Green light for £7.5m Buckingham manufacturing & distribution facility Mar 14, 2023 More than 50 jobs are set to be created in Buckingham after planners gave a £7.5 million manufacturing and distribution facility the green light. Cygnet 40, a 40,000 sq ft industrial and warehouse unit on the established Buckingham Industrial Estate, has been approved by Buckinghamshire Council. The successful application was made by leading Midlands developer […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Significant milestone reached as new school tops out Mar 14, 2023 A topping out ceremony has marked a major milestone at a new £9.2m school in Nottinghamshire which will create vital school places for a village. Millside Spencer Academy in East Leake is being delivered by Morgan Sindall Construction and is being designed, cost-managed and project managed by Arc Partnership, a joint venture between SCAPE and Nottinghamshire […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Reserved Matters Planning Application Submitted For Wigan Multi Media Centre Mar 13, 2023 Cityheart and Wigan Council have jointly submitted a reserved matters planning application for a 84,000 sq ft Multi Media Centre (MMC) in the heart of Wigan town centre, on the site of the former Galleries shopping centre. Following the November 2021 grant of the successful hybrid planning application for the redevelopment of the entire site, […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Tungsten Properties acquires 2.2 acre Nuneaton site Mar 13, 2023 Tungsten Properties has acquired a 2.2 acre site in Bermuda Park, Nuneaton, Warwickshire from Tawnywood Ltd for £0.75 million. Bermuda Park is an established employment area to the south of Nuneaton off the A444 with access to M6 Junction 3 to Birmingham, Coventry and Leicester and includes occupiers such as Hello Fresh, Evri, Toolstation and […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Cardiff’s plans 1000 new homes by end of 2023 Mar 13, 2023 Cardiff Council has published its latest Corporate Plan, a blueprint outlining its vision of how the city will develop over the next three years and beyond. The plan commits the Council to a wide-ranging programme of work across all areas and sets out in detail how it will improve the lives of all its residents, setting […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Avant Homes granted planning for £58m 250-home development in Nottinghamshire Mar 13, 2023 Avant Homes is set to deliver 250 new homes in Awsworth, Nottinghamshire after being granted planning permission for a £58m development. Located two miles from Ilkeston town centre on Shilo Way, the 25-acre site was acquired by Avant Homes in April last year. Called Bennerley View, the development will comprise a mix of two, three, […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Plans officially submitted for services complex to serve Teesworks Mar 13, 2023 Plans have been officially lodged to create a service complex to serve thousands of workers on the edge of the Teesworks site. A 160-bed hotel, two parades of shops and a petrol station are all part of a new services zone to be created near the Trunk Road, at Lackenby. The services will also feature […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
BREAKING NEWS: FT says plans for UK investment zones set to be scaled back in Budget in favour of projects ‘like OxCam Arc’! Mar 13, 2023 A recent report in the Financial Times claims that only a small number of “investment zones” around UK universities will get approval in next week’s Budget than that promised by Liz Truss last year. The former PM originally wanted approximately 200 of the low-tax, low regulation sites as part of the “levelling-up agenda” designed to […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
£1.7 million funding boost for Orkney-based net zero regional aviation project Mar 10, 2023 A project set to deliver the blueprint for net zero regional aviation in the UK has secured £1.7 million funding and added three new partners as it enters the next phase of development. The Orkney-based Sustainable Aviation Test Environment (SATE) project secured the investment from the Future Flight Challenge at UK Research and Innovation as […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Pagabo Foundation encourages industry to get moving this may Mar 9, 2023 BUILDING on the success of its first event in 2022, the Pagabo Foundation has announced the return of the Feelgood Games this May, encouraging people from across the built environment sector to take part in support of its mission to tackle mental health in construction. Taking place on Monday 15 May in Leeds, the fitness […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
