South East
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Chelverton submits plans for £65m Kent town centre
Chelverton Properties and the Secretary of State for Health today jointly submitted a planning application to Thanet council for a 33,000 sq m (350,000 sq ft) town-centre development at Westwood…
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Salvage company to take planning dispute to High Court
Holdings & Barnes plc has been given the High Court go-ahead to challenge refusal of planning consent for the relocation of its vehicle salvage company on Canvey Island, Essex.
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John Lewis spends £300m on revamp
Tyrrell & Green, the John Lewis-owned Southampton department store, has moved to another location in the town and re-opened under the parent company name.
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ABP set for environmental fight
Associated British Ports is set to battle with environmental campaigners over its plans for a 400 ha (990 acre) port near Southampton, Hampshire.
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CB Hillier Parker scours South East for ‘project Farnborough’
CB Hillier Parker has been instructed to find space for the second-largest requirement ever for a B1 site outside London. A mystery US technology firm has an active requirement for…
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C&R set to seal 25% profit on shopping park
Capital & Regional is set to make a 25% profit on the sale of Westway Cross Shopping Park. It is understood that the developer is in negotiations with Co-operative Insurance…
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Council’s green belt stance branded “illogical”
The High Court has overturned a planning inspectors decision that a couple should reduce the size of the garage at their luxury home, in the Buckinghamshire green belt, in return…
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Test Valley BC to reconsider shooting range plan
Test Valley Borough Council have agreed to quash a planning consent they had earlier granted for a clay pigeon-shooting range in the area.
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Asylum seekers put pressure on London and South East housing
Additional housing pressures are feared in London and the South East as thousands of asylum seekers refuse to be dispersed elsewhere in England.
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Laura Ashley dumps Homebase for stand alone shops
Laura Ashley plans to open stand alone home furnishings stores. It has decided to close 36 of the units that operate within Sainsburys Homebases.
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South Bucks District Council fail in extension challenge
South Buckinghamshire District Council has failed in a bid to block the building of a first-floor extension onto the home of a Slough couple.
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Wilson Bowden finally submits plans for mixed-use Harlow scheme
Wilson Bowden Developments (WB) has finally submitted a detailed planning application for the redevelopment of a 6.9ha (17-acre) central Harlow site.