Don’t miss out! First City Limited are delighted to be selling a beautiful church located within the Longsight area of Manchester. The Church dates back to 1907 and is a large, attractive red stone brick building well known in the local area. The premises comprise two Church buildings; the principal building comprises a large open …
On 22nd December 2011, the Government launched its “Get Britain Building” bidding programme which offers developers a total pot of £420m to enable work to start on stalled sites with planning permission. The intention of the programme is to address the well-known problems faced by developers in obtaining development finance. It will operate by making …
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Just under 100 years ago, in 1914, the proportion of owner-occupiers in the UK compared to other forms of tenure was just 10%. Today, it is 70%, the balance being made up by private rented (10%) and council / housing association (20%) property. The mortgage market, which accounts for 39% of ALL properties, is therefore …
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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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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 …
