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Appearance and layout for 52 new homes on Shoppenhangers Manor site approved …

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The final details of a planning application to build 52 homes on the former Shoppenhangers Manor site were approved by Maidenhead's development control panel. The panel was ruling over the reserved matters application, which detailed the appearance and layout of the scheme. Outline permission for a 52-home development near the Holiday Inn in Manor Lane was granted, after an appeal, on June 18, 2013. The application follows an unsuccessful one which the borough blocked in November 2014, with Read more [...]

Listed building bid poses major hurdle for school’s £16 million rebuild

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A SECONDARY school's controversial £16 million rebuild project has hit a new hurdle. Changes may have to be made to the building plans for Oakbank School, Keighley, following a request to grant listed building status to part of the existing campus. Historic England has for the past four months been assessing an application to give the status to Haggas House, the oldest part of the existing school. Haggas House, along with the rest of the school’s existing buildings, Read more [...]

16 Days of Action campaign starts

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26/11/15 An international campaign which calls for the elimination of violence against women and children is supported with a series of events in Aberdeen which have started. The 16 Days of Action campaign, which was started by the Centre for Women's Global Leadership in 1991, runs from November 25 (International Day against Violence against Women) through to December 10th (International Human Rights Day) with the aim of reframing women's rights as human rights. The campaign Read more [...]

Mystery Shopper’s seller of the week: Grape Escapes

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Mark Hallettmanaging directorGrape Escapes How long in travel?I founded Grape Escapes with my wife in 2004. Before that I was in finance for Ford. How big is your company?We do a few thousand bookings a year, and we have a team of eight in the office. Do you sell through the trade?Yes we do. It’s not a huge volume, but we do have a few upmarket agents who come back to us time and again because of our expertise. Where’s good for an introduction to wine?France’s Champagne region. It’s Read more [...]

Dream Home: Luxury Grade II-listed townhouses in Guildford

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VIEW GALLERY Georgian elegance, spacious room sizes, parking, gardens and even a self-contained annex – these are rare advantages in a town centre location yet, between them, this pair of beautifully restored 300-year-old homes in Guildford possess them all. Just a few yards from Guildford High Street, the River Wey and acres of extensive open countryside, two handsome period townhouses - which for more than 100 years were joined together and used as solicitors’ offices - are waiting Read more [...]

Listed building bid poses major hurdle for Oakbank School’s £16 million …

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OAKBANK School’s controversial £16 million rebuild project has hit a major new hurdle. It has been revealed this week changes may have to be made to the building plans following a request to grant listed building status to part of the existing campus. Historic England has for the past four months been assessing an application to give the status to Haggas House, the oldest part of the existing school. Haggas House, along with the rest of the school’s existing buildings, Read more [...]

Gear VR Now Listed for Australia, New Zealand, Sweden and Korea

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Last week saw Samsung and Oculus VR finally launch the consumer version of their anticipated mobile-based virtual reality (VR) head-mounted display (HMD), the Gear VR, in the US. Since its release VR fans around the world have been searching for information on launches in other territories. While the kit is yet to arrive in the likes of Europe, it has appeared on a number of Samsung’s own websites for specific countries such as Germany and the Netherlands. Now the kit it has shown up on several Read more [...]

One of Bristol’s largest houses sells for record sum

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Comments (0) One of Bristol's landmark buildings has been sold for what is thought to be a record figure in Bristol of more than £2 million. Mortimer House in Clifton went under the hammer last week and was bought by a Bristol businessman who wishes to remain anonymous. Auctioneers Hollis Morgan know what the new owner intends to do with the Grade II listed property, but remain tight-lipped. The property, set back from Clifton Down Road, has been undergoing Read more [...]

Inside the meeting that saved Battersea Park’s Formula E race

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The Battersea Park Formula E race's future was secured in a crunch Wandsworth Council vote on Tuesday night. SCOTT MITCHELL analyses how the arguments unfoldedThe 'not in my backyard' brigade appeared a concerning adversary to Formula E's London round, but it was ultimately a noisy minority.I was irritated, though not surprised, when councillors who pointed out that a generous estimate of 10,000 vocal opponents to FE in Battersea Park compared to a total Read more [...]