[ad_1] Plans for a huge new development in Reading now contain no affordable housing after the developer submitted an amended plan. Hermes Property Unit Trust had submitted plans for more than 600 homes on the site of the empty former Royal Mail depot in Caversham Road. Initially, it was proposed the development would contain 658…
[ad_1] A decade before London’s Low Emission Zone came into force, air pollution concerns had prompted the capital’s then-Mayor, Ken Livingstone, to introduce a Living Roofs and Walls policy. And since 2008 there has been phenomenal “growth”. Today London has more than 40 per cent of the UK’s green roofs and walls. Back in the…
[ad_1] Listed telecommunications tower infrastructure company Helios Towers has appointed Sally Ashford to its Board as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. Ashford also joins the London-headquartered firm as the designated Non-Executive Director for workforce engagement. The FTSE 250 firm operates an independent telecommunications infrastructure company in Africa, having established one of the continent’s most…
[ad_1] 11 March 2020 150 Views With confirmation that Section 21 will be scrapped, how can agents get ready for life after no-fault evictions? The short answer is that Section 8 is the remaining eviction option for letting agents and landlords. PayProp has teamed up with Agent Smart to help agents navigate and understand this…
[ad_1] Reading is a vastly changing town. Huge housing developments are popping up all around the town centre, many unused offices are being converted into homes and more projects to build new, better offices are also being carried out. What this means is that the town will look very different over the course of the…
[ad_1] Plans for a spectacular housing development on a Reading shopping park have been delayed. Aviva Investors, which is proposing an enormous development on Reading Station Shopping Park, had hoped to submit its plans for the scheme by Christmas. However, planning consultant Barton Willmore has now confirmed the plans are due for late January or…
[ad_1] The next five-year phase of the property cycle will be marked by the outcome of tomorrow’s General Election. Knight Frank’s Liam Bailey believes certainty on Brexit, either way, is a good result for the housing market. “Brexit has hovered above the market since mid-2016 and in London more than any other part of the UK…
[ad_1] Spatial analysis and planning solutions company Geoplan is celebrating its 35 year anniversary and a record year of growth. The firm reports a 2019 turnover of £2.3m, up 10.1 per cent on 2018. It predicts 13 per cent growth in 2020, and as a result said it will now extend its offering in the…
[ad_1] Shoppers fear the loss of a popular supermarket if a huge development in Reading is given permission. People responding to a consultation on a plan which could see the Reading Station Shopping Park knocked down and replaced with as many as 950 new homes have stated losing the shop would be a major blow….
[ad_1] The unstoppable rise in online shopping is driving a demand for more storage space and delivery hubs across central London, which is in turn creating a new homes model: warehouse sheds that come with beds — large industrial buildings with homes built above. Online shopping now accounts for 20 per cent of retail sales…