After two years of sustained effort planning permission has been granted by Stafford Borough Council for the final phase of the County town’s flagship employment site and was immediately hailed as ‘the best news this year’ by Inglewood Investments Commercial Director Gil Paris. Wolverhampton based Property Consultancy First City Limited provided planning and technical advice …
Planning Consultancy First City Limited has called for further flexibility in housing distribution within the Districts adjoining the Black Country. This is supported by Graham Fergus who leads the company’s planning team who says- ‘evidence in the emerging updates to the Strategic Housing Land Availability studies identifies numerous settlements in the villages and small towns …
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First City reports that there is currently a two-tier residential development land market with larger sites in better quality locations attracting a disproportionate amount of interest compared to small sites in poor locations. Before the recession, it was accurate to say that almost every site was saleable, generally at a level in excess of alternative …
One of the less publicised elements of the Government’s spending review is the decision announced by Parliamentary under-secretary of state, Bob Neill on 13th December 2010 to scrap the business rate relief given to the owners of some empty properties. At present empty properties with a rateable value of £18,000 or less are exempt from …
First City the Wolverhampton based national property consultancy have today launched their new website as part of a re-branding exercise. The approach is very much one of evolution rather than revolution however the firm now has a fresh new image which has been carried through all of its printed material including sales particulars. Birmingham based …
First City are pleased to announce the completion of the sale of Dewick Industrial Estate, the first of two properties they were instructed to sell on behalf of joint administrators at BDO. Dewick Industrial Estate formed part of the Countrywide Homes Limited in Administration portfolio. The estate comprises 25,000 sq ft of fully let accommodation …
The Government published its flagship Localism Bill on 13th December 2010. The document itself runs to 450 pages but even then it will require further detail under later delegated legislation orders expected to follow during 2011. The Bill championed by the affable if blunt Secretary of State, Eric Pickles (pictured) contains wide ranging measures covering …
