Craigavon is to get another new housing development, the ‘MAIL’ has learned. According to the latest planning applications, 
plans are afoot to build 140 new homes in the 
area.The dwellings are earmarked for property across from Brownlow Integrated School. The development is expected to fringe between the Tullygally Road and Brownlow Road and it will be 
adjacent to Lismore 
Manor. The developer is listed as Boconnell Properties, a 
well known Lurgan company Read more [...]

Alnmouth: Alistair Ridley, Aln House, 17 Northumberland Street, partial removal of boundary wall and creation of parking area to rear. Alnwick: Dr Mrs Stephen Jan Montgomery, Hope House Farm, Hope House Lane, two-storey rear extension, single-storey porch extension to side, rooflights, new parking area; Mr Mrs James Hulbert, 17 Augur Terrace, construction of first-floor rear extension and conversion of garage. Bamburgh: Eric Christer, 2 Ingram Road, change of use of basement flat Read more [...]

Image courtesy of David Lauder (If you are looking for today’s Building Briefs please click here) A stately home has been demolished after it failed to find a buyer – despite being priced at just £1. According to the Scotsman, the sandstone mansion, Whitehall House, was in need of repairs costing around £1.2 million, but after its owners failed to find a buyer, permission was given to knock it down. After no buyers came forward, owner Douglas Pryde, a financial advisor, was given permission Read more [...]

CAMPAIGNERS say they could have turned a Victorian maltings in York into a museum, brewery, cafe and artists' studio, but were not given a realistic chance. City of York Council has agreed to sell the Grade II-listed Clementhorpe Maltings, in Lower Darnborough Street, to local developer Northminster, which wants to turn it into six houses, but the Clementhorpe Community Association (CCA) says local people were not adequately consulted ahead of the sale. Planning permission Read more [...]

The proposals, which were revealed today and have yet to be submitted to Westminster City Council, would see the Grade II-listed, 32-floor skyscraper extended and converted primarily into 200 flats.A 200-room hotel and a three-storey "arts and cultural centre" would also be built next door, with a spa, swimming pool and fitness centre to be added at ground level.The tower, owned since 2002 by David and Simon Reuben - ranked at number 80 on Forbes's billionaires list - would be topped off with three Read more [...]

The proposals, which were revealed today and have yet to be submitted to Westminster City Council, would see the Grade II-listed, 32-floor skyscraper extended and converted primarily into 200 flats.A 200-room hotel and a three-storey "arts and cultural centre" would also be built next door, with a spa, swimming pool and fitness centre to be added at ground level.The tower, owned since 2002 by David and Simon Reuben - ranked at number 80 on Forbes's billionaires list - would be topped off with three Read more [...]

A bid to demolish a pub and replace it with retirement townhouses and apartments has come under fire from a planning officer. Savills has submitted a pre-application scheme for the redevelopment of The Crown Inn site, in Alton Road, Odiham, on behalf of Hexon Developments. The developer wants to knock down the pub, which became an Indian restaurant before closing in September, and build nine town houses and apartments. Savills said that since then, the site has been marketed for an alternative use Read more [...]

Historic links with some of the great West Sussex estates of which they were once part provide an intriguing backdrop to the sale of several good family houses currently on the market in the county, although one or two have been renovated in ways that traditional country-house buyers may find challenging. According to local records, ownership of Grade II*-listed The Old House (Fig 1) at Lodsworth, four miles from Midhurst, for sale through the Haslemere office of Knight Frank (01428 770560) at Read more [...]

Historic links with some of the great West Sussex estates of which they were once part provide an intriguing backdrop to the sale of several good family houses currently on the market in the county, although one or two have been renovated in ways that traditional country-house buyers may find challenging. According to local records, ownership of Grade II*-listed The Old House (Fig 1) at Lodsworth, four miles from Midhurst, for sale through the Haslemere office of Knight Frank (01428 770560) at Read more [...]

The Vivat Trust, which let out properties including The Temple at Badger Dingle, between Bridgnorth and Albrighton, has appointed insolvency practitioners Begbies Traynor.Customers, who can pay up to £2,000 per week to stay in historic properties managed by the Hereford-based charity, have now had their holidays cancelled.They will now have to wait to hear from liquidators for the trust – which rescued neglected and dilapidated listed buildings – to find whether they will get their Read more [...]