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02/18/2019

Gladman's High Court bid is thrown out

Gladman Land’s High Court bid to win permission for 245 homes at Emmer Green has been thrown out – but the developer has one last ditch chance to make its case. In January the developer launched a High Court challenge to the planning inspector’s decision to uphold South Oxfordshire District Council’s refusal for the hotly-contested scheme on a 13.48-hectare site on the Reading/South Oxfordshire border. Councillors in Reading fear if Gladman is allowed to build, it would allow several further
02/15/2019

Lochailort says Thames Quarter extension won't be seen

The developer of Thames Quarter in Reading has published an image (see below) of proposals to add 23 units and argues it will have no effect on the streetscene. The central core of the scheme of 315 flats is set for completion in March but Lochailort wants to add a partial additional floor on top of the lower section bringing the total number of flats in the Build-to-Rent scheme, Reading’s first, to 338. Thames Quarter was given the go-ahead in November 2017 after a protracted wrangle over
02/15/2019

Jerry Muscroft joins PJA

Transport planning, engineering and placemaking consultancy, PJA, has appointed Jerry Muscroft as director in its Reading office. Mr Muscroft will build on existing relationships and create new ones throughout Reading, the Thames Valley and the wider south east region and will be seeking to significantly expand PJA’s team of consultants and engineers. He was previously director at transport planning consultancy, Motion, and prior to that was director of transport and infrastructure planning
02/15/2019

550 homes approved while 500 'refused' ahead of appeal

Councillors in High Wycombe have approved a plan for 550 homes while the battle for a further 500 goes on. Berkeley Homes (Western) won permission for up to 550 units (with a minimum total of 520) on 32.8 hectares at Abbey Barn South, Abbey Barn Lane at the planning committee’s February 13 meeting. The development will include 1.6 hectares of employment land. But in two further applications by Halsbury Homes for a total of up to 500 properties on 20.78 hectares at the rear of Park Mill Farm,
02/15/2019

Bracknell agrees The Deck

Funding for the next phase of the Lexicon has been approved by Bracknell Forest Council’s executive along with plans to progress schemes for up to 500 town centre flats. At its February 13 meeting, the committee backed a proposal to put £4.5 million into the development of 19,000 sq ft of retail/restaurants in a new section to be called The Deck. The development, on the site of the vacant Bentalls store, will connect The Lexicon with Princess Square- which itself will be refurbished - and
02/15/2019

Guests urged to exploit the 'most significant MIPIM for years'

Guests at a breakfast for professional services provider, Knights, were advised to exploit the most significant MIPIM for UK delegates in years. Peter De Soissons, sales director for the MIPIM organiser, Reed Midem, told guests at the pre-MIPIM breakfast briefing on Wednesday, February 13, the 30th year of the international property event on March 12 - 15, barely a fortnight before Brexit, poses a rare opportunity for those attending from the UK He said: “A lot has changed in the last 30 years
02/14/2019

Jason Morgans gets into Motion

Jason Morgans has been appointed associate director at the Guildford office of Motion. Prior to joining the transport planning and infrastructure design consultants, Mr Morgans worked for 10 years on the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station including leading the design of a nearby 1.5 km bypass to approval. He has held senior positions at Royal HaskoningDHV and The Denis Wilson Partnership. He said: “I am now looking forward to working on even larger commissions and a greater variety of
02/13/2019

Oxfordshire Vision 2050 under the spotlight

Members of the family of Lichfields senior director Daniel Lampard are in for a treat during the Spring half term break, as he explains. This month I shall use the half term holiday to take my children to a roadshow on the Oxfordshire Plan 2050. Whilst they may not appreciate it (in both senses of the word) as current, and I hope future, residents of Oxfordshire, they have as much an interest as I do in the development of the county over the next 30 years. They will also be more at home

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News

Gladman's High Court bid is thrown out

Lochailort says Thames Quarter extension won't be seen

Jerry Muscroft joins PJA

550 homes approved while 500 'refused' ahead of appeal

Bracknell agrees The Deck

Guests urged to exploit the 'most significant MIPIM for years'

Jason Morgans gets into Motion

Oxfordshire Vision 2050 under the spotlight