Built Environment Networking Blog: South East News

Planning Approval Granted for Transformative Redevelopment of Former HMS Daedalus Naval Base

The former HMS Daedalus military base in Hampshire is set to undergo a significant redevelopment, following planning approval for a substantial housing-led waterfront scheme in Lee-on-the-Solent. The project, orchestrated by the Daedalus Development Company under the architectural vision of Acme Architects, aims to blend restoration with modernisation. Central to the redevelopment plan is the careful […]

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Planning approved: Cambridge International Technology Park

Scott Brownrigg’s design for over 600,000 sq ft of speculative office and laboratory buildings for Biomed Realty has received planning approval.  The.15 acres site at Fulbourn Road Cambridge will provide 600,000-net-sq-ft of laboratory and office space, aimed at life sciences, biotechnology and more traditional office occupiers. To be known as Cambridge International Technology Park, the […]

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Planning permission granted for 600 new homes in Hampshire

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 […]

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Plans approved for 1250 homes in Portsmouth

Plans for the redevelopment of land at Tipner West in Portsmouth have been approved by councillors. The plans include building 1,250 homes and 58,000sqm of employment space. The council has already spent almost £20m on plans and assessments for the area.

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Plans approved for 8,500 new homes across Harlow & Gilston Garden Town

The largest planning application ever presented to East Herts District Council Plans for six new villages set to deliver 8,500 new homes in East Hertfordshire have been given the green light. The UK’s leading social enterprise, Places for People has secured resolution to grant planning permission for its proposals for Gilston Park Estate, in the […]

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Plans approved for redevelopment of former Royal Mail site at Maidstone East

Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) Planning Committee last night approved plans for the redevelopment of the Former Royal Mail Sorting Office site, at Maidstone East, for mixed-use development which is predominantly residential. The development will include 180 apartments, 1,863 square metres of commercial and/or community space and around one acre of open green space town centre […]

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Plans for £1.2bn upgrade to A12 between Chelmsford and Colchester approved

Under the £1.2-billion-pound plans, the A12 between and Colchester – junctions 19 (Boreham Interchange) to 25 (Marks Tey Interchange) – will be widened to three lanes in each direction. Two major bypasses will also be constructed; one at Rivenhall End and a second between Kelvedon North to the Marks Tey Interchange (junctions 24-25). The proposed changes to […]

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Plans for 714 new apartments gets the green light

A major development for the centre of Harlow has been given the go-ahead by the Development Control Committee at Harlow Council, who resolved to grant planning permission subject to a Section 106 agreement. Overall, the Harlow Quarter scheme, by Strawberry Star, will create 741 new apartments, along with flexible ground floor retail space to attract […]

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Plans for UK’s longest road tunnel

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 […]

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Plans to regenerate area around Northampton train station

blocwork – a partnership between Network Rail and bloc Group – is hosting a public consultation ahead of the submission of a planning application on its proposals to regenerate an area surrounding Northampton Train Station. The plans will see a new multi-storey car park constructed to allow for an increase in passengers using the station. […]

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Plymouth City Council Plans 500 New Homes in Plympton

Plymouth City Council is moving forward with plans to develop 500 modern, energy-efficient homes on land off Stoggy Lane in Plympton, with 150 of these set aside as affordable housing. The project aims to address the growing demand for housing in the city, contributing to the national effort to alleviate the housing crisis. The proposed […]

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