Built Environment Networking Blog: Planning and Property News

£150m facility set for Cornwall as Blue Abyss plans ‘worlds biggest and deepest’ pool

The world’s biggest and deepest pool for testing the latest underwater technology, helping advanced subsea robotics and even training astronauts is being planned at Cornwall Airport Newquay as it continues to see growth in the space related sector. Blue Abyss, a £150m facility, will be the world’s leading extreme environment research, test and training centre […]

Posted by: Nathan Spencer

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£150m Wolverhampton scheme gets green light

Wavensmere Homes has received planning approval from City of Wolverhampton Council for its £150m residential-led Canalside South development. The 17.5-acre former industrial site is located within the city centre – moments from the transport interchange – and benefits from frontage onto the Wyrley & Essington Canal and the Wolverhampton Branch of the Birmingham Main Line […]

Posted by: Deividas Krupstas

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£1bn Golden Valley Development selects development partner JV

Today, Friday 30th July 2021, Cheltenham Borough Council’s The Golden Valley Development (GVD) have announced that HBD X Factory has been selected as its preferred development partner to assist in delivering the £1billion first phase of the project located in Cheltenham at the heart of the UK’s Cyber community. The overall Golden Valley Development, that […]

Posted by: Nathan Spencer

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£1bn Westferry Printworks Redevelopment Set for Approval in London

The £1bn redevelopment of the former Westferry Printworks site in Tower Hamlets, London, is expected to receive approval today after nearly a decade of planning. Tower Hamlets council officers have recommended conditional approval of the scheme, which will include 1,358 homes, a secondary school, and commercial space near Canary Wharf. The project, managed by developer […]

Posted by: Mya Driver

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£300m development portfolio – Aitch Group diversify in challenging market with new land sought

In 2022, property developer Aitch Group spend £70 million on land across four London boroughs including Brent, Waltham Forest, Greenwich and Southwark. This added a further £300 million (GDV) to the Aitch Group development portfolio. With immediate funds available, Aitch Group are now seeking more land for development in 2023 and onwards – specifically sites […]

Posted by: Mya Driver

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£31M proposed to Revitalise Port Glasgow Estate

The defunct Clune Park estate in Port Glasgow is set to undergo a £31 million transformation as per the revised masterplan recently revealed. Inverclyde councillors are now faced with the task of approving these fresh redevelopment proposals, which have been refined since their initial presentation in October 2018. The struggle to secure control over privately-owned […]

Posted by: Mya Driver

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£400m Manchester city centre regeneration scheme get green light

MCR Property Group has received the go-ahead for the regeneration of the former Rochdale Road Gas Works which they’ll transform into 1,200 new apartments and townhouses. The 6.6-acre site sits within the £4bn Victoria North masterplan forming part of The New Town community – with the overall vision to transform over 380-acres of city centre […]

Posted by: Nathan Spencer

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136-acre Skegness Gateway urban extension revealed

Plans to transform Skegness with the development of a sustainable urban extension to the west of the town have today (19 May) been revealed. The proposals for Skegness Gateway, to be the subject of a Local Development Order (LDO) with East Lindsey District Council later this year, outline a scheme that will provide hundreds of […]

Posted by: Nathan Spencer

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14-hectare science and innovation park planned by Legal & General and University of Oxford

Legal & General is to fund and deliver a new innovation district with the University of Oxford, extending the existing Begbroke Science Park across an adjacent 14-hectare site.  The first phase of the scheme will bring forward new teaching facilities for the universities Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences departments, as well as providing space to […]

Posted by: Nathan Spencer

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