NEWS

The latest property stories coming out of the Thames Valley

05/31/2017

Eco Business Centre approved for Bicester

Plans for a highly sustainable business centre at Bicester have been approved by Cherwell District Council. The local authority, which is the applicant, plans to build the 1,385 sq m development in Elmsbrook area of the town close to the site of a proposed new local centre. The three-storey building will be designed and built to high environmental standard and the council is aiming for an ‘Excellent’ BREEAM rating for sustainability. As well as having solar panels on the roof, the building
05/30/2017

Two housing schemes totalling 260 homes rejected

Two schemes for a total of 260 homes in South Oxfordshire were thrown out by planners last week. R J& S Styles had planned 120 homes on land south of Watlington Road, Benson while Persimmon Homes planned to build 140 homes on land south of Greenwood Avenue, Chinnor. Both had been recommended for approval by officers but both were turned down by councillors at South Oxfordshire District Council’s planning committee meeting on May 24. Both schemes involved homes of up to four bedrooms. But the
05/30/2017

View from the Riverbank: Conference reaches new Standard

Matthew Battle, managing director, UK Property Forums has had confirmation from over 75 delegates, 26 speakers and panelists and at least 15 exhibitors for this year’s Thames Valley Property Forum on September 14. Those speakers include the morning keynote, Anthony Hilton, senior business columnist, Evening Standard and The Independent who will explore the conference key themes - City in the West: Identity crisis or monstrous opportunity for the property market? Matthew Battle said: “I am
05/30/2017

Business stays loyal to the Royals

While many hoped to be celebrating Premier League football today, optimism remains that 2018 can be the year Reading FC achieves the success to match the Thames Valley’s development. In the wake of Monday's Championship play off final defeat, we asked some of our sponsors - and the club’s chief executive, Nigel Howe - to look ahead after Reading FC came within a whisker of Premier League football and the massive financial boost promotion could have brought the region. Reading FC chief
05/30/2017

Station Road site may be converted to flats

A site, just yards from Reading station, with a history of radical but unsuccessful planning applications, could now be converted to 33 flats through a Permitted Development scheme. The vacant 29 – 35 Station Road has been the subject of ambitious high-rise schemes yet nothing has materialised in 15 years of varied plans. Now CCL Develco 5 has asked Reading Borough Council whether prior approval is needed to convert the existing building to 29 one-bedroom flats and 33 studio flats. In
05/30/2017

Cox & Wyman site in line for 96 homes

The former Cox & Wyman site in Cardiff Road, Reading now looks destined to be replaced by around 96 homes after a developer submitted a scoping opinion request. Thames Properties has applied to Reading Borough Council to ask if an Environmental Impact Assessment was needed to build the homes on the 1.3-hectare former print works. The vacant 102,000 sq ft works would be demolished and access to the residential development created both on Addison Road and Milford Road. Cox & Wyman closed in
05/26/2017

Boston House unveiled to guests at Grove Business Park

Occupiers, contacts and friends of Grove Business Park in Wantage gathered for a landmark stage in its redevelopment on Wednesday (May 24). Huge expansion plans were agreed for the former US military base last year and the first major development was unveiled on Wednesday when Boston House Business centre was celebrated after a thorough refurbishment. The building, which dates back to around 1957 has been taken back to the shell and totally renewed and modernised with a central garden area
05/25/2017

79 flats planned for Silver Street junction in Reading

Thomas Homes has submitted plans for 79 flats at prominent spot south of central Reading. The developer has submitted plans to Reading Borough Council for the new homes at the long-disused corner of Crown Street and Silver Street. Twenty-four of the proposed flats will be affordable. Montpelier Estates won permission for 85 assisted living (C2) units on the same site last September but in its design and access statement, Woodfield Brady Architecture, said on behalf of Thomas Homes: “It is

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News

Eco Business Centre approved for Bicester

Two housing schemes totalling 260 homes rejected

View from the Riverbank: Conference reaches new Standard

Business stays loyal to the Royals

Station Road site may be converted to flats

Cox & Wyman site in line for 96 homes

Boston House unveiled to guests at Grove Business Park

79 flats planned for Silver Street junction in Reading