All Wales articles – Page 45
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Opinion: Passing the planning buck
Cardiff Bay can be considered a prime example of active brownfield development. Covering 1,095ha (2,700 acres) and housing industrial and port-related activities, it has provided new space in areas where it was once thought impossible to obtain office and leisure facilities. It has also allowed the local authority to ...
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Wales’ number one objective
Tony Watts speaks to Paul Murphy, Secretary of State for Wales, about how Objective One status will kick-start regeneration the poorest parts of south Wales
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Planning
Town and country planning is on the list of powers that will be transferred to the Welsh Assembly following the elections next month. It remains to be seen exactly how those powers will be exercised but there is scope to introduce significant changes in the planning system in Wales, relative ...
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Investment
The investment market in South Wales attracted a significant amount of interest last year and has continued in a buoyant fashion during the first quarter of this year. Significant activity was witnessed across all sectors, with established locations such as Cardiff , Newport , Swansea and the M4 Corridor experiencing ...
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Industrial
After the uncertainty in the market in the last half of 1998, there has recently been a surprising air of optimism in the South Wales market. Developers are buying sites and agents are quoting higher asking rents than ever before. Last year s uncertainty led to contradictory market trends. On ...
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Waterfront site gains road link
Work has started on a new link road to connect the fast-developing Waterfront site in Barry with Cardiff Road. The road will open up new areas of the 77ha (190 acre) site, being jointly developed by Associated British Ports and the Welsh Development Agency . A thousand homes are ...
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CBDC selects Denvale for Ocean Park
The Cardiff Bay Development Corporation has selected Denvale Trade Park to develop the last major site on Ocean Park its flagship business park. Units totalling 5,390 sq m (58,000 sq ft) are planned for the 1.2ha (3 acre) site. It is expected that a mix of trade ...
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Grimley moves into new Cardiff offices
GVA Grimley s Cardiff office is to be joined by Tim Gent, from the firm s Bristol office, who will handle planning issues. Lee Richards (rating) and graduate Darren Cheeseman are also to be part of the team. GVA Grimley s Cardiff office was largely formed from former ...
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Gymboree takes space at Cardiff arcade
Gymboree has taken the former French Connection unit at Great Portland s Queen s Arcade Shopping Centre in Cardiff for a rent of £200 Zone A. Gymboree, which sells baby and children s clothing, has taken the 202 sq m (2,170 sq ft) unit on a 15-year lease. ...
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Legend Court the key to Newport’s future
As LG s future looks increasingly wafer-thin, the driver for new jobs in the hard-pressed Newport area is increasingly looking like Legend Court. But speak to most agents about the scheme and there is a noise akin to the sucking of teeth. However, a character like St John Hartnell ...
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McLean plans £33m scheme in Newport
David McLean Developments has unveiled plans for a £33m mixed-use scheme to redevelop the former Dunlop Semtec site at Brynmawr, Newport . The scheme, to be called Lakeside Park, has been submitted for planning approval. The plans for the 24ha (60 acre) site, owned by Maincourse, include 270 homes, a ...
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Planning
Cheshire County Council is well advanced in putting into place a strategic framework for the period up to 2011. The Cheshire Structure Plan document, Cheshire 2011, is due to be adopted early this year, although the process has not been without some heated debate along the way. Regional planning guidance ...
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North Wales
The big issue facing the north Wales property market is the effect of regional shopping on established shopping patterns. The continued success of the Cheshire Oaks factory-shopping mall, Ellesmere Port and the recently opened Trafford Centre poses the greatest threat to retail vibrancy on the north Wales coast. In addition, ...
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Generation game
North Wales s population is older than the national average but one adventurous shopping centre has set out to rejuvenate the area s retail mix.
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Labouring to create more job prospects
An economic slowdown, missed opportunities for inward investment and the threatened loss of EU support is causing concern in north Wales and Cheshire.
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Cheshire
Retail Last September saw the opening of the 120,773 sq m (1.3m sq ft) Trafford Centre and, while it expects to exceed its annual target of 30 million visitors, there are a number of units still available. The Retail Group undertook a survey last November that criticised the centre ...
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Off-on centre
The threat posed to Chester s retail centre has been identified but plans to tackle the issue have met with mixed success.
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Cross border
The impact of a Welsh National Assembly is being played down by property players whose activities straddle the Welsh border.
