontline...
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New industrial units available to pre-let in Market Deeping
Savills, on behalf of A & L Property Ltd, has brought to market a new industrial development...
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View from the riverbank: Another Slough news day
Back to SchoolAfter many years, the property sector can, at last, see the TVU (Thames Valley...
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Walk on water
Urban&Civic has received conditional planning permission for 6,500 new homes enable the City...
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Virtual decision making – could this be the future?
Much has been made in recent weeks of the birth of the online planning committee and the success...
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Bidwells Essex Report
Fall out from North EssexThe Inspector’s letter into the North Essex Authorities’ Section 1 Local...
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Northstowe gets health approval
Northstowe New Town is the largest site bidding to be a NHS England “Healthy New...
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520 new homes planned in Norwich
Lincolnshire-based developer Larkfleet Homes hopes councillors will pave the way for permission to...
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Bramford wants ‘consistency’ on 115 new homes
A decision on 115 homes in Bramford has been delayed to ensure ‘consistent decision-making’.The...
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Hill climbs to new heights
Hill has announced record turnover and profits in 2019 Annual Hill announces record turnover and...
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Commercial Leases – The new normal?
Commercial Leases – The new normal?by Laura Gorman, Associate, Penningtons Manches...
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Street and roads in Cambridge to close
City Access: Transport Response to Covid-19 The Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) will support...
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View from the riverbank: Join us online along with top Oxfordshire speakers
Milan, London, Reading and now Oxford have all announced a range of temporary and permanent...
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Bidwells: Essex Local Plan Watch
Spring 2020 An imminent update from the Inspector examining the joint Local Plan for North Essex...
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COVID-19: Practical considerations for commercial landlords and tenants
Giorgia Clements, from the Penningtons Cooper Manches real estate team, commented that following...
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View from the riverbank: Is Slough now central to the region?
As so often happens in the property sector, the most successful schemes tend to be started in the...
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Hill offer virtual building tours on their Cambridge schemes
Hill to encourage virtual home tours on a number of its new developments and is starting to...
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Urban Splash to reopen its modular factory supplying Northstowe
House by Urban Splash’s modular factory will reopen from today (4th May), safely commencing...
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View from the riverbank: Top schemes in the top region
Speaking with a sample of the major developers and investors working on projects across the Thames...
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Office acquisition affirms faith in Cambridge’s prop market
The completion of the freehold acquisition of a headquarters-level office building in Cambridge...
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Bidwells close Norwich office investment deal
Commercial property company Dencora – advised by Bidwells – has acquired 52,281 sq ft...
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View from the riverbank: Light at the end of the tunnel?
Interviewing John Fisher, managing director of the oldest independent property company operating...
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Cultural alignment or Realignment of the Culture?
What’s the point in an expensive fit-out without clear leadership from the top of the business on...
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Persimmon Homes to build ‘Garden Neighbourhood’ in Suffolk
Detailed proposals have been put forward for what developers say will be the first phase of what...
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King’s Dyke level crossing arises
A multi-million pound contract for the King’s Dyke improvement scheme at Whittlesey was...
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Affordable Homes in Cambridgeshire
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority has approved an additional £40 million fund...
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Fletton Quays Opens Up
Virtual tours of Fletton Quays show homes in Peterborough launched. In response to Covid-19,...
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Residential Development Sold to Samsons
Whitworth Mill in Peterborough which stands on the banks of the River Nene, is set to be sold to...
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View from the riverbank: Are we starting to see the light?
As our European neighbours slowly start the process of coming out of isolation and parts of the...
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View from the riverbank: The Arc and the pandemic of Biblical proportions
On the day we were due to enjoy OxPropFest at Keble College, Oxford, with its gala dinner finale,...
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View from the riverbank: Join us online
In a parallel world our OxPropFest 2020 event was due to happen this Thursday, April 2 at Keble...
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View from the River Cam: Life, but not as we know it Jim…
The property market is trying to come to terms with the radical changes which have enveloped the...
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Thames Tap Podcast
Thames Tap Podcast: Live and direct from the Thames ValleyYou can listen to a series of interviews...
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View from the riverbank: An update from UKPF
In the space of what feels like just a few days, the world has changed beyond recognition. We are...
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View from the riverbank: From great shocks come great changes
As we all start to enter a period of self-isolation at work, at home or just maybe just...
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A new look for UKPF
UK Property Forums now has a new look.In the past we worked across six websites but now we can...
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London West – Go West Young Person!
Covering the London Boroughs of Ealing, Hillingdon, Hounslow and Richmond-upon-Thames, the London...
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View from the riverbank: A new look for UKPF
UK Property Forums has a new look from today. In the past we worked across six websites but now we...
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View from the riverbank: Argent majors on King’s Cross
Listening to Argent last week at the Spring meeting of the Reading Real Estate Network was...
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View from the riverbank: Reading leading the way
Property consultancy JLL recently predicted that London rents would break the £90 per sq ft...
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View from the riverbank: Reading and righting
Listening to the deputy director of planning and transport at Reading Borough Council, Giorgio...
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View from the riverbank: Time to build on success
Despite the commotion in Westminster caused by Brexit and the apparent inertia of the Government...
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View from the riverbank: Could uncertainty give way to optimism?
Before the EU referendum in 2016, members of UK Prop Social’s predecessor, the First Tuesday Club,...
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View from the riverbank: Will the cash flow?
Among the many claims, themes and (some might say) lies, presented by the various parties in the...
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View from the riverbank: In with The Arc
Last Tuesday, more than 500 delegates attended the Estates Gazette/ Bidwells conference at The...
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