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A show home designed to appeal to the increasing number of people who want to run their own business without the hassle of the daily commute, is opening to prospective purchasers in Greenbank, Bristol.
It is anticipated that the UK will need between 253,000 and 661,000 extra electric vehicle (EV) charging points by 2035. While Part S of the Building Regulations, which covers the infrastructure for the charging of EVs, came into force in 2022, for developers the delivery of this presents a number of challenges both in terms of construction and future management.
With developers in a state of limbo after the House of Lords blocked plans to relax nutrient neutrality restrictions on development and with no new legislation outlined in the King’s Speech, Marianne Barker of national law firm Clarke Willmott LLP considers the implications for the housebuilding industry.
Two new partners have joined the fast-growing housebuilder team at national law firm Clarke Willmott LLP.
Chipping Sodbury-based independent housebuilder Redcliffe Homes has appointed David Hagan to the role of development planner.
Weston-super-Mare-based safety business FHOSS has been named Health, Safety & Wellbeing award winner in the Constructing Excellence Awards South West 2023.
The St Austell community came together at the town’s annual Garden Festival on Last weekend (Saturday June 24) to celebrate the landmark completion of St Austell’s Townscape Heritage Scheme – a five-year project to reimagine the town for the benefit of residents, visitors and the local economy.
Organisers of Cornwall’s surf and music festival, Boardmasters, will donate £50,000 to Newquay’s Concrete Waves Skatepark between now and 2025.
A Chippenham resident who is registered blind has praised Redcliffe Homes for “going above and beyond” to support him and his wife Sara, who had life-limiting medical conditions, when they were buying their new home.
International law firm Osborne Clarke has advised the University of Bristol as work begins on its new Temple Quarter Campus at a total investment of around £500 million. Work will commence this month after the University signed contracts with construction company Sir Robert McAlpine.
Cornish hedgers are being asked to complete a short online survey which will help determine whether the ancient skill should be classified as an endangered craft.
The “bold re-imagining” of the former chocolate factory in Bristol’s Greenbank has resulted in the scheme scooping the highly-coveted Transformation Award in the 2022 Bristol Property Awards.
Developers need to be alive to the risks of issues arising from third-party land ownership, warns Taunton legal property specialist Caroline Mortimer.
Dorset Council’s plans to increase the number of public charge points for electric vehicles (EVs) in Dorset are now underway, with the first new charging unit installed in Sherborne this month.
Design and construction specialist Dan Grimshaw believes he’s discovered the antidote to workplace stress: running up mountains.
Hambrook-based charity Empowering Futures has secured the funding to improve disabled access around their local care farm, with the installation of new wheelchair-accessible gates and paths now able to become a reality.
Lawyers at national law firm Clarke Willmott LLP have advised on a multi-million pound finance package that will deliver over 1,000 new family homes across Dorset, Hampshire and Somerset.
A planning Inspector has ruled that 125 houses can be built on farm fields in Backwell with the demolition of two houses on the A370 to provide access.