Keynsham’s striking new civic centre and the innovative Lee Centre at Bath’s Ralph Allen School have been named among the region’s best new buildings by RICS (the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors). They appear on the shortlist for the annual RICS South West Awards, putting them head to head with major new schemes such...
Bath firms are greeting positive economic news, such as the latest fall in unemployment, with “faint alarm bells rather than celebratory cheers”, according to the region’s largest business organisation. Business West, which runs Bath Chamber of Commerce, said politicians should now focus on the “significant hurdles” that remained to achieving a lasting recovery. Today’s...
Plans to build 700 homes on the former Foxhill MoD base have been approved in a move that will transform a large part of Bath. Now called Mulberry Park, the 48-acre development by Bath-based housing organisation Curo gained outline planning application from B&NES council on Wednesday after two years of consultation with local residents...
Research from the University of Bath’s Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering has resulted in the UK’s first affordable straw homes going on sale this week. The houses are an affordable, low carbon and fuel-efficient means of housebuilding with fuel bills up 90% cheaper than an equivalent brick-built house. Part-desinged by Bath-based Integral Engineering...
Bath-based housing and support organisation Curo has been named as the most digitally engaged housing association in the West of England. Curo, which manages 12,000 homes, was the highest climber on the annual Connected Housing index, rising 60 places to rank 13th in the whole of the UK and first in the region. The...
Melksham and Trowbridge-based property agent Kavanaghs has been instructed by Guildhall Estates to market new retail units at the East Melksham Local Centre. Guildhall is developing the neighbourhood centre on a site about a mile from Melksham town centre next to the town’s new link road. A pre-let to a food outlet has already...
Fifty-eight homes are to be built on the former Royal High Junior School campus in Bath’s Lansdown conservation area. Property agent Alder King secured planning permission for the development on appeal. London-based developer Square Bay will now build 54 homes on the upper part of the 2.5 hectare brownfield site now occupied by vacant...
Property advisory firm CBRE has strengthened its national asset services team in the South West with the appointment of Mark Evans as senior surveyor. He joins CBRE’s Bristol office from rival Alder King, where he worked as a surveyor. Mark said: “I am thrilled to be joining CBRE at such a critical time in...
Firms in the Bristol area are being urged to enter one of the region’s top award schemes showcasing excellence and enterprise in business. The prestigious Institute of Directors’ South West Director of the Year Awards 2015 seek to recognise outstanding business people and focus UK-wide attention on success in the region. Award nominations are...
Peasedown St John-based Halsall Construction has been appointed as the main contractor to build the East Melksham Local Centre by developer Guildhall Estates. Building work on the mixed-use development will start over the next few months. The development, on a site close to the A3102, will include six shop units, anchored by a Morrisons...
