South East
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Brixton Weybridge office scheme passes first hurdle
Brixton Estate has received outline planning permission from Runnymede council for its proposals for Aviator Park, a 27,870 sq m (300,000 sq ft) office scheme at Addlestone, near Weybridge.
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Ostrich farmer appeals over planning decision
An ostrich farmer in Chesham has asked the High Court to quash the decision of a planning inspector who refused permission for the construction of more facilities on the farm.
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Solicitor appeals over failed property deal
The Court of Appeal is to hear a challenge by solicitors firm Simpson Curtis to a £2.1m damages award made against it in the High Court after it was found…
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Flooding risk to new East Sussex homes
Conservative MP for Wealden Geoffrey Johnson Smith has expressed concern at government plans to build 33,000 houses in East Sussex by 2016 because many would be at risk from flooding.
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Adverse possession claim settled
A High Court case involving an adverse possession claim to land in Stanwell, Staines, has settled on undisclosed terms. Joy Agar-Hutty claimed that her father, who owned Long Acre Farm,…
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Alliance & Leicester wards off breach of contract claim
Alliance & Leicester today succeeded in blocking a breach of contract claim brought against it after it agreed to lend money by way of a mortgage to develop a Bedford…
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Brent Cross planning refusal quashed
Hammerson and Standard Life Investments, together with Barnet council, have succeeded in their High Court appeal to overturn the Secretary of State’s decision to refuse planning consent for the Brent…
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Standard Life sells Kingsmead for close to £50m
Standard Life Investments has sold Kingsmead Business Park, High Wycombe, to Henderson Investors, for almost £50m. Acting for Pearl Assurance, Henderson paid £46.3m for the 13,396 sq m (144,195 sq…
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Brixton seals first Basingstoke industrial park letting
Brixton Estate has secured its first letting at its Lutyens industrial centre, Kingsland Business Park, Basingstoke. CFJ Holdings has taken units B and C, which comprise 2,027 sq m (21,820…
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M&S to close 20-40 stores
Marks & Spencer is poised to announce the groups first wholesale closure programme in more than a decade when it reports its interims next month.
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Eurotunnel plans Dover technology village
Eurotunnel (EDL) has received planning consent for its proposals to turn a camp which housed workers on the Channel Tunnel into a technology village.
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Appeal court hears test case on former school land
A firm of genealogists has asked the Court of Appeal to rule on a ground-breaking legal dispute over the £50,000 proceeds of sale of a school in Canterbury.