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08/17/2017

Bucks draws up transport guidelines for developers

New guidelines are being drawn up by Buckinghamshire County Council to help developers meet the authority’s transport requirements. Consultation on the guidelines has begun and runs until Friday, September 22. Cllr Mark Shaw, deputy leader and cabinet member for transport, said the reason for them was to help developers understand what the council expected without them having to wade through ‘tomes of policies’. He added: "We know growth is happening in Buckinghamshire and it's important that
08/17/2017

Bewley submits 100-home plan for Ash

Bewley Homes has applied to build up to 100 properties at Ash. The development is the second phase of a wider scheme at Ash Green Lane, Permission for phase one - 95 homes - has already been given. The 100-home phase two scheme wraps around four Grade ll listed buildings but the site has been identified by Guildford Borough Council as suitable for housing. Affordable homes on the 5.13-hectare site will account for 35 per cent of the total. The application’s design & access statement
08/16/2017

260 homes planned for Thame

A development of up to 260 homes is being planned for a site at Thame in Oxfordshire. Using planners from Turley, Persimmon Homes has submitted a scoping request to South Oxfordshire District Council to ask if an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is needed to build on a 7.99-hectare site to the west of the B4012 Thame Park Road which is on the southern edge of the town. The site already has planning permission for 175 homes and the new proposals are expected to utilise the same access.
08/16/2017

£6.2m to fund vital road for Didcot Garden Town

A new road, vital to support Didcot Garden Town, is to get £6.2 million funding from the Government. Housing minister Alok Sharma announced on August 9 that the funding, to be given to South Oxfordshire District Council, will accelerate Didcot’s Northern Perimeter Road – a vital piece of local infrastructure for the town which will see 15,000 new homes built by 2031. Mr Sharma said: “We need to deliver the right infrastructure in the right places to speed up house building and deliver the
08/15/2017

Tech hubs Reading, Oxford and Cambridge show faster house price growth

New research suggests house prices in Reading, Oxford and Cambridge have increased faster than most others in the UK due to each centre’s strong technology base. Online estate agents HouseSimple’s research found the three established tech hubs which have more than 100,000 digital jobs between them, have seen some of the highest property price increases over the past five years of anywhere in the UK. HouseSimple showed a 43 per cent rise in property prices in Oxford and Cambridge and almost 54
08/15/2017

Former London cycling supremo Andrew Gilligan to advise Oxford

Former cycling commissioner for London, Andrew Gilligan has been brought in to make Oxford a ‘world class’ city for cyclists. The National Infrastructure Commission has appointed Mr Gilligan to work with councils and local groups to create a vision of what is required for cycling to become ‘super attractive’ in Oxford, Milton Keynes and Cambridge. Mr Gilligan will provide advice on how the existing infrastructure can be used better and what more could be done to help local residents to get on
08/14/2017

View from the riverbank: Mall could help make shopping great again

On the face of it, 16 shipping containers behind the Broad Street Mall, may not be everyone’s idea of the way forward for a thriving town centre. But the more you consider the issues around plans put forward by mall owners Inception to create something the town has never had, the more this looks like a winner. The debate over whether the Thames Valley is cool and funky enough to compete with the likes of Shoreditch for the best creative talent, has been a recurring theme at the Thames Valley
08/14/2017

Oxfordshire development site sold

A site which could offer small firms rare opportunities to buy freehold industrial space has been sold to Glenmore Holdings Ltd. The deal for the 0.77-acre site at Langford Locks, Kidlington was handled by commercial property agents VSL & Partners, acting for building firm Kingerlee. The sale price was £550,000. Glenmore has applied for permission for a speculative 16,000 sq ft development of 14 units. These will range from 1,000 sq ft and are aimed at small businesses looking for high tech

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News

Bucks draws up transport guidelines for developers

Bewley submits 100-home plan for Ash

260 homes planned for Thame

£6.2m to fund vital road for Didcot Garden Town

Tech hubs Reading, Oxford and Cambridge show faster house price growth

Former London cycling supremo Andrew Gilligan to advise Oxford

View from the riverbank: Mall could help make shopping great again

Oxfordshire development site sold