Built Environment Networking Blog: South West News

Geothermal drilling site and power plant approved

A geothermal drilling site and power station have been granted planning permission. Cornwall Council’s strategic planning committee approved the development for a site near Truro. Geothermal Engineering Limited (GEL), which has already carried out testing and is set to generate power at a site in United Downs, had applied for permission to drill two geothermal wells and […]

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Gloucestershire 42 home development set for planning approval

Plans for a new housing development in Ashleworth are expected to go before Tewkesbury Borough Council’s planning committee next week. Outline planning permission for a 42 home development off Rectory Close in the village was approved earlier this year, and now developers are awaiting sign off for the site’s reserved matters application. As well as […]

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Plans for Portsmouth block of flats approved by city council

Portsmouth City Council has approved plans to build a five-storey block of flats in Southsea. The Saxon UK Development scheme was given planning permission by the council’s planning committee subject to final legal agreements being made. A statement submitted with the application said the development would provide ‘sensitively-designed new homes’ and ‘will help to create […]

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140-home plan in Bristol recommended for approval

Councillors making a decision on plans for 140 new homes in Lockleaze will be recommended to approve the controversial scheme. A decision on the homes to be built at an old depot off Dovercourt Road has been postponed due to The Queen’s death, but a report provided to the members of development control committee reveals […]

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Supermarket Income REIT acquires four assets for £76.4m

Supermarket Income REIT plc (LSE:SUPR), the real estate investment trust providing secure, inflation-protected, long income from grocery property in the UK announces the acquisition of four supermarkets for a total purchase price of £76.4 million (excluding acquisition costs), reflecting a combined net initial yield of 5.1%. Acquired from different vendors, the purchases consist of two […]

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Cornwall’s famous Jamaica Inn sold to The Coaching Inn Group for £8m

Global property adviser Knight Frank has completed the sale of the internationally renowned Jamaica Inn, to The Coaching Inn Group, who purchased the property from Allen Jackson off a guide price of £8m. This iconic 18th Century 36-bedroom coaching inn is known throughout the world and immortalised in Daphne du Maurier’s best-selling novel Jamaica Inn, […]

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Bristol shopping centre set for £550m regeneration

Developer Deeley Freed will work with LaSalle Investment Management to transform The Galleries shopping centre in Bristol and create a mixed-use quarter through a £550m regen. The project to transform the 5-acre site will begin in 2024 and complete in 2027. Plans revealed for the city centre site include a mix of restaurants, shops, community […]

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Exeter City Council unveils 15,000-home development vision

Exeter City Council are planning a major residential development near the canal – on the site of a former industrial centre. The large-scale regeneration will see around 15,000 homes being developed on sites acquired over the past few years. The site will create a community as part of the council’s Liveable Exeter vision. Richard Clarke, […]

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