£35M Canvey Island Flood Defences approved Sep 23, 2022 The Environment Agency is set to begin the renewal of flood defence revetment this financial year, 2022/23, bringing huge improvements to the seafront and shoreline. This £35 million project will renew Canvey Island’s existing flood defences along the 3-kilometre stretch of the Island’s southern seafront. Canvey Island is a town, civil parish and reclaimed island in […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Plans for UK’s longest road tunnel Sep 20, 2022 Transport for South East (TfSE) have tabled ambitious plans to ease congestion on the A27 in the South East by creating the UK’s longest road tunnel. The plans were supported by Worthing Borough Council council at a meeting earlier this month. Plans for the road tunnel would cost roughly £2bn as part of TfSE’s Strategic […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Go-ahead for 712-home south east London scheme Sep 16, 2022 Plans have been approved for up to 712 homes on two sites in Woolwich town centre in south east London. Formation Architects’ proposals for the latest phase of town-centre redevelopment in Woolwich, south-east London won the backing of local councillors. The scheme will deliver 712 new homes and around 2,000sq m of commercial and community […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Oxford University campus plans at Foxcombe Hall approved Sep 15, 2022 Plans to build a university campus on green belt land have been approved. Proposals for the grounds of the Grade II listed Foxcombe Hall in Boars Hill, include 60 student bedrooms, a 200-seat lecture theatre, library, dining hall, cafe and gym. Vale of White Horse District Council’s planning committee was recommended to approve the application. The former […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Planning permission granted for 600 new homes in Hampshire Sep 15, 2022 Planning permission for 600 new homes has been greenlit as part of the redevelopment of Aldershot town centre. The proposals include the demolition of The Galleries, The Arcade shopping centres and the High Street car park. The redevelopment will see 596 flats built as part of a large complex that will contain 17 buildings in […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
600 homes at former Southampton Debenhams recommended for approval Sep 15, 2022 Plans for more than 600 new homes on a former Debenhams site in Southampton have been recommended to the local council. The store which closed last year is the subject of plans to build a total of 607 homes. Under the proposed scheme by Southampton Estates Ltd, three new blocks would be erected comprising of seven to […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Sussex 69-home development approved Sep 15, 2022 Plans to create 69 homes on an old brickworks site in Midhurst have been approved by the South Downs National Park Authority. The new homes will be built on the old West Sussex County Council depot site, in Bepton Road, with 36 per cent classed as affordable. Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Cala Homes secures 26-acre Kent site from Hallam Land Sep 1, 2022 Henry Boot’s land promotion and planning business, Hallam Land Management (HLM), announces that it has exchanged on the sale of a 125-plot site in Tonbridge, Kent to national housebuilder Cala Homes. Located north of Lower Haysden Lane in Tonbridge, the 26-acre site was originally contracted under option by HLM alongside MJ Gleeson PLC in 2004, […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Railpen secures Oxford life science business park in £30m deal Aug 23, 2022 The UK’s railways pension scheme – Railpen – has scooped for a life-science business park in Oxford for £29m. Eastpoint Business Park, acquired from AEW UK REIT, comprises of five buildings and they aim to reposition the asset to create a laboratory-led portgolio. This is a further commitment by Railpen in the Oxford Cambridge Arc […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Former Manston Airport’s £500m redevelopment approved by DfT Aug 23, 2022 Riveroak Strategic Partners (RSP) has gained approval from the Department for Transport to move forward their bid to transform the former Manston Airport into a carbon net zero freight and passenger hub. The scheme will see the creation of new import/export facilities and an upgraded passenger terminal – in addition to key infrastructure improvements to […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
