‘There are better things to spend your money on’ – agents’ views on gaol site
Property agents have given Thames Tap their views on the complexities over redevelopment of the...
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Abbey friends group wants gaol site archaeology probe
Friends of Reading Abbey (FORA) wants any new development at Reading Gaol to be sympathetic to...
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Is how we sign documents about to change amid COVID-19?
Two experts from the commercial property world have put their minds and experience together to...
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Up to 200 homes planned for Eynsham
Goldfield Estates and Pandora Properties are planning up to 200 homes on land at Eynsham.Via...
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LSH appointed for Basing View
Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has been appointed to operate alongside Rare Commercial Property as...
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‘Government needs to be flexible’
Duncan Campbell, director of property advisers Campbell Gordon, has appeared on a BBC video...
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Former chief planner joins Cratus Communications
One of the country’s leading planners has joined UK Property Forums member Cratus...
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The Union of West London
Once again, the Grand Union Canal is bringing change of industrial proportions to the communities...
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‘Staggeringly disappointed’ over Reading Gaol decision
Councillors and campaigners have been left frustrated by the decision of the Ministry of Justice...
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What do data protection and COVID-19 mean for your business?
Debbie Brett and Jennifer Scott, in Blandy & Blandy’s corporate & commercial team,...
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Takeaway food and Permitted Development Rights changes due to COVID-19
Solicitor Kayleigh Chapman, from Blandy & Blandy’s planning & environmental law...
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Podcast: Housing ‘is key to tech recruitment across The Arc’
Housing will be key to the success of the Oxford to Cambridge Arc, according to Bidwells’ research...
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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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Eli Lilly takes 42,500 sq ft at Bracknell
Drugs giant Eli Lilly has taken all 42,500 sq ft of office space at 8 Arlington Square...
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Full ‘stream’ ahead for virtual committee meetings
DevComms director Charles Bushe explains how virtual council meetings are about to become an...
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Extra care home planned for Thame
Rectory Homes and FirstPort Retirement Property Services have applied to build an extra care...
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Commercial property and COVID-19 – sector by sector
Developer and Thames Tap partner Jansons Property has put together a summary of how its experts...
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Japanese drugs firm moves UK HQ to Uxbridge Business Park
Arlington has let 10,854 sq ft at Uxbridge Business Park to pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo...
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Brookfield Asset Management buys into Harwell
Brookfield Asset Management has acquired a 50 per cent stake in the Harwell Campus.Through its...
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Has the evolution of the office negatively impacted employee health?
Drawing on his career in commercial property, David Thomas, partner at property consultant and...
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The property market after COVID-19
Guy Parkes, partner at property consultant and Thames Tap sponsor, Vail Williams, looks at past...
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COVID-19: News from the front line
UK Property Forums consultant, Hugh Blaza, offers an overview of Oxfordshire in the midst of the...
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TVPropFest Speakers
Speakers & Panelists in 2022 Include Meet the Speakers Rob Allaway Managing Director, DevComms Rob is a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and has worked specifically in the planning and property area of...
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TvPropFest OLD
Welcome to TvGoesLive! 7th October 2021 at Green Park, Reading Time to reclaim, redefine and refresh the Thames Valley property, design and construction sectors Half day conference including Expo + Talks + Walks * Health &...
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BucksPropFest
Welcome to BucksPropFest 2020 Replaced by the UK Prop Fest Webinar on 15th /16th September Due to COVID-19 and subsequent Government restrictions for the events business, we are unable to hold this event as planned. However, we...
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BucksPropFest Speakers
Speakers & Panelists in 2020 Include Meet the Speakers Rob Allaway Managing Director, Dev Comms Rob is Managing Director of DevComms and has specialised in engagement and communications in property for more than 20 years. He...
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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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COVID-19 and commercial tenancies
Olivia Foster, in Blandy & Blandy’s commercial property team, explains the impact of...
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305 homes planned for Warfield
Plans for up to 305 homes and a primary school in Warfield have been submitted to Bracknell Forest...
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Formula for scientific success
Around five years ago Bulb Interiors set up a specialist division focussed on the very specific...
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Blandy & Blandy rated among top planning law firms
Blandy & Blandy has been ranked joint 12th in a list of the top-rated planning law firms in...
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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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Coronavirus impact on UK Housing Market
 Savills directors Lucian Cook and Lawrence Bowles provide commentary on the current situation...
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The ageing UK population – major implications for the planning system
Local authorities in the East of England face a ‘huge challenge’ in planning for the...
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Histon Road construction comes to a halt
The Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP)Â have announced that construction on Histon Road has now...
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Planning – the way forward
Planning authorities will need to balance the need for transparency and public involvement against...
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Pegasus, the planning system and COVID-19
Andy Meader, senior director for Pegasus Group, explains how COVID-19 has affected the planning...
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Insight find a room at the top
 Insight a leading technology firm in Uxbridge is re-locating to the impressive Carter Building...
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Richmond upon Thames College at the forefront of college development
Richmond upon Thames College has committed to an £80m second phase extension of its campus in...
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Richmond residents sign up for 20 new Bike Hangars
Richmond council asked residents in 2019 if they wanted Bike Hangars installed in their street. An...
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Conveyancing and COVID-19
Blandy & Blandy partner, Luke McMath, explains how the housing market and conveyancing can...
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Woking rejects 310 Build-to-Rent flats
Plans for 310 Build-to-Rent flats in a 39-storey block in Woking town centre have been...
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Woking rejects 366 Build-to-Rent flats
Councillors have refused an application by Watkin Jones and McKay Securities for 366 Build-to-Rent...
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Horlicks site regeneration approved after s106 agreement
The final planning hurdle in Berkeley Homes’ plans for the Horlicks Building in Slough has...
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New date for CamPropFest 2020
A new date has been set for CamPropFest after the event was postponed due to the COVID-19...
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The high street’s survival of the fittest
In the midst of the most difficult times in most people’s living memory, Hicks Baker retail...
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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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Micro-homes for the homeless
Construction of micro-homes for the homeless is now underway in Cambridge.This will be made up of...
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Mixed use scheme for the Wasing Estate
Plans have been submitted for the development of Shalford Farm on the Wasing Estate between...
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A2 Dominion and TFL lead the way in West Hounslow
A new scheme proposed by TFL and A2 Dominion close to Hounslow West tube station will deliver...
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Hayes Village- An instant success
Barratt Homes have now released the Nestle Apartments for sale on this historic site. It was...
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Government to take over rail franchises amid coronavirus pandemic
The Government is to take over all rail franchises for at least six months under Emergency...
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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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Council business during COVID-19
With increasingly limiting restrictions on social interaction advised by Government, DevComms...
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Newbury residential and commercial market update
Commercial developers should consider building in Newbury because of the shortage of supply in the...
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The Reading Transport Strategy – time to be proactive?
Chris Holdup, associate at mode Transport Planning, follows up his earlier thoughts on the new...
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Berkeley Homes submits plan for SSE site
Berkeley Homes has submitted its plans for 209 homes on the site of the former SSE building in...
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Social distancing affects Lower Thames Crossing consultation
Lower Thames Crossing supplementary consultation has been extended to April2, 2020Due to...
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Wicket deal at Twyford Park
CRWP (Honeypot) Ltd, advised jointly by Savills and Lambert Smith Hampton, has let a warehouse...
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COVID-19: Thames Tap partners on keeping calm and carrying on
The COVID-19 crisis is leading to increased demand for some services, new working practices and...
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Council scraps leisure centre plan through lack of funding
Plans for a leisure centre between Wantage and Grove have been scrapped after Vale of White Horse...
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Swindon seeks to CPO 165-year-old Mechanics’ Institute building
One of Swindon’s most remarkable buildings could be compulsorily purchased by the council and...
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Will COVID-19 result in a seismic shift towards home working?
David Thomas, partner at Thames Tap sponsor Vail Williams, weighs up the possible long term...
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RSSP scheme submitted to council
The planning application for the mixed-use scheme proposed for Reading Station Shopping Park has...
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Development partners sought for Oxford North
The developer behind the £500 million Oxford North scheme has begun the search for two joint...
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Oxford Report published online
Exclusive interviews with key players in the £4 billion joint venture between the University of...
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Budget announces funding for Cambridge South station
News from the March budget included Government funding for Cambridge South Station.The...
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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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Topping out ceremony for Hampton Lakes Primary
Peterborough City Council report that in order to mark progress on the construction of a new...
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153 student units for Oxford
Frontier Estates is planning 153 student rooms in Jack Straw’s Lane in Headington,...
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Councillors refuse Great Wolf Lodge at Bicester
Great Wolf Lodge is considering its options after plans for a major resort at Bicester were...
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New homes and shops in £100m Blackbird Leys redevelopment
Councillors have agreed to move forward with the £100 million redevelopment of the Blackbird Leys...
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£170m infrastructure funding for Bucks
Aylesbury’s ambition to become a Garden Town was given a boost in the Chancellor’s March 11 Budget...
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Aldershot regeneration plans submitted
Plans have been submitted to redevelop a run down area of Aldershot town centre with 100 flats,...
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) and commercial contracts – Where do you stand?
Debbie Brett, partner in Blandy and Blandy’s corporate & commercial team, explains the...
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Brakes applied to Oxford to Cambridge Expressway
The Oxford-Cambridge Expressway has taken a backseat thanks to a Government document stating the...
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£180m research centre for Harwell Campus
A £180 million science and digitisation centre for the Natural History Museum at the Harwell...
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22,000 sq ft industrial unit pre-let to Meech International
Tungsten Properties has pre-let a 22,000 sq ft industrial unit in Witney to manufacturing business...
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CamPropFest Judges
Judges for 2024 Include Meet the Judges Laura Foster BBC Reporter Laura Foster is an award-winning reporter and presenter and has worked at BBC News for over a decade. As a health and science specialist, she has reported on...
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Investment to swap four wheels for two
A £10 million boost to cycleways across the East of England has been delivered in the last five...
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Key appointments at Mactaggart & Mickel
Luxury housebuilder Mactaggart & Mickel has made two key appointments in its strategic land...
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Bedfordshire industrial estate acquired in £1m deal
Pears Property Advisors has acquired a multi-let industrial estate in Bedfordshire. Commercial...
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View from the riverbank: Is the planning system fit for purpose?
When councillors in Reading met last week to decide some important planning applications there was...
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Reading at the start of a long transport journey
Chris Holdup, associate at mode Transport Planning, offers his initial thoughts on the newly...
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New Bucks authority set to emerge from the shadows
DevComms managing director Rob Allaway considers the future of local government in Buckinghamshire...
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Peterborough City Council above target
The number of homes built across Peterborough in the past three years has beaten the Government...
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Minister forces action on SODC Local Plan
DevComms managing director Rob Allaway puts into perspective a decisive week in the drawn out saga...
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Savills promotes two
Savills has announced two promotions within its Peterborough office.Henry King and Ian Wilkinson...
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Blandys signs for 10 more years
Law firm Blandy & Blandy has signed two 10-year lease renewals for its central Reading...
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Reading’s transport strategy ‘the most ambitious ever’
A clean air zone, workplace parking levy, emissions and road user charging, a third Thames bridge...
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Reading proves safe bet for ROA
Racehorse Owners Association (ROA) is on course to become a new occupier in Reading.ROA is...
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52 student rooms for Oxford
A former Conservative Club in Oxford would make way for 52 student rooms in a planning application...
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Refusal recommended for Great Wolf resort at Bicester
Councillors have been recommended to refuse permission for the proposed Great Wolf Lodge resort at...
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Broad Street Mall flats scheme approved
Councillors approved plans to add 422 flats to Reading’s Broad Street Mall at their March 4...
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Massive data centre scheme out for consultation
Neighbouring councils are being consulted on plans to redevelop Langley Business Centre for a...
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New housing company for Rushmoor
Councillors in Rushmoor borough have approved a five-year business plan ahead of the formation of...
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Old Oak Common Station designs seeking planning approval
HS2 Ltd has revealed plans for the London super hub at Old Oak Common.The new station is expected...
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Eight promotions at Savills in Oxford
Eight people have been promoted at Savills’ Oxford office.The moves include five people stepping...
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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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View from the riverbank: Thames Valley continues to develop
On January 31, Thames Tap held a round table at which there was virtually unanimous agreement that...
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