South East
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Ministry of Defence short-circuits planning rules
The Ministry of Defence is using crown immunity to flatten environmentally-sensitive land so it can sell an airfield for use by private executive jets at Farnborough, Hampshire.
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Judgment pending in landmark commission dispute
Judgment is now pending in a landmark Appeal Court dispute that could reshape the way estate agents charge commission. Three of the countrys senior judges, headed by Simon Brown LJ,…
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Akeler sets up fund for Thames Valley business parks
US-backed developer Akeler has a chunk of property worth over £300m at Marlow and Reading and three properties in Slough at 215-217 Bath Road and Welcroft House, on Welcroft Road.
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Clubhaus tipped to buy Colchester club
Clubhaus is expected to announce the acquisition today of a golf club near Colchester, Essex, from Eddie Shah. The Times 03/11/00 page 31 (City Diary).
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GCHQ transfer costs quadruple
The annual report of the parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee shows the expected removal costs of GCHQ spy-centre staff from one side of Cheltenham to the other have more than…
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Jacobs moves to unlock property cash
Jacobs Holdings hopes to unlock property profits by moving its Dart Line freight and ferry services from the south to the north side of the Thames.
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PFI hospitals deal collapses
The National Health Service has dealt a blow to the Rocht Property Group when it announced it had pulled out of four PFI hospitals in the south-east.It had been in…
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Kent towns hold their own against Bluewater
Most of Kent’s towns are holding their own in competition with Lend Lease’s Bluewater a year after the shopping centre’s opening, says the Colliers CRE survey, published today.
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Judge not prepared to “act as Robin Hood” to prevent eviction
One of the countrys top judges yesterday refused to play the part of “Robin Hood” to save a Cirencester woman from eviction from a property that had been her home…
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Council ordered to reconsider enforcement decision
Michael O’Connor, the owner of 2ha of agricultural land in Hertfordshire, has won a High Court challenge to an enforcement notice issued by Broxbourne Borough Council.
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Court rules that private land is a “street”
The status of private land adjacent to a street has fallen under High Court scrutiny. In a sign-post ruling, the court has held that a station forecourt, although privately owned…
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Court rules that private land is a “street”
The status of private land adjacent to a street has fallen under High Court scrutiny. In a sign-post ruling, the court has held that a station forecourt, although privately owned…