Built Environment Networking Blog: South East News

5,000 New Homes Proposed in Croxley’s Local Plan

A major development opportunity is emerging in Croxley as the Three Rivers District Council opens a public consultation for its ambitious Local Plan. This plan, a blueprint for the future, proposes the construction of nearly 5,000 new homes in the area over the next 18 years. Focused on sustainable and strategic growth, the plan targets […]

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600 homes at former Southampton Debenhams recommended for approval

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 […]

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Acorn Homes secures £5.9m Paragon funding for development

Acorn Homes has secured a £5.9 million finance facility from Paragon Bank’s Development Finance division to support the development of 44 new apartments in Taunton, Somerset. The Firepool scheme is located on the Firepool Lock regeneration site and consists of 21 one-bed, 17 two-bed and six three-bed apartments. Work has commenced on the development and […]

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Aldermore provides £6.4m to Saxon Square Christchurch

Aldermore has provided Saxon Square Christchurch with a £6.4m commercial mortgage, refinancing their key multi-let retail and hotel centre from a high street lender. The shopping centre offers the only pedestrianised retail zone in the coastal town of Christchurch, located near the New Forest, Hampshire. Saxon Square sits behind Christchurch’s Mayor’s Parlour building and in […]

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Alternative Income REIT acquires Slough showroom in £5m deal

The Board of Directors of Alternative Income REIT PLC (ticker: AIRE), the owner of a diversified portfolio of UK commercial property assets predominantly let on long leases with inflation-linked rent reviews, is pleased to announce that the Company has completed the acquisition of the Volvo car showroom in a prime location on the A4  Bath […]

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Angle Property announces acquisition of 1.5-acre office site

Angle Property is pleased to announce it has completed the purchase of RSA House on Western Road in Bracknell from RSA Security UK Limited. The 35,000 sq ft vacant office built in 2000 occupies a prominent 1.5-acre site at the entrance to the established Western Industrial Area and provides an opportunity for re-letting, conversion or […]

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Anglian Water £3bn reservoir plan

Anglian Water has confirmed today the proposed location for a new reservoir in the Cambridgeshire Fens situated north of Chatteris near the villages of Doddington and Wimblington.  It follows last month’s announcement last month of a 5 sq km reservoir in Lincolnshire between the villages of Scredington and Helpringham near Sleaford. Each of the projects […]

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Approval secured for one of Europe’s largest Life Science campuses in Stevenage

UBS Asset Management and Reef Group (Reef) have received approval to create one of Europe’s largest life science campuses in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. The decision from Stevenage Borough Council’s planning committee paves the way for the new Life Sciences hub to be delivered alongside GSK’s existing Global R&D facility and the vibrant ecosystem at Stevenage Bioscience […]

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Aprirose expand hotel and leisure portfolio with strategic acquisition

Aprirose, the real estate investment company, has added to its growing portfolio of hotel and leisure assets with the acquisition of Selsdon Park Hotel in Surrey from De Vere Hotels for an undisclosed price. The 200-acre parkland estate, set on the fringes of the Surrey countryside but just 12 miles from London, currently incorporates a […]

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