March 2012 Nottinghamshire Builder

Issue 8 - MARCH 2012 Detailed planning for 15 apartments

Versatile development opportunity next to Carlton Railway Station

Construction BTEC students learn on site in Nottingham

BRUTON KNOWLES are offering for sale a development site with Detailed Planning Permission for 15 apartments.

The property - Anagas House, Station Road, Carlton, Nottingham NG4 3AT - currently comprises a single storey building on a level site of 0.083 hectares (0.206 acres). The property is subject to a right of access in favour of Severn Trent Water Ltd. - further details are available from the agents.

The property has detailed planning permission for 15 apartments, comprising 6 two-bedroom and 9 one-bedroom units - Gedling Borough Council planning permission reference: 06/0518.

Given the property’s prominence, the site may be suitable for alternative uses, subject to obtaining any necessary planning consents.

Offers in excess of £250,000 are invited on an unconditional basis.

For more information, contact Stuart Hastings at Bruton Knowles on 0115 988 1160 or email: stuart.hastings@brutonknowles.co.uk

Students from The Trinity Catholic School, Nottingham, are getting a close-up view of one of the city’s largest regeneration projects as part of their BTEC in Construction.

Year 10 students have been visiting the Stonebridge Park redevelopment in the St Ann’s area to see new homes under construction by affordable housing developer Lovell, which is based locally at Sandiacre.

The visits, arranged through Industry Training Board CITBConstructionSkills, allow students to talk to the Lovell project team and get a vivid insight into the progress of the development. The estate is being regenerated in a partnership between Nottingham City Council, housing association LHA-ASRA Group and the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA).

The HCA has invested £5.6m to kick start the scheme, unlocking a total £11 million investment.

Lovell is building 95 homes – two-, three- and four-bedroom properties – in the first phase of the Stonebridge Park regeneration,

VISIT: Students from The Trinity Catholic School, Nottingham, on site at the Stonebridge Park redevelopment. with the first completed homes handed over in October 2011.

“Our BTEC students are using the Stonebridge Park development as a case study, looking at the social and economic benefits,” says Steven Wadsley, assistant head teacher and Construction teacher at The Trinity School. “Having the opportunity to visit such a significant scheme and talk to the project team is extremely useful for the students and they are making the most of the opportunity.

We are extremely grateful to ConstructionSkills and Lovell for making the visits possible.”

Lovell regional director Noel Adams says: “We’re keen to do all that we can to help young people coming into our industry and view it as an important part of our work in communities. We’re delighted that the students are getting so much out of their visits to the Stonebridge Park scheme.”

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Construction project starts increase 17% • •

Private residential construction project starts increase 42% year on year Civil engineering projects starts increase 63% year on year

Residential and civil engineering construction projects starting on site increased in the three months to February to boost the underlying year on year value of total construction project starts by 17% according to the latest data from construction industry analyst Glenigan.

The underlying value of private housing construction project starts increased 42% year on year for the three months to February. Growth has been concentrated in London, the South and East of England. Scotland, the East Midlands and Yorkshire & the Humber saw declines in housing starts.

James Abraham, economist at Glenigan, commented “Glenigan forecast private housing starts to remain buoyant over the coming months despite the increase being exaggerated by the impact of the severe winter of 2010/11 on project starts.”

Civil engineering project starts increased 63% year on year for the three months to February. Abraham commented “Utilities and infrastructure sectors saw significant increases in project starts with investments in rail projects in London and the South of England and heavy investment in Scottish utilities projects including recycling plants and wind farms.”

Looking ahead Abraham commented “Government spending cuts will continue to restrict new health, education and social housing projects leading to an increase in refurbishment work this year. The flow of civil engineering projects is expected to remain steady because the Department for Transport’s budget was saved from the larger scale cuts imposed upon other departments in the Comprehensive Spending Review.”

Abraham continued “While industrial and office building has returned to growth, the sustainability of this growth depends on domestic and international economic prospects. Retail construction prospects, buoyed over the last two years by supermarket expansion, will shift as firms refurbish or extend current stores. Private housing construction has recovered following the declines seen over 2011; however the rate of growth will be hampered by poor household earnings growth and potentially flat house prices.”

The March Glenigan Index will be published on 30th March 2012 for 2nd April 2012 release.

Auction sells over £2m worth of property

It seemed like business as usual at Nottingham auctioneers Savills first sale of 2012, with strong preauction interest resulting in a number of lots selling prior to the 26th sale day.

A packed sale room at Nottingham Racecourse bore witness to keen bidding totalling over £2 million, with the star lot of the show, Melrose House, selling on behalf of Nottinghamshire County Council.

This substantial period building, which is set within the arboretum conservation area, sold for £410,000, against a guide of £200,000 - £250,000.

The sale, which saw a success rate of some 80%, also saw keen interest in traditional terraced properties, with a price range from £33,000 for number 1 Sycamore Cottages in Broxtowe, to £64,000 for 473 Nottingham Road, Basford.

Several village properties also went under the hammer, with number 28 Debdale Lane in Keyworth, achieving £151,000.

Bob Crocker, a Director at Savills and Auction Manager, comments: “As we enter 2012, the market forces we witnessed last year seems to have continued, with interest rates remaining low, which has encouraged investors to seek alternative forms of income. The private sector also continues to be subdued. Those with a genuine need to sell should be encouraged by past results to look to the auction process as a method to achieve a sale within an acceptable time frame”.

Savills next auction will take place on March 22nd and for further details, including an auction appraisal contact Bob Crocker on 0115 934 8020 / rcrocker@savills.com

Strong interest in former council buildings Nottingham City Council is very encouraged by the level of interest in its former office buildings.

Following the council’s move to Loxley House, many of the former office buildings are ripe for redevelopment.

The former Treasury building has been demolished and a new EON office is taking shape. The development will create up to 800 new jobs which in turn will lead to increasing footfall in the city centre.

Plans for the redevelopment of Lawrence House into 170 studio apartments are close to being realised. Again, this could boost footfall which would benefit retailers, restaurants and the leisure offer in the city centre, particularly around Derby Road.

The city centre could receive a further boost with interest in the Grade II listed Guildhall Building.

Plans, on the table, currently include its redevelopment as a 4 star plus hotel.

Severns House, on Middle Pavement, is expected to become a revitalised part of the shopping centre, following its sale by the Broadmarsh Retail Ltd. Partnership.

Cllr Chapman says: “The interest being shown in former council office buildings is very promising.

All of these redevelopments will bring more people into the city centre and could double the footfall of people in the city centre compared with when the buildings were occupied by council employees.

“While the council recognises there are challenges to face with the city’s retail offer, and strategies to deal with this are being developed, the city centre remains a buoyant place to do business.”

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Expansion plans for Focus Consultants

Regeneration experts, project management specialists and construction and property services firm Focus Consultants has made six new appointments in Nottingham and Leicester.

The company also plans to take on additional staff at its recently opened office in London.

The firm, based at Phoenix Business Park in Nottingham, and with branches in Leicester, Lincoln, Boston and London, specialises in securing grant assistance and delivering projects and programmes. Across the UK, Focus has secured £730 million of grant assistance, and delivered more than £980 million of projects and programmes since 1994 - including heritage, culture and the arts, health, regeneration, affordable homes and energy carbon sustainability projects.

The recent appointments have been made in response to growing demand for services in the firm’s Energy Carbon Sustainability Team and the Economic Development Team.

They will soon be joined in the

NEWCOMERS: left to right, Standing : Matt Gent, Will Morris, Tom Willis; Sitting: Andy Graham, Sophie Noon new London office by project managers and building surveyors.

“We are very pleased to welcome six new employees, each of whom brings different talents to our teams,” said Steven Fletcher, partner at Focus Consultants. “It’s also exciting news that we are expanding our London office after winning a number of contracts in and around the capital.”

The new employees in Nottingham are chartered and trainee quantity surveyors Matthew Gent and William Morris, Sophie Noon, who is a specialist researcher, building surveyor Andy Graham and assistant building surveyor Thomas Willis. Gareth Morris has also joined the Leicester office as part of Focus Consultants’ Energy Carbon Sustainability Team.

Focus Consultants specialises in creative approaches to securing funding packages and delivering high quality projects across the Midlands and the UK.

EDMOND SHIPWAY GIVEN GO AHEAD ON CONSTRUCTION OF NEW CENTER PARCS VILLAGE

Nottingham multi-disciplinary construction consultancy Edmond Shipway have been given the go ahead to proceed with the construction of the new £250m Center Parcs Village at Woburn Forest in Bedfordshire.

The firm will be acting as project manager, cost consultant and dealing with the fixtures, fittings and equipment procurement for the development located on a 360 acre site just off Junction 13 of the M1.

The scheme comprises 625 lodges, centre buildings including swimming pools, a luxury hotel, a ground breaking spa and self contained spa suites, indoor and outdoor sports facilities and a range of food, beverage and retail outlets.

This follows the completion of all the requirements of planning consent, including the construction of a new roundabout at Millbrook, the diversion of Public Rights of Way and creation of new bridleways and cycle paths around the site. On the 28 February 2012, together with their owners Blackstone, Center Parcs secured the £250m funding to commence the construction phase. The principal contractors for the project will be formally announced shortly and are expected to start the major infrastructure phase of the project in the next few weeks.

The project has received backing from the Prime Minister, who recognised the economic importance of Woburn Forest, David Cameron commented: “Center Parcs is much loved by many and this new site is not only great news for holiday makers but great news for the economy too. This expansion and the jobs that it brings will be a real boost to growth and a sign of the increasing investor confidence that there is too.”

Center Parcs chief executive officer Martin Dalby said: “We are delighted to be moving on to the next stage of the project and to have a definite opening date of Spring 2014.”

“We are delighted to have received the go ahead for construction of Center Parcs Woburn village which will be one the largest commercial leisure projects in the UK over the next few years and, on completion, will reset the benchmark for the UK short break holiday,” said David Stevenson, director of Edmond Shipway. “As their retained project managers and cost consultants, we have worked on numerous projects for Center Parcs over the last 10 years including delivering the rebuild of the village at Elveden and more recently the new tree house accommodation at Sherwood and Longleat as well as the luxury spa suites at Elveden. The go ahead is terrific news for the practice and plans are in place to commence construction shortly.”

HMRC turns the screw on builders Builders could see their bank balances subside as they have moved to the top of the taxman’s targeted campaign list.

HMRC has announced that it will this year target tradespeople working in the home improvement market giving them an opportunity to come forward and declare unpaid tax. The campaign builds on previous initiatives aimed at plumbers and electricians, and will include hundreds of thousands of tradespeople in construction and building work such as roofing, window fitting, bricklaying, carpentry and joinery.

Mark Herson, Private Client Tax Directorat James Cowper comments: “HMRC’s similar campaign to secure payments from plumbers has so far

generated close to £4 million, so it is no surprise they are utilising similar tactics with builders.

“HM Revenue and Customs are using increasingly sophisticated software to identify those who are not paying sufficient tax and the chances of going undetected are therefore diminishing.”

Mark adds: “Tradespeople who suspect their tax affairs are not completely upto-date would be well-advised to take the disclosure opportunity. This could be the underdeclaration of income, overclaim of expenses or something unrelated to their business. We recommend that those who believe they might owe tax seek advice from an accountant or tax adviser before making a declaration. This way the bill for tax, interest and penalties can be kept to a minimum.”

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New kit for Hucknall Junior Football Team

January sales top £5 million for new homes developer in early 2012 success DESPITE reported slumps in house sales nationally, regional developer Linden Homes is celebrating its best January for five years – selling a home a day for the entire month!

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The company, which is building a selection of properties at the nearby Papplewick Green development in, has paid to produce a bright yellow and royal blue football strip for the players, which includes a wet weather training kit with both team and sponsor logo on.

Philip Lacey, Sales Director at David Wilson Homes East Midlands, comments “As a housebuilder, we endeavour to support the local communities where we build our developments and as a predominantly family orientated developer, we’re delighted to be able to support the six and seven year olds in such a positive way.”

“The new kit looks fantastic and I hope that it give the players not only confidence to play in any weather but also to progress in the Young Elizabethan League.”

Louise Bainbridge, the team’s treasurer comments, “They were all so excited when we gave out the waterproofs – there was also enough funding left to kit out the coaches with the same style jackets. This means that the whole team look co-ordinated and professional when playing at home or travelling away.”

Papplewick Green is located on Papplewick Lane in Hucknall and currently offers a superb selection of one, two, three, four and five bedroom homes priced from £99,995.

DOES YOUR FIRM SPONSOR A LOCAL SPORTS CLUB OR FOOTBALL TEAM? If so, drop us a line and we’ll give you a mention in the magazine!

The HM Revenue & Customers has recently announced that the number of house sales in the UK fell by one per cent during 2011.

However, the early part of 2012 has already seen sales top £5 million at the company’s developments across Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire.

Keen home hunters have been snapping up Linden Homes properties at the rate of seven a week through the month of January, and with a series of new developments in the pipeline – the company is also embarking on a mini recruitment drive for new sales staff.

Sales director Steve Garton said: “This has been an amazing start to the year, and we are delighted that new homes and Linden Homes Midlands region in particular seems to bucking the national trend.

“This January – where we have effectively seen one house sale per day – is our most successful start to the year for five years and we aim to continue this success throughout 2012.

“We are delighted that our customers continue to be inspired by our home and our locations, and that we in turn can offer some great incentives to help them achieve their dream.”

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BARRATT HOMES – BUCKING THE MARKET TREND IN NOTTINGHAM BARRATT Homes is bucking the market trend in Nottingham following the launch of two brand new local developments where it has sold 18 new homes in just three months which is three times the national average.

The sales success is being attributed to the new Barratt Collection of homes which feature a selection of brand new house styles from the housebuilder’s portfolio as well as the carefully considered locations of these new developments.

Jan Ruston, Sales Director at Nottingham-based Barratt Homes East Midlands, comments “The Courtyard and The Fairways are the first developments within the East Midlands that feature properties from the new Barratt Collection and we are delighted with the positive response we’ve received from local homebuyers.

“The new designs aim to accommodate our ever changing lifestyles and pay particular attention to the use of space. The houses within the new range feature more open-plan floor layouts which allow you to be more flexible with the space as well as a number of other features not least higher specification bathrooms and bigger showers.”

The new Barratt Collection is the culmination of an intense customer focused programme which has taken place over the past three years and has seen the housebuilder invest millions of pounds in to its build quality, customer service and development layout.

The new Barratt Collection is the latest stage in the process which aims to reaffirm Barratt’s position as the UK’s leading housebuilder.

Jan adds “As a company we have invested a lot of time and effort in listening to our customers’ feedback and transferring it in to designing homes where people aspire to live.

“The new Barratt Collection has certainly hit the right note with purchasers in Nottingham and it is undoubtedly the new house styles coupled with their superb locations that have made them so popular with buyers.

“We take a lot of care when choosing where to build our developments and we like to ensure that our residents have everything they need right on their doorstep. Nottingham is a fantastic city with fantastic leisure and recreational facilities and we look forward to building many more homes here for local homebuyers to enjoy.”

The new Barratt Collection is available at The Courtyard in Basford and The Fairways in Chilwell.

The Courtyard is located on Barlock Road and currently offers a selection of two, three and four bedroom homes priced from £147,995.

The Fairways is situated on Bye Pass Road and currently offers a range of two, three and four bedroom homes priced from £199,995.

Derby plot with consent for four-bed family home BB&J Estate Agents are inviting offers in the region of £120,000 for a building plot in Derby.

The plot - at the rear of 23 Penny Long Lane, Derby DE22 1AY - has been created from garden land and has an estimated area of 0.09 acres.

The site benefits from planning permission (ref: 04/11/00415/PRI) for the erection of a detached dwelling and garage.

It is being offered fro sale by Informal tender. Offers in the region of £120,000 should be submitted by 12 noon on Thursday 12th April 2012.

For more information, contact Chris Wright at BB&J Estate Agents on 01332 292825 or email: c.wright@bbandj.co.uk

NMC WIN £2.2M REGENERATION PROJECT IN WELSH TOWN The Highways and Special Projects division of leading civil engineering and building specialists North Midland Construction plc (NMC) is expanding its public realm portfolio after securing a £2.2 million contract to carry out regeneration work for Bridgend County Borough Council.

NMC will be resurfacing the whole of Bridgend town centre with Pennant Sandstone paving that has been sourced from the Forest of Dean to ensure the landscape is in keeping with the local environment.

Work will also include upgrading drainage, street lighting and soft landscaping. The town centre will also feature specially commissioned artwork.

NMC has significant expertise in public realm work and experienced growth in demand during 2011 when the company completed a number of projects including major regeneration projects in Liverpool, Leeds and Wakefield.

The improvements in Bridgend are part of a £10 million transformation of the town centre that are being implemented to ensure it remains a vibrant area with a sustainable future and work will start this month and is due for completion in August.

Geoff Poyzer, executive director of Special Projects at NMC, said: “We’re delighted to have been awarded this contract and be involved in such an important regeneration project. NMC saw steady growth throughout 2011 in public realm projects and our specialist skills and expertise is allowing us to build on this success throughout the UK. The improvements in Bridgend will further enhance the environment in the town centre providing a vibrant and attractive place for residents and tourists alike.”

Councillor David Sage, Deputy Leader at Bridgend County Borough Council, added: “The council’s ongoing regeneration plans are helping to transform Bridgend and are creating a brighter, better town centre.

“In addition to establishing an attractive shopping environment, the work is also supporting local businesses by boosting commercial confidence and encouraging greater private sector investment in the area.”

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Interesting potential development opportunity in Warsop

BRUTON KNOWLES are offering for sale a fine 7-bedroom detached dwelling with an integral barn.

The property - Stonehouse, 16 Church Street, Warsop, Nottinghamshire NG20 0AJ - has potential for conversion to a Residential or Non-Residential Institution, subject to planning.

The Grade II Listed property is constructed from traditional limestone with clay pantile roof and occupies a large plot of 0.28 acres, with pleasant courtyard and secure stone boundary walls.

Mansfield District Council has indicated that the property could lend itself to a number of alternative uses, subject to obtaining the appropriate planning consents.

Offers are invited on both a conditional and unconditional basis. Proof of funding will be required before any sale contracts are issued.

For more information, contact Stuart Hastings at bruton Knowles on 0115 988 1160 or email: stuart.hastings@brutonknowles.co.uk

Period Cottage Up For Sale At Savills Auction

Savills has announced that its March 22nd auction in Nottingham will include the opportunity to purchase Fiskerton Lodge, a period cottage set in its own land with outbuildings. The guide price for the lot is £250,000 and the sale will take place at the Nottingham Racecourse, Colwick at 2pm.

Fiskerton Lodge in Fiskerton, Nottingham is a detached two storey period cottage, complete with three bedrooms, 3.2 acres of land and set within a beautiful rural location. The entire property is suitable for conversion, subject to the necessary planning permissions.

The property stands four miles from the popular market town of Southwell and is convenient for commuting to either Nottingham or Newark by road and rail.

With a number of lots already entered into the sale, Bob Crocker, Auction Manager at Savills Nottingham comments: “In the wake of a successful January sale, our second auction of the year offers the opportunity to acquire property from all aspects of the market”.

With entries still being taken, further details for an auction appraisal or a catalogue may be gained by contacting Savills Nottingham office on 0115 934 8020.

Fine-tuning of Planning System Would Reap Big Rewards – says CBI Further improvements need to be made to major infrastructure planning in the UK to help accelerate investment and speed up decision-making, the CBI says.

The UK’s leading business group is calling on the Government to demonstrate its commitment to attracting the £200 billion of investment needed in our infrastructure by 2015, by making the major infrastructure planning system as effective as possible.

In a new report, Minor measures, major results – Fine-tuning the major infrastructure planning system, the CBI urges the Government to reduce uncertainty at the pre-application stage, simplify the non-planning consent landscape, and introduce more flexibility and a sense of urgency into the system.

Currently, there are 52 major proposed projects in the pipeline, including wind farms, nuclear power stations and key transport upgrades, which have not even reached application stage.

Dr Neil Bentley, CBI Deputy Director-General, said: “Businesses approve of the Government’s reforms to our major infrastructure planning system to streamline planning decisions, but it’s vital we don’t lose momentum while these significant changes take hold.

Too many applications are still at the initial stages, at a time when we need major investment in our infrastructure.

“We’re suggesting ways the Government can fine-tune the system to spur on much-needed new infrastructure, such as energy plants, railway lines, airports, roads, ports and waste facilities.

“Investing in major infrastructure projects will bring big rewards for our economy, with new jobs and growth. But investors both at home and abroad must have the confidence that the planning system will deliver timely decisions, so the Government needs to act now. Waiting for a much fuller review in 2014 would be a lost opportunity.”

Following consultation with its members, the CBI’s recommendations to the Government include: • Defining its remaining National Policy Statements • Continuing to simplify and streamline non-planning consents under the Penfold recommendations • Allowing developers to be involved in training case workers • Encouraging case workers to provide non-binding pro-active advice to applicants at pre-application stage • Publishing commercially sensitive information only once initial discussions have taken place in a planning application.

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FMB Urges Chancellor to Focus Budget on Help for the Housing Market

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George Osborne MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, needs look to housing to support the Government’s growth and jobs agenda in this month’s Budget, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

Brian Berry, Director of External Affairs at the FMB said: “The FMB’s recent report, ‘Tackling the Housing Crisis’, revealed that by 2015 demand for housing will outstrip supply by more than half a million homes. First time buyers are still struggling to get on the housing ladder and the impact of this has been fewer homes being built despite the pent up demand. Clearly, more needs to be done to help those currently struggling to purchase their own home, which is why we are calling on the Government to reverse its decision to reduce the Stamp Duty threshold for first time buyers from the end of March.”

Berry continued: “As well as measures to support growth in the house building industry, the Chancellor must provide more businesses with the confidence to respond to the forthcoming Green Deal energy saving programme. We know the market for upgrading our existing homes to make them greener and more energy efficient is potentially worth billions to the UK economy. Therefore, the Government must ensure the £200 million Green Deal incentive fund is used to drive demand and enable the market to grow. Currently consumer confidence in the economy is rock bottom and the home improvement market is suffering as a result. For the Green Deal to be a success the Government must use the incentive fund to help households that take part early on in the programme to repay the Green Deal charge on their electricity bills.”

Berry concluded: “The FMB continues to believe that the Government should also introduce the reduced rate of 5% VAT for all home energy efficiency installations to support the Green Deal. A reduced rate of VAT is a logical step that will make energy efficiency measures more affordable and Green Deal packages more attractive.

Recent research commissioned by the FMB suggests this change would come at a relatively small cost to the Treasury and would help to achieve a number of environmental, economic and social policy objectives.”

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Chaddesden plot GRAHAM PENNY Auctions are offering for sale BY AUCTION a building plot with planning consent for a three-bedroom detached house.

The plot - adjoining 30 Cornwall Road, Chaddesden, Derby DE21 6DJ - is for sale

BY AUCTION on Thursday 29th March 2012 at Pride Park Stadium, Derby - 11.30am start. Guide Price: £20,000+ For details, contact Graham Penny Auctions on 01332 242880 or visit www.grahampenny.com.

HOMEBUYERS in Nottinghamshire sampled what it would be like to live the American dream recently at the showhome launch event at Barratt Homes’ Fernwood Village development in Balderton.

On Saturday, the 28th January, Barratt hosted an American themed launch party to celebrate the unveiling of three brand new showhomes at the new development on Goldstraw Lane.

Barratt has unveiled the Barwick, Falmouth and Rochester showhomes which have been professionally created to demonstrate the high standards that homebuyers can expect when they move to a new Barratt home at Fernwood Village.

Visitors at the event were treated to complimentary fast food, milkshakes, hot dogs and face painting and there was also a very special guest in the form of a human Statue of Liberty too.

Better still, the guests had the chance to enter a free prize draw to win £500 Virgin holiday vouchers to spend towards their dream American holiday.

Jan Ruston, Sales Director at Barratt Homes East Midlands, comments “We officially unveiled three brand new showhomes at Fernwood Village which demonstrated to potential purchasers the high quality of the homes that are available to buy.

“We had a really enjoyable range of entertainment on offer too and local homebuyers had so much fun helping us celebrate the launch of these fantastic new homes.

“The event was a huge success with many customers reserving the ‘white’ house for them.”

The new development offers a range of two, three and four bedroom homes priced from £109,995.

Surprising drop in Construction Administrations Mark Wilson, Head of Construction at Baker Tilly Restructuring and Recovery LLP, reflects on the insolvency statistics for the construction sector taken from Q4 2011 data released by the Insolvency Service.

“These numbers show that administrations have fallen from 94 in Q3 to 71 Q4 2011 a reduction of nearly 25%.

“Across all insolvencies, the sector saw a reduction of 30% in failure over the previous quarter. The overall failure figure of 650 is the

lowest experienced in the last four years which peaked at almost double (1209) in Q1 2009. But is this a false dawn?

• There are concerns that government cuts in new build projects have yet to fully bite whilst the industry continues to complete projects already committed to, • There may be opportunities for those who refurbish properties as clients make do with their existing stock of buildings • There is likely to be a shift in the favour of Civil engineering as government spending increases

in road and rail building, although many recently announced projects will take some while before works commence • The overall economic uncertainty and prospects for growth and new jobs will continue to have a dampening effect on the sector.

“Overall, a cautious welcome for this good news. However, there is always a time lag in getting new projects off the ground and therefore the full impact of the delayed economic recovery may yet still to be seen.”

I saw this man and woman wrapped in a barcode. I said, ‘Are you two an item?’

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Hammond Harwood Quiz raised over £1,500 for Childline Congratulations to our 1st Place Winner Philip Taylor of Gosport in Hampshire whose correct entry was the first to be drawn out of the hat by ChildLine Founder Esther Rantzen.

Congratulations as well to Sheila McHale of Liverpool who won the £10 - which was also drawn from all of the entries received - regardless of the score achieved.

Well … it’s all over for yet another year! All of the entries have been marked and the winners are being notified in the post in the order they were drawn out of the hat!

For those who requested a list of the answers please visit www.hammondharwood. com and click on the photograph of Esther Rantzen receiving the generous donations totalling £1506!

You can now see where you went right AND where you may have gone wrong AND if you are still struggling to see how some of the more devious and cryptic clues were worked out, please feel free to contact me by telephone, e-mail or letter and I will explain all!

I am particularly grateful to all those who took the time to write to me with such positive comments yet again and confirming the pleasure (and frustration!) that our Annual Quiz creates. We have again received entries from all over England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Isle of Man, Eire, France, Germany, The USA, New Zealand and our first entry from Cyprus!

The important statistic for you – to encourage you to enter our next quiz later this year!

Percentage of all correct entries = 41.8%!!! (too many spelt Procol Harum incorrectly) BUT - THE BEST NEWS ...

As a result of the donations made by many of those that entered the Quiz, I visited the Nottingham ChildLine Base and met with the Founder, Esther Rantzen CBE, to present her with all of the £1 AND £2 coins AND the £5 and £10 notes AND the cheques from all those entrants who ‘enjoyed’ the quiz. Esther also selected the 12 Winners from all of the correct entries and offered thanks to all of those who very kindly donated to ChildLine.

Esther commented: “£1,506 is a wonderful achievement and I would like to thank everyone who took part in the quiz and made a donation. Every call we receive from a vulnerable child or young person who needs support costs ChildLine £4, which means all those who have kindly donated money have helped ChildLine to answer a further 376 calls; which is amazing.

The service couldn’t continue running without the ongoing support of individuals and companies, which is why I am extremely pleased that Jonathan Hammond has again chosen ChildLine as the favoured charity for his Annual Hammond Harwood Quiz.”

I was so keen to beat last year’s figure of £997….and this figure smashes it and includes donations from those who did not manage to complete the quiz and yet still generously gave to this extremely worthy cause.

A huge thank you to all those who made a donation - you really have helped to make a difference to the lives of 376 children and young people who would otherwise have no one else to turn to.

I really do hope that you enjoyed battling away to solve the clues and can confirm that I am already working on our 2012 Quiz which will be available from September (ish!)

Quizzingly yours!

Jonathan Hammond

HAMMOND HARWOOD Estate Agency

CAGE

Construction Action Group of Employers CAGE Greater Nottingham is a Construction Industry Training Provider at the forefront of change within the Construction Industry.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS: Wednesday 14th March 2012 - CAGE GN Open Meeting from 17.30 - 19.30pm at South Nottingham College, Highfields Campus (near Nottingham University South Entrance) There will be an important Health & Safety update from the Health & Safety Executive and important updates from Construction Skills on the Grants System and also National Construction College Training Programmes • Wednesday 4th April 2012 - CAGE GN Visit to Nottingham University’s Creative Energy Homes Project from 14.00 to 15.45pm • Wednesday 20th June 2012 - CAGE GN Annual BBQ from 17.30 - 19.30pm at South Nottinghams College’s Highfield Campus (Opposite Nottingham University South Entrance) For more information, email ronglen@msn.com or visit the website at www.cagegreaternottingham.org.uk •

Littleover cottage requires full modernisation SCARGILL MANN & CO. are offering for sale BY AUCTION a two-bedroom cottage requiring full modernisation.

The property - at Park Lane, Littleover, Derby DE23 6FX - is situated within walking distance of a full range of shops in Littleover Village.

The Guide Price is £68,000.

For sale BY AUCTION at Pride Park Stadium, Derby, on Thursday 15th March 2012 3.30pm start.

For more information, contact Scargill Mann & Co. on 01332 207720 or email: enquiries@ scargillmann.co.uk

There is no time like the present for postponing what you ought to be doing.

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Upcoming local auctions Thursday 15th March 2012 READINGS PROPERTY GROUP at The Underwood Suite, Leicester Tigers Rugby Club, Welford Road, Leicester - 5.30pm start - tel: 0116 222 7575.

Nottingham City

Tuesday 20th March 2012 GRAHAM PENNY - at Nottingham Racecourse, Colwick Park, Colwick Road, Nottingham NG2 4BE - 11.30am start - tel: 0115-958 8702 or email: Nottingham@ grahampenny.com Thursday 22nd March 2012 SAVILLS - at The Centenary Suite, Nottingham Racecourse, Colwick Park, Colwick Road, Nottingham NG2 4BE - 2.30pm start - tel: 0115 934 8020 - visit: www.savills.co.uk/ auctions Wednesday 28th March 2012 - LOVEITTS - at The Allesley Hotel, Birmingham Road, Alelsley, Coventry CV5 9GP - 12 noon start - tel: 024 7652 7789 or email: auctions@loveitts.co.uk Wednesday 28th March 2012 - ELDER & TWELLS - at Morley Hayes, Main Road, Morley, Derbyshire - tel: 01773 535353 or email: cathy@elderandtwells.co.uk

Thursday 29th March 2012 COTTONS - at Aston Villa FC, Villa Park, Birmingham B6 6HE - 11am start - tel: 0121 247 2233 or email: auctions@cottons.co.uk Thursday 29th March 2012 GRAHAM PENNY - at The Pedigree Suite, Derby County FC, Pride Park Stadium, Derby - 11.30am start - tel: 01332 242880 or email: info@ grahampenny.com Tuesday 3rd April 2012 BAGSHAWS RESIDENTIAL - at Pride Park Stadium, Derby DE24 8XL - 11.30 start - tel: 01332 361308 - email: auctions.derby@ sequencehome.co.uk - www. bagshawsauctions.co.uk

Potential Residential Conversion & Development Opportunity in Eastwood

Former School and Grounds for sale LAMBERT SMITH HAMPTON are offering for sale, on the instructions of Nottinghamshire County Council, the former school and grounds at Devonshire Drive, Eastwood, Nottingham NG16 3BE. The property comprises a detached two storey school building upon a site featuring a walled and fenced boundary. The regular shaped site contains the main school building, and additional nursery building and storage unit. The mobile unit will also form part of the sale.

Interested parties are to make their own enquiries re planning to Broxtowe Borough Council Planning Department. An indicative scheme has been discussed with the local authority and further information is available in this regard.

Offers are invited on a subject to contract and planning basis. The vendor requires a buyer’s premium of 2% to be added to the purchase price.

For more information, or to arrange a viewing appointment, contact Sean Bremner at Lambert Smith Hampton on 0115 976 6604 or email: sbremner@lsh.co.uk

D.Velop (c/o Agent: Axon Architects, W5 The Quarters, 65 Druid Street, Hinckley, Leics.

LE10 1QG) - Conversion and development of vacant unit to 7bedroom student accommodation - at unit to Rear of 2 Clarendon Street, Nottingham NG1 5JQ. Girls Day School Trust (c/o Agent: Mrs Suzanne Hunt, Marsh Grochowski Architects, 16 Commerce Square, Nottingham NG1 1HS) - Erection of new performing arts centre following part demolition - at Nottingham High School for Girls, Arboretum Street, Nottingham NG1 4JB. Pelham Pub (c/o Agent: Ashton King, 3 Petersham Mews, Nottingham NG7 1HF) - Erection of 5 self-contained apartments - at Land North West of 3 Constance Street, Nottingham.

Dr Imran Maqsood (of 9 Constance Street, Nottingham NG7 7BH) - Change of use from religious centre to one residential dwelling at 9 Constance Street, Nottingham NG7 7BH. Mr Ian Saini (of 25 Kingsbridge Way, Bramcote, Nottingham NG9 3LW) - Conversion and extension of existing building following part demolition to create 6 self-contained apartments - at 34A Church Street, Old Lenton, Nottingham NG7 2FF. Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (c/o Agent: Mr P Kelly, P+HS Architects, Queens House, 34 Wellington Street, Leeds, North Yorkshire LS1 2DE) - Erection of two-storey extension to create new Cystic Fibrosis Centre - at Nottingham University NHS Trust, City Hospital Site, Hucknall Road, Nottingham NG5 1PB. Trent Bridge Construction (c/o Agent: Mr Ian Elkington, old Manor Farm, Woodborough, Nottingham NG14 6DJ) - Erection of first floor extension and minor alterations - at Trent Bridge Construction, Colwick Road, Nottingham NG2 4BG. Uptown Property Developments Ltd (c/o Agent: Mr Mark Dauncey, Pegasus Planning Group, 5 The Priory, Old London Road, Canwell, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands B75 5SH) - Change of use from public house to student

accommodation with alterations to rear elevation - at Gregory Hotel, 214 Ilkeston Road, Nottingham NG7 3HG. Mr B Sacorafos (c/o Agent: Mr J Firth, JMF Chartered Architects, 2 Trent Lane, East Bridgford, Nottingham NG13 8PF) - Change of use of ground floor from offices to two self-contained apartments - at 22A Forest Road West, Nottingham NG7 4EQ. Mr D Cross (of Beneco Energy Ltd, The Old Rectory, Hinton on the Green, Evesham, Worcestershire WR11 2QU) - Erection of additional electricity substation - at Electricity Substation, North East of Holme Sluices Control Building, Colwick Road, Nottingham.

Phoenix Developments (c/o Agent: Mr F Blair, 4 Burlington Place, Sarah Avenue, Off Kelham Drive, Sherwood, Nottingham NG5 1RD) - Erection of 5 new dwellings following demolition of existing property - at 47 Hungerhill Road, Nottingham NG3 3PN.

Ashfield East Midlands Housing Group Ltd (c/o Agent: Freeth Cartwright LLP) - Application to replace extant planning permission 2008/0655 Outline Application for a maximum of 9 dwellings and 8 apartments and associated works - at Land off Cross Row, Stanton Hill, Sutton-inAshfield, Notts.

Sutton Supply Stores Ltd (c/o Agent: Ian Baseley Associates) - Outline application for residential development and demolition of existing building - at 5-9 Market Street, Huthwaite, Sutton-inAshfield, Notts.

Beres Developments Ltd (c/o Agent: Savills) - Applications to replace Extant Planning Permission in order to extend the time limit for implementation of planning permission 2008/0663: 28 apartments and 2 retail units - at Station House, Outram Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts.

Mr Parker (c/o Agent: Eaton Design) - Four detached dwellings at Peartree Cottage, Peartree Lane, Teversal, Notts.

Continued on page 13

I quit my job at the helium gas factory. I didn’t like being spoken to in that voice.

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Keep On Rolling

Zorbing involves up to two people being harnessed inside a large inflatable sphere and being pushed down a 300m hill, reaching speeds up to 30mph. It has seen thousands of thrill seekers visit the site since June 2009.

Planners from Fisher German LLP initially applied for planning permission in 2009; however the application was fully refused by the Ashfield District Council Planning Committee. An amended application was submitted only

Work starts this month on Silverdale play area

Funding to complete the refurbishment of Silverdale Play Area on The Downs has been agreed by Nottingham City Council.

The City Council is adding new play pieces for children including swings, a climbing net and large moving see saw, a new pedestrian gate to the play area, new seats, new signs and new litter bins.

A trail of mosaic tiled stepping stones, designed and made by Silverdale residents in a community arts project at the community centre next to the play area, will wind through the playground.

Work is due to start at the end of March and should be completed

by May at a cost of £54,300. It is funded by Nottingham City Council, including a contribution of £10,000 from Section 106 local development contributions, and WREN, the Waste Recycling Environmental Ltd, who have given a grant of £29,300 to the project.

Managing director at East Midlands-based civil and structural engineering firm BSP Consulting David Sumner has been named a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers.

to be refused again in 2010. The owners appealed against this decision and at an appeal hearing held in 2011, temporary permission was granted by the Planning Inspectorate to allow the activity to continue for one season to allow noise levels to be monitored.

Following a Planning Committee meeting on 16th February a unanimous vote was reached to allow a permanent change in land use to allow this unusual activity to continue, as noise levels were demonstrated to be acceptable.

Jenny Salt from Fisher German comments “Despite concerns

raised by some local residents and Councillors and the political sensitivity of this application, the permanency of sphereing activity has been achieved at the site to the south of Main Road in Westwood.

“Through combined efforts, we have successfully addressed all the concerns raised, reducing the misconception about the site through discussions with the local residents and Ashfield District Council’s Planning Department.”

For more information on this activity, please visit www.

SphereMania.com or call the booking office on 0844 800 30 45.

The accolade is the highest grade of membership of the ICE and is given in recognition of experience, expertise and contribution to the industry.

David is a founding director of BSP Consulting, which is based at Oxford Street, Nottingham, and also has offices at Pride Park, Derby, De Montfort Street, Leicester, and Solly Street, Sheffield.

He said: “I am very pleased and proud to have become a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers. I have been a member of ICE since the late 1980s, and I am honoured that I have now been accepted as a fellow.”

A civil engineering graduate from The University of Nottingham, David was officially presented with the accolade at a ceremony at ICE’s headquarters in Westminster, London.

STRATEGIC RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY Land at Sysonby Farm, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire LE13 0NX

Proposed Link Road

Single plot in Alfreton

HOUSE BUILDER/PLANNING PROMOTION PARTNER SOUGHT ON BEHALF OF LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL 93.86 Acres (38.0 HA) or thereabouts of land partly within the proposed Sustainable Urban Extension (SUE) to the North of Melton Mowbray Contact: Robert Cole BSc (Hons) MRICS FAAV – robert.cole@matherjamie.co.uk Jeremy Hoare Bsc (Hons) MRICS – jeremy.hoare@matherjamie.co.uk

Tel: 01509 233433 www.matherjamie.co.uk

RICHARD SAVIDGE Estate Agents are offering for sale a single building plot with planning permission for a detached dwelling.

949009

The owners of SphereMania Nottingham, Europe’s longest Zorbing site based in Westwood, Nottingham have been celebrating after finally being granted planning permission to allow permanent land use for their extreme sporting activity.

Professional accolade for BSP Consulting MD

The plot - at the rear of The Red Brick House, Off Mansfield Road, Alfreton, Derbyshire - has been reduced in price to offers in excess of £30,000.

For more information, contact Richard Savidge on )1773 831111 or email: sales@richardsavidge.co.uk

My therapist says I have a preoccupation with vengeance. We’ll see about that.

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David Wilson Homes coming soon to Mansfield Continued from page 11 Westleigh Developments (c/o Agent: Brian Dearlove Partnership) Residential development to erect 22 dwellings - at Land at Occupation Road, Hucknall, Notts.

Glasgow Care Ltd (c/o Agent: Sondh Associates) - Application to replace an Extant Planning Permission for a care home and associated works - at Land at Lancaster Road and Astral Grove, Hucknall, Notts.

DAVID Wilson Homes is making a welcome to return to Mansfield in 2012 with the launch of its latest development, Sandlands in Forest Town.

The East Midlands’ leading homebuilder will be bringing 129 family and starter homes to the village from its latest range.

Homebuyers will be able to choose from a selection of properties in a mix of two, three, four and five bedroom houses including coach houses, terraced houses, semi detached and detached properties.

Construction work is now well underway at Sandlands following planning approval for 12 hectares of land. The homes have been created to complement Forest Town’s existing buildings whilst around a fifth of the development will be designed for open spaces for the benefit of the community.

David Wilson Homes is no stranger to the Mansfield area having previously completed a development in nearby Kirkby-in-Ashfield whilst it is currently selling homes at Kings Meadow in Sutton-inAshfield.

Philip Lacey, Sales Director at David Wilson Homes East Midlands, comments “We’re extremely excited to be building once again in the Mansfield area. Sandlands promises to be an archetypal David Wilson Homes development in as much as it will offer exceptional new homes in a carefully considered location and we are confident that it will prove a popular choice with local homebuyers.

“With just 129 new homes in total, this is going to be an exciting development which will offer both a desirable village location as well as close proximity to a fantastic road network and East Midlands Airport making it an ideal destination for commuters looking to enjoy the best of both worlds.

“We’ve already received a high number of enquiries and we anticipate that demand will be high and so I would recommend anyone who is interested, to register your interest now.”

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Desian Ltd (c/o Agent: Brooks Architects Ltd) - Demolition of existing premises and erection of new showroom, offices and storage warehouse including hardstanding and external storage area - at HRS Roofing Supplies Ltd, Common Road, Huthwaite, Notts.

Nottingham NG8 6PD) - Change of use and subdivision of accountants offices to create 3 dwelling units - at 132-136 Newthorpe Common, Newthorpe, Notts. NG16 2EH. Steve & Caroline Willoughby (c/o Agent: Mr Roger Brewers, 92 Keepers Cottage, Bramcote Drive West, Beeston, Notts. NG9 1DU) Construct two-storey side extension to form 2 flats - at 22 Montague Street, Beeston, Notts. NG9 1BA.

Gedling

Bassetlaw

Mr P Robinson (c/o Agent: Mr Graham Bradford, The Planning and Environment Studio Ltd, 69 New Road, Wingerworth, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S42 6UJ) - Change of use of twin boarding kennel buildings to 2 independent dwellings - at Spring Farm Kennels, Salterford Lane, Calverton, Notts.

NG14 6NZ.

Mr Ryck Turner (c/o: Agent, Knapeney Farm, Ossington Lane, Ossington, Newark on Trent, Notts.

NG23 6ND) - Conversion of barns to form dwelling - at Darlton hall Farm, Darlton, Newark, Notts.

Mrs C Ralph-Smith (c/o Agent: Mr A Goodwin, 20 Easthorpe Street, Ruddington, Notts. NG11 6LA) Erection of 2 semi-detached houses - at 5 Grover Avenue, Mapperley, Nottingham NG3 6DJ.

E-ON UK plc (c/o Agent: C.Lucey, 1 Colmore Square, Birmingham B4 6AJ) - Prior notification of proposed demolition of five cooling towers - at High Marnham Power Station, High Marnham, Newark, Notts.

NG23 6SE.

Mr Edward Hall (c/o Agent: Mr George Machin, Savills, 9 Fletcher Gate, Nottingham NG1 1QQ) Change of use and alterations to form 2 flats - at 57 Deabill Street, Netherfield, Nottingham NG4 2JB.

Mr Paul Eley (c/o Agent: Mr T J Woods, 3 The Grove, Worksop, Notts. S81 0LE) - Demolish existing bungalow and erect 2 detached dwellings - at Cumbrae, Mattersey Road, Everton, Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN10 5BN

Broxtowe Mr G Dickens - Change of use from office to residential - at 6 Bessell Lane, Stapleford, Notts., NG9 7BX Mr N Kumar (c/o Agent: Mrs A Dudley, 30 Padleys Lane, Burton Joyce, Nottingham NG14 5BZ) - Outline application for residential development for 12 dwellings - at 205/205a Bye pass Road, Chilwell, Notts. NG9 5HR. Broxtowe Borough Council - Demolish former fire station - at Former Sire Station Building, Station Road, Beeston, Notts.

Mr D Sandhu (c/o Agent: Anthony Bradley, 2 Broad Oak Cottages, Main Street, Strelley Village,

Mansfield Mr L O’Donaghue (c/o Agent: Neville Hardy Associates, Lynden House, 234 Sutton Road, Mansfield, Notts. NG18 5HL) - Conversion of first and second floors to 7 flats - at 24-26 Leeming Street, Mansfield, Notts. NG18 1NE. Sure Building Services Ltd, (c/o Agent: Mr Michael Kingsbury, Residential Design Architects Ltd, 28 Broadhill Road, Kegworth, Derbyshire DE74 2DQ) - Construction of 4 semi-detached houses - at Land at Derwent Avenue, Mansfield, Notts. NG18 3PD. Fenton & Bromley Developments Ltd (c/o Agent: Mr M Askew, Lambert Smith hampton, Interchange Place, Edmund Street, Birmingham B3 2TA) - Outline planning application including the reserved matter of access for 14 dwellings - at Former Warsop Vale School, Carter Lane, Warsop Vale, Notts. NG20 8XF.

I want to tell you a bit about myself ... I’m a very quiet and secretive person, and that’s it really.

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Builders’ Problems SOLVED

Worrying Situation!

Problem:

I hope that you can assist me in what has become a really worrying situation.

I own and manage a painting and decorating business and employ around 20 tradesmen.

In late 2010 I was successful in picking up a large commercial contract in Birmingham. The project was the refurbishment of a city centre office block. The programme was progressive, starting from the top floor and working down the building, the idea being that the landlord would rent out the finished floors as work progressed.

However, part way through the project, with 4 floors completed, the project was put on hold by the client. I later learnt from the main contractor that this was because the client was finding it difficult to get tenants and the floors that had been completed remained vacant. Some months later, I spoke to the main contractor’s contracts manager who said that they had agreed with their client that the other floors could be completed although the client would be allowed to employ quite a few of his own trades directly, including a painting contractor. Although I agreed to initially suspend operations for a few months, my company was banking on this work and I have now had to lay off about half of my work force. Can I do anything about this?

The order I received states a lump sum price for the whole of the job (as per my quotation) and refers to

its enclosed Terms and Conditions.

I have looked through these Terms and Conditions and nowhere can I see anything about removing work from my price or bringing in others to complete my work.

Paul, Nottinghamshire

Response: Hi Paul. Please look at your sub-contract again and see what the terms say are under Variations.

A contract will usually allow work to be omitted and you will have to consider how to deal with such an omission against the facts such as why it has been omitted and how has the character of the work changed.

However, usually work cannot be omitted and given to another sub-contractor otherwise this will be a breach of contract and you will be entitled to claim damages,

which would normally be your loss or profit (which you will need to prove).

Therefore, if your sub-contract Terms and Conditions are indeed silent on this matter, then you should record this in writing to the main contractor and assert that you shall be making a claim for loss of profit on the work removed from your sub-contract. Any agreement between the main contractor and its client should not affect you. If the main contractor has naively agreed with the employer to omit work from its contract without reference to the sub-contractors it will effect, then that is matter for the main contractor, not you.

I hope that helps and good luck. © Michael P. Gerard MSc, PGDipLaw, PGDipBar, FCIOB, MCIArb, MAE The advice provided is intended to be of a general guide only and should not be viewed as providing a definitive legal analysis.

Author background Michael is a Barrister, Chartered Builder, Registered Adjudicator & Accredited Expert in quantum and planning matters.

He is Managing Director of Michael Gerard & Co www.michael-gerard.co.uk a company of chartered building consultants and quantity surveyors who provide a specialised service in the areas of construction law, quantum, programming, business recovery and insolvency support to the construction industry.

Come and find out more about NET Phase Two NET Phase Two is the project to extend Nottingham’s tram system to Clifton via Wilford in the south (Line Two), and Chilwell via Beeston and the QMC in the southwest (Line Three).

The project was given the final government go-ahead in December 2011 and some advance works have now started along parts of the two new lines. We are holding a series of drop-in information sessions this spring. At the sessions, you will be able to find out more about the project, and the future works needed in your area to build the new tram system.

Residents will be able to meet and ask questions of members of; Nottingham City Council’s NET Project Team, Tramlink Nottingham, the tram concessionaire which has the contract to build and operate the tram extensions, and representatives of the contractor, the Taylor Woodrow Alstom Joint Venture, which is carrying out the construction works.

For more information on the NET Phase two project visit the Phase two website or call 0115 924 2454 Sessions will be held at: Lenton & Dunkirk • Date: Wednesday 14 March Time: 5pm - 7.30pm Venue: Dunkirk and Old Lenton Community Centre, The Old School, Montpelier Road • Wilford and Compton Acres Date: Thursday 22 March Time: 5.30pm - 8pm Venue: The Nottingham Emmanuel School, Gresham Park Road, West Bridgford.

Construction & Commerce Race Day: NCF Special Discount Make a date: Wednesday 23rd May 2012 at Southwell Racecourse!

Nottinghamshire Construction Forum has negotiated a discount on ticket prices for NCF supporters for what promises to be another great day out for the construction sector.

To order your tickets, go to http://www.southwell-racecourse.co.uk/construction-andcommerce-offer.html Don’t take to long, though - last year they all went very quickly!

Construction & Commerce Race Day 2012 builds upon the highly successful 2011 event staged at the centrally located Southwell Racecourse.

Race Day 2012 is a fantastic opportunity for firms to: • Showcase products and services to the construction sector with display and advertising space • Gain cost-effective publicity through event and/or race sponsorship • Entertain colleagues and clients whilst enjoying a fabulous day out together Book the day in your diary now.

For full details of the Race Day please go to the NCF Race Day page on the website at www.nottsconstruction.co.uk

A friend of mine always wanted to be run over by a steam train. When it happened, he was chuffed to bits.

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Sandiacre-based Lovell helps Morgan Sindall Group’s results Affordable housing, regeneration and maintenance specialist Lovell, which has local offices at Bostocks Lane, Sandiacre, has contributed to a resilient set of preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2011, released today (21 February 2012) by its parent, construction and regeneration company Morgan Sindall Group plc.

Against a backdrop of challenging trading conditions Morgan Sindall Group delivered a resilient performance in 2011. Profit before tax, amortisation and non-recurring items was £45.3 million (2010: £51.3 million) with revenue up six per cent at £2,227 million (2010: £2,102 million). Adjusted earnings per share were 82.5p (2010: 92.9p), with no change to the total dividend which remains at 42.0p (2010: 42.0p). The Group’s forward order book currently stands at £3.4 billion (2010: £3.6 billion) with a growing regeneration pipeline of £1.8 billion (2010: £1.4 billion), and a further £0.6 billion of regeneration schemes at preferred developer stage.

Lovell has contributed to these results by working with housing associations and local authorities to deliver successful affordable housing developments, major housing refurbishment schemes, response maintenance services and regeneration programmes. The company’s order book stands at £1.5 billion (2010: £1.5 billion).

Key projects for Lovell in the region include: • A £9 million development of 95, two-, three- and four-bedroom homes in Stonebridge Park, Nottingham, for housing and regeneration group LHA-ASRA as part of a major estate redevelopment.

• A £5.2 million sustainable homes development to provide 38, threeand four-bedroom homes for open market sale for Blueprint in the Green Street / Fraser Road area of The Meadows, Nottingham. The properties will meet Level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes.

• A £1.9 million scheme to carry out fire prevention works to high-rise blocks of flats for Nottingham City Homes in Nottingham.

• A £20 million, four-year Decent Homes scheme with social housing provider Three Oaks Homes to upgrade residents’ properties with new kitchens, bathrooms, electrics and heating in the Blaby district of Leicestershire.

“Following the completion of high profile acquisitions in 2010, which helped to substantially grow our repairs and maintenance business, 2011 has been a year of integration and growth for Lovell. Our revenue rose by 19 per cent to £462 million (2010: £387 million) which is a testimony to the hard work of Lovell staff and our clients valuing the complete repairs, refurbishment, new build and mixed tenure housing offer that we now provide,” says Lovell managing director Stewart Davenport.

“Lovell also continued to invest in land for mixed tenure regeneration schemes in 2011 and we are now seeing solid returns on these investments.

We look forward to building on the work we completed in 2011 and driving further growth in 2012.”

Continued from page 13 Ruttle Plant Holdings (c/o Agent: Mr Thomas Relph, Sedgwick Associates, 24 Queensbrook Spa Road, Bolton, Lancs. BL1 4AY.) - Conversion of Unit 28 into 2 apartments - at Unit 28, Berry Hill Hall, Berry Hill Lane, Mansfield, Notts. NG18 4JR. Bellway Homes East Midlands (of 3 Romulus Court, Braunston Town, Meridian east, Leicester LE19 1YG) - Erection of 3 detached dwellings - at Land off Blackshale Road/Sherwood Rise, Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts. NG19 7GE. W S Ingham & Son Ltd (c/o Agent: Geoff Cross, Cherry Trees, Woodview Gardens, Forest Town, Mansfield, Notts.) - Erection of garage, store, flower store and workshop after demolition of existing buildings - at W S Ingham & Son Ltd, 11 Poplar Grove, Forest Town, Notts. NG19 0HW.

Rushcliffe Mrs Alam (c/o Agent: Mrs S regan, Longworth Associates, 21 Cotgrave Lane, Tollerton, Nottingham NG12 4FX) - Conversion of property to 14 apartments - at 39-41 Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 7LJ. Mr Danesh-Manesh (c/o Agent: Mr John Robertson, Robertson Building Design Consultants, 27 Westway, Cotgrave, Nottingham NG12 3QB) - Construction of 4 flats with car parking - at Land at rear of 7-9 Radcliffe Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham.

Newark & Sherwood Mr Chris Ellinas (c/o Agent: Richard Haig Architect, 19A Friary Road, Newark, Notts. NG24 1LE) - Conversion of existing maisonette into 3 apartments - at 32-34 Albert Street, Newark on Trent, Notts.

NG24 4BQ. Mr Ian Murray (c/o Agent: Mr Cara De Angelis, 16-20 Bath Street, Nottingham NG1 1DF) - Conversion and repair of Mill to create dwellings - at Rolleston Mill, Station Road, Rolleston, Newark on Trent, Notts. NG23 5SF.

A new 95-home housing development which Lovell is building in Stonebridge Park, Nottingham.

Partnership in Care Ltd (c/o Agent: Mrs Susan Bolton, Graham Bolton Planning Partnership, Onward Buildings, 207 Deansgate, Manchester M3 3NW) - Proposed two storey extension to form two meeting/activity rooms on

the ground floor and two ensuite bedrooms on the first floor - at The Willows, Main Street, North Muskham, Newark NG23 6EZ. Barratt/David Wilson Homes North Midlands (of Wilson House, 2 Orchard Place, Nottinghamshire Business park, Nottingham NG8 6PX) - Proposed re-plan encompassing 6 dwellings - at Land at Balderton Hospital, Great North Road, Fernwood, Notts.

Mr J Kang (c/o Agent: Mr David Garbett, 6 Wellow Close, Suttonin-Ashfield, Notts. NG17 5JW) - Demolition of public house and change of use of site to vehicle sales and erection of two-storey building to be used as sales office at The Squinting Cat Public House, Mansfield Road, Clipstone, Notts.

NG21 9AB. Mrs Laura Mihaita (of Barratt/ David Wilson Homes North Midlands, Wilson House, 2 Orchard Place, Nottingham Business Park, Nottingham NG8 6PX) - Application for approval of reserved matters encompassing 9 dwellings - at Land at Balderton Hospital, Great North Road, Fernwood, Notts.

Mrs Laura Mihaita (of Barratt/ David Wilson Homes North Midlands, Wilson House, 2 Orchard Place, Nottingham Business Park, Nottingham NG8 6PX) - Proposed re-plan encompassing 33 dwellings within Phase 6 - at Land at Balderton Hospital, Great North Road, Fernwood, Notts.

Mr Naval Khosla (c/o Agent: Paul Cleaver Architects, 5 Wellington Street, Leicester LE1 6HH) - Demolition of 2 detached bungalows and extension to care home - at The Troc, 256 Beacon Hill Road, Newark on Trent, Notts.

NG24 2JP. Parker Homes Developments Ltd (c/o Agent: Mr Robert Hughes, Hughes Planning LLP, 5 Royal Standard House, Standard Hill, Nottingham NG1 6FX) - Demolition of existing dwelling, former shop and outbuilding and erection of 3 dwellings - at 91-93 Easthorpe, Southwell, Notts. NG25 0HZ. Mr William McKeon (of 22 The Park, Newark, Notts. NG24 1SD) - Change the use of the building from office to micro-brewery with residential live/work unit above - at 77 William Street, Newark, Notts.

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Coffee Time Crossword Council home rents kept Gentle Exercise for your Brain! down as investment rises Nottingham council home rents are to rise by 5.6% in April - after councillors rejected the Government’s calls for an 8.36% increase.

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They say life speeds up as you get older. Which is why you sometimes see a pensioner holding on to a lamp post.

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Despite the lower increase, council homes are set for a multi-million pound investment over the next five years - including new kitchens and bathrooms, replacing wooden doors and windows and energy efficiency improvements.

The Government is changing the way council housing is financed, from a complicated redistribution of rents collected from council tenants all over the country to a new ‘self financing’ system being introduced from April, which means all rent collected in Nottingham will stay in the city. In making this change, the Government has assumed a rent rise for Nottingham City Council tenants of 8.36% in April 2012. The Council and Nottingham City Homes asked the Government to think again rather than assume such a high rent increase, but the Government confirmed that it would stick to its figures.

Rather than impose this higher increase however, the City Council is proposing a 5.6% rent increase. Councillor Dave Liversidge, Portfolio Holder for Housing, Regeneration and Community Sector, explained: “The City Council, along with Nottingham City Homes, recognises the difficult financial situation many of our tenants face. We know general living costs are rising - so we are trying to keep any increase to a minimum.

“We have been and will continue talking to tenants who may be concerned about what the changes mean for them. However I’m confident we are striking the right balance, by keeping the rent rise low, finding efficiencies and savings in the way we provide housing services and continuing to invest in our housing stock.”

A five-year investment programme includes: • A £150m programme to bring all homes up to the Nottingham decent homes standard including more new kitchens and bathrooms, • Investing £42m to improve homes, including replacing old wooden doors and windows with new secure doors and windows, and reducing fuel poverty through energy efficiency works in the hardestto-heat properties • Demolishing costly and unpopular older properties and re-housing the existing tenants.

Nottingham City Homes is able to help the Council invest more in improving homes by becoming more efficient. The company will save £4m in running costs in the next year - with the City Council’s housing team saving a further £700,000 a year.

Chief Executive Nick Murphy said: “We recently surveyed our tenants and leaseholders - 78% of those who responded said the rent they paid represented value for money for the services they receive. We will continue to improve the value for money of the services we offer and make sure this remains the case in the future.

“The amount of rent we charge directly affects the money we have for managing, maintaining and improving council homes in Nottingham. We asked tenants where they would most like to see new investment spent, and their clear priorities were improved security, such as new doors and uPVC windows, improved energy efficiency and new kitchens and bathrooms.

Tenants have also said they would like us to focus on creating local jobs and apprenticeships to do this work wherever possible.”

Nottingham City Homes is offering help and advice to tenants worried about the effect the rent increase and other changes to benefits will have on them. Any tenant can call 0115 915 4920 to get free money advice and guidance on ways to cut bills and tackle debt. Nottingham City Homes are also organising a ‘Money Matters’ roadshow on 9 March at the Council House when more than 40 organisations will be on hand to offer tenants advice and support on everything from saving on their energy bills, to getting back into work.

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FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION ON TUESDAY 27th MARCH at the Appleby Inn, Appleby Parva, DE12 7AP - J11 M42 (subject to prior sale conditions)

Britannia Works, Coleshill Road, Atherstone, Warwickshire Guide Price: Bids in Excess of £100,000 A site extending to approximately 1 acre with a pending planning application for 62 flats, commercial unit & associated parking. The site is within Atherstone’s development boundary & is allocated for housing in the Local Plan.

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21 Princess Street, Castle Gresley Guide Price £70,000 A two bedroom mid terraced property with two double rooms in a popular rental area.

Land at Dog Lane, Nether Whitacre Guide Price £60,000 A level pasture field extending to approx. 3.1acres with the benefit of a water supply.

The Plantation, Norton Lane, Orton on the Hill Guide Price £55,000 to £65,000 An attractive mature woodland with adjacent pasture paddock, in total extending to approx. 8.19 acres.

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Interesting lots at the Graham Penny Auction Graham Penny’s Nottingham Property Auction takes place on Tuesday 20th March 2012 at Nottingham Racecourse 11.30am start.

Among the lots on offer are several that will be of interest to local builders and developers. Here are brief details of a few of the more interesting ones: LOT 1: 6 Charlton Avenue, Long Eaton, Notts. NG10 2BX

LOT 28: Development site at Landa Grove/Welbeck Place, Tuxford, Newark, Notts. NG22

An attractive 3-bed semi-detached property requiring a full scheme of modernisation and improvement.

Guide Price: £63,000+ LOT 5: 83A Main Street, Huthwaite, Notts. NG17 2LQ A good sized level site extending to approximately 1.31 acres and having the benefit of detailed planning consnet for the erection of 20 two and three bedroomed houses.

Guide Price: £195,000+

A traditional two-bedroom end terraced property requiring a full scheme of modernisation and improvements but having gas central heating and part pvc double glazing.

Guide Price: £30,000+ LOT 7: 25 Harrington Street, Mansfield, Notts. NG18 5LS

LOT 31: Woolpack Lane Nottingham NG1 1GA Located within the popular Lace Market area of Nottingham City Centre, this property comprises a three storey office building with potential for conversion to three flats.

Offered for sale freehold with vacant possession.

Currently providing office accommodation arranged over three floors. Potential for conversion to residential 3 x 2 bedroom flats, or a range of alternative commercial uses, subject to obtaining the necessary planning consents.

Total Net Floor Area: 194 sq m. (2087 sq ft) over lower ground, ground and first floors.

Guide Price: £110,000+ LOT 32: Linby Road, Hucknall, Nottingham NG15 7UG

Traditional two-bedroom terraced property located in a prime area of Mansfield, with passaged entrance hall and passaged landing and requiring a full scheme of improvements. The property has upvc double glazing throughout.

Guide Price: £ 46,000+

An opportunity to acquire a parcel of land which has previously had outline planning consent granted for the construction of a three bedroomed detached bungalow.

Guide Price: £20,000+

LOT 35: The Old Band Room 60 Institute Street Stanton Hill, Nottingham NG17 3HD

A large detached property with ample parking and accommodation across two floors in village centre location. The property has many potential uses and would make ideal business premises such as a club or a gym or could be converted into flats, subject to relevant p/p.

The agents have been informed by the vendor that planning permission was granted in 2004 to convert the property into two apartments, this has now expired.

Ashfield District Council have verbally said that re-instating planning should not be an issue, however the agents suggest you make your own enquiries.

Guide price: £46,000+ LOT 37: 115 Berry Hill Lane, Mansfield, NG18 4JS

LOT 34: Plot Adjacent To 13 High Street Stanton Hill Nottingham NG17 3GG

An excellent opportunity to purchase a freehold potential development site with an approximate site area of 54 sq metres. Prominent main road frontage to High Street and return frontage to Morley Street.

The site was granted full planning permission in 1995 for the construction of a new shop with flat above by Ashfield District Council, planning ref: 95/0200. This has now lapsed.

Guide Price: £5,000+

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Occupying a good sized plot, this four bedroomed traditional detached property in need of some modernisation represents an excellent opportunity. Situated in the sought after area of Berry Hill on the south side of Mansfield, close to a range of local amenities to include good schools at all levels and within close proximity to the A38, A60, A617 and M1 motorway.

Guide price; £155,000+ The auction takes place at Nottingham Racecourse, Colwick Park, Nottingham NG2 4BE. For more information, or to view the whole catalogue, visit the Graham Penny website at www. grahampenny.com. To contact the auctioneers, telephone 0115 958 8702

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Civic Trust award for health and leisure scheme

An East Midlands-based development team is celebrating the news that one of its projects has been presented with a Civic Trust award.

East Midlands civil and structural engineer BSP Consulting worked in association with Ashby de la Zouch developer LSP Developments, Tamworth architects West Hart Partnership Ltd, Nottingham-based landscape architect Dave Singleton, of DSA Environment and Design, and quantity surveyors/project managers Carl Dean Associates, of Sutton Coldfield, on Moor Park Health and Leisure Centre in Blackpool.

The centre, which is a three-storey development that includes three GP surgeries, PCT outpatient services, as well as a library, gym and swimming pool, has just received the Blackpool Civic Trust Award for best new build in 2011.

One of the more unusual aspects of the scheme is the way that water and drainage has been used creatively as part of the play areas.

Rain that falls on wider parts of the site, such as on roofs and car parks, is channelled through the play area to make not only a sustainable drainage system but a healthy and fun play area for children.

BSP Consulting is based at Oxford Street, Nottingham, and also has offices at Pride Park, Derby, De Montfort Street, Leicester, and Solly Street, Sheffield.

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Young Builder of the Year 2012 Awards launched The national awards to celebrate the achievements of young people who have overcome personal barriers to work and train for the construction industry has been launched.

The Young Builder of the Year awards has successfully run for 13 Last year’s winner, Shane Dean Evans with years and each year Nick Raynsford (left) and Tommy Walsh has attracted a growing number of entries from the future talent of the UK building industry. There are two categories of awards; - those in employment aged between 16 and 25 years old and those still in education aged between 14 and 16 years old. The awards ceremony will be held at the House of Commons on 18th October.

John Montague, Chair of Youthbuild said “We are delighted that NHBC, Skanska, Places for People and Northern Tool + Equipment are sponsoring the awards again this year and we would like to welcome Orbit Homes and Land Securities as new sponsors for 2012”.

The Rt Hon Nick Raynsford MP, President of Youthbuild UK, said “Unemployment among young people is one of the most serious challenges facing our society. That is why I am such a keen supporter of the Young Builder of the Year Awards which celebrate the achievements of young people who, even faced with poor prospects, have had to overcome huge barriers to train and work in the construction industry”.

Last year’s overall winner, Shane Dean Evans (pictured above), who was the winner in the 16 to 24 year-old category, suffers from Cystic Fibrosis.

Despite having this serious medical condition, he has excelled in his vocational education and has demonstrated sheer determination to succeed as a qualified joiner and have a real impact in his workplace.

The 2011 winner in the 14 to 16 year old category was Giovanni Damiani.

He was bullied at school fell into the wrong crowd, and then left before gaining any qualifications however his training manager at Windermere Construction Skills Centre reflects that Giovanni has shown the greatest shift change of any of the hundreds of young people who have attended the centre; he is a dedicated and motivated trainee.

Applications will open in late April for both categories of the Young Builder of the Year 2012. As well as the accolade of ‘Young Builder of the Year’ winners will receive a range of cash prizes and tools. Further details can be found on the website at www.ybuk.org

Detached chapel for sale by auction GRAHAM PENNY Estate Agents are offering for sale detached chapel at their Derby auction on 29th March 2012.

The property - The Former Methodist Chapel premises, Morley Lane, Stanley Village, Derbyshire DE7 6EZ - has a Guide Price of £100,000+.

The auction takes place at Pride Park Stadium, starting at 11.30am. For more information, contact Graham Penny Auctions on 01332 242880 or visit the website to view the catalogue at www.grahampenny.com.

New Role for New Brook House NOTTINGHAM Regeneration Limited (NRL) has had a successful launch of its new start-up space at New Brook House, Alfreton Road, Nottingham, with 4 new tenants moving in over the past 4 months.

Facilities offered include desk and storage with phone, internet and general business support.

The building, owned by NRL with on-site management provided by Nottingham Office Services, offers a wide range of tenancy options including virtual tenancies, hot-desking, start-up space and office units ranging from 255 sq ft to 750 sq ft.

Along with important 19th century history it comes with a host of 21st century support.

The dedicated Centre Manager Kim Holbrook and her team are able to offer services including a manned reception, assistance with administrative services including meeting and training room bookings and business start-up support. There are plenty of break-out spaces for informal chats, along with kitchenettes and a tenant’s lounge. The on-site team can also organise catering ranging from coffee and biscuits through to buffets.

The site at Alfreton Road was once part of the famous cigarette manufacturing plant immortalised in Alan Sillitoe’s Saturday Night, Sunday Morning. More recently it was used as a lace factory. It has been extensively improved while maintaining many of the original features. Along with the improved reception and breakout spaces, secure basement car parking is available.

Mona Walsh at NRL said: “This is a really important stage in the life of New Brook House. Following a number of enquiries we have decided to use some of our office units as start-up space and hot desking facilities. We have been thrilled by the response to date and look forward to welcoming new occupiers to New Brook House.

We hope that as these companies grow they will move into other larger offices available in the building”.

For more information on New Brook House, contact Kim Holbrook, Nottingham Office Services at New Brook House on 0115 875 8800.

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‘Without Head Start I’d still be renting’ says first time buyer Patrick

A first time buyer from Nottingham has escaped the rental trap and can now call his home his own after taking advantage of Barratt’s Head Start scheme at its Hallam Fields development in Ilkeston.

Until recently, Patrick Coleman aged 24, never thought he’d be able to afford to buy his own house, Patrick said, “Although I’d been thinking about buying my own home for about two or three years, I just never thought I’d be able to afford it. It turns out that I’m only paying £25 more on a mortgage than on rent.”

Having rented for a year and a half, Patrick has been able to stop paying his landlord’s mortgage to invest in his own. He continues, “Without the Head Start scheme that Barratt offers, I don’t think I’d of been able to move at all.”

Head Start allows Barratt Homes customers to move into a new home for initially just 80 per cent of the asking price. The remaining 20 per cent is funded through a deferred loan which is payable either in ten years time or when the

Patrick Coleman relaxes in his ‘Kentmere’ style town house at the Hallam Fields development in Ilkeston property sells, whichever comes sooner.

Originally from Long Eaton, Patrick didn’t want to move too far from his family. He used to rent a Victorian mid terraced house and now lives in a modern three storey ‘Kentmere’ style town house at the Hallam Fields development on Corporation Road.

Patrick who works as a Project Manager for Boots, comments “The layout of the house really works for my lifestyle. On the ground floor I can access my garage and I use one of the bedrooms as an office. Then on the first floor I have my kitchen and dining area and I can look out of the window and still have my privacy.”

“I chose to buy a new build property because of the guarantees you get with Barratt Homes, such as the five year guarantee on fixtures and fittings and the 10 year NHBC guarantee, which is really reassuring when it’s your first big investment.”

Last chance to access shop front funding

The Shop Front Initiative is a grant fund operated by Newark and Sherwood District Council that can offer financial support towards the improvement of shop fronts on retail units within the market towns of Newark, Southwell and Ollerton.

The fund is available to independent businesses operating in the retail sector that wish to make a visible improvement towards the ground floor appearance of their shop/retail unit. Owners and landlords of empty units can also apply.

The scheme can help by providing grants of up to £1,000 for the renovation and/or improvement of shop fronts. Applicants must contribute 50% towards the cost of the work, and demonstrate that there is a definite need for the improvement that will benefit both the business and make a visible improvement to the town centre.

Grant assistance is geared towards expenditure on professional painting and decorating services, repair and/or replacement of fascias and signage.

One beneficiary of the grant in Newark was Cameron Ford, Managing Director of Reflect Recruitment.

Cameron said: “The shop front initiative offers welcome financial help in a tough economic climate. I have often been put off applying for grants in the past, thinking that it would be laborious and time consuming, but this was very easy to apply for with a brief and simple form. I would highly recommend any retailer or business with a shop front to apply as soon as possible to take up this offer.”

The shop front initiative is funded by a £3m Department for Communities and Local Government scheme to help boost town centres during the recession. The council was awarded £52,632.

The council’s Deputy Leader and cabinet member for Sustainable Development and Regeneration, Cllr Roger Blaney, said: “The shop fronts grant has been a welcome boost for local businesses. More importantly, it has helped to improve the appearance of shops within our market towns, making our district attractive to visitors and the local community alike.

“I would urge all businesses who think that they would benefit from the grant to act as quickly as possible as the scheme must end on 31 March 2012.”

For further information on the Shop Fronts Initiative please call the council’s Growth Delivery Officer, Sally Gillborn, on 01636 655260.

Alternatively, more information and an application form is online at www. newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk/businessgrants

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Former dairy has consent for 10 dwellings STRUTT & PARKER are offering for sale a former working dairy with Outline Planning Consent for a residential development of 10 dwellings.

The property - The Harby Dairy, Langer Lane, Harby, Leicestershire LE14 4BL comprises some 0.47 hectares (1.16 acres) and includes a manufacturing and storage unit with chilled warehouse to the rear and a pair of semi-detached dwellings fronting Langer Lane.

The property benefits from Outline Planning Consent for 10 dwellings (8 new build and 2 renovations). Of these, 6 dwellings are to be open market houses and 4 affordable houses.

Unconditional offers, made subject to contract, are invited for the freehold. Offers or expressions of interest should be made in writing to Strutt & Parker at 41 High Street, Market Harborough, Leics. LE16 7NL. For more information, contact Strutt & Parker on 01858 433123 or email: marketharborough@ struttandparker.com

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Planning permissions drought worsens New statistics reveal that housing permissions have halved in 4 years.

The report, compiled for HBF by Glenigan reveals; •

Total 2011 permissions granted in England lowest since survey started in 2006

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Just 115k permissions granted in 2011, half the 2006 level and half the number required

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In Q4 2011 approval was granted for just 27,732 units in England – 6% down on Q3 2010

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Just 16,334 social units approved in 2011, down 47% on 2010 and 52% on 2006

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Quarterly average in 2011 was 28,853 compared to 33,535 in 2010 and 53,116 in 2006

Figures released in HBF’s latest Housing Pipeline report reveal that approvals for just 27,732 homes across England were granted in Q4 of last year, a fall on Q3 and on the same period a year earlier. It means that the total number of permissions granted in 2011 was the lowest since HBF started the survey in 2007, with permissions running at half the level of four years ago and half that required to build the homes needed to meet demand.

The figures are a huge wakeup call and forcibly demonstrate why Government must stand firm and deliver a pro growth National Planning Policy Framework and resist the vocal anti development lobby’s scaremongering If the new planning system is not pro-growth other positive measures – for example the NewBuy mortgage indemnity scheme, Get Britain Building, release of public land – cannot succeed in boosting housing supply.

Planning permissions granted now will, in the main, be built during the next three or four years. At a time when fewer homes are being built in England than at any time since the 1920s, the figures reveal the potential for intensifying the country’s housing crisis.

The social effects of continuing to undersupply homes are obvious: five million people languish on local authority waiting lists, millions

more live in over-crowded and substandard accommodation, whilst first-time buyers have all but disappeared – further stagnating the housing market. An additional 140,000 homes a year are needed to meet demand. Delivering these could create half a million jobs and boost the economy both locally and nationally.

Stewart Baseley, Executive Chairman of the HBF, said: “This is a stark reminder as to why Government must stand firm and deliver a robust and adequate planning system.

“Government has recently unveiled some very positive measures aimed at boosting housing supply, particularly the NewBuy scheme, but they cannot succeed unless we have a truly pro-growth functioning planning system.

“The new system must provide enough viable land to build the number of homes the country needs. Continuing the current record low level of house-building is storing up huge social and economic problems for the years ahead and the shortfall must be addressed.

“Building the homes we need would take millions off social

housing waiting lists and enable beleaguered first time buyers to get a foot on the ladder. It could also create half a million new jobs, and give the country a huge economic boost.”

Allan Wilén, Glenigan’s Economics Director, commented, “The number of new homes securing planning approval hit a new low last year, falling below the previous low point set in 2009 during the depths of the recession.

The near halving in social housing units securing approval was especially stark and combined with the continued weakness of private housing approvals leaves the overall number new homes at 132,000. This is half the level of annual approvals seen during 2006 and 2007 prior to the recession.”

The Government is currently considering responses to its consultation on the NPPF that will provide the nuts and bolts of its new planning system. Its draft proposal empowers local people, businesses and charities to shape growth in their communities.

It strikes a balance between economic growth, a presumption in favour of sustainable development and existing environmental protection.

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Burton development opportunity for two four-bed homes: £275k JOHN GERMAN Estate Agents are asking £275,000 for a development site at 139 Ashby Road, Burton upon Trent, DE15 0LQ. The 1,300 sq.yard site has planning consent for the demolition of the existing property and the erection of two uniquely designed four bedroom homes, set over 2½ storeys, with garages.

For details, contact John German on 01283 512244 or email: burton@johngerman.co.uk

Kimberley property has very large garden

MARBLE Property Services are offering for sale a four-bedroom detached property with potential for development, subject to planning.

The 4-bedroom property - 10 Knowle Lane, Kimberley, Nottingham NG16 2QA - has modern renovations and extensions, a large workshop and other outbuildings. The extremely long garden, which measures 660 feet long by 44 feet wide, has been formed from former railway sidings and incorporates several outbuildings. The land offers a development opportunity, subject to planning.

Offers in the region of £300,000 are invited.

For more information, contact Marble Property Services on 01332 811333 or email: ask@marbleproperty.co.uk

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RICS launches new real estate qualification

Real Estate Agency Associate pathway now available

RICS has today launched a new qualification, allowing those from non-traditional educational backgrounds to gain recognition of their experience in residential, commercial and mixed-use property.

Few property professionals operate in solely one area and while most pathways are specific in terms of specialism, this qualification is more multi disciplinary for agency professionals, reflecting the changing needs of the industry.

RICS Associate members earn around £5,500 more than their nonqualified counterparts* and enjoy greater prospects and employability.

RICS Associate qualifications were introduced in 2009 and allow those without traditional academic qualifications to enter the property profession, with candidates training while in employment.

RICS Associate provides fairer access to the profession and ensures candidates and members are adhering to RICS standards. Upon completion of the qualification, candidates then have the option of studying towards full chartered surveyor status.

Richard Deeprose, RICS spokesperson, commented: “The latest Associate pathway allows those without the traditional university education to gain a qualification that recognises their skills and experience in a variety of real estate sectors. Few property professionals work solely in one area so this new multi disciplinary qualification reflects the changing face of the industry.

“RICS Associate members earn significantly more than their non-qualified counterparts and – by qualifying in a variety of sectors – they can enjoy greater, more flexible career options. While not equating to full Chartered Surveyor status, the qualification represents a significant first step on the ladder.”

Morgan Sindall performance helps parent group’s results Construction company Morgan Sindall, which has local offices at The Phoenix Centre in Nottingham, has contributed to a resilient set of preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2011, released on 21 February 2012,by parent construction and regeneration company Morgan Sindall Group plc.

Against a backdrop of challenging trading conditions Morgan Sindall Group delivered a resilient performance in 2011. Profit before tax, amortisation and non-recurring items was £45.3 million (2010: £51.3 million) with revenue up six per cent at £2,227 million (2010: £2,102 million). Adjusted earnings per share were 82.5p (2010: 92.9p), with no change to the total dividend which remains at 42.0p (2010: 42.0p). The Group’s forward order book currently stands at £3.4 billion (2010: £3.6 billion) with a growing regeneration pipeline of £1.8 billion (2010: £1.4 billion), and a further £0.6 billion of regeneration schemes at preferred developer stage.

Key projects for Morgan Sindall in the East Midlands include a £6.7 million contract to construct a flagship leisure centre for Leicester’s De Montfort University and the on-going construction of the University of Leicester’s new £12.6 million Cardiovascular Research Centre at Leicester’s Glenfield Hospital.

Morgan Sindall is also delivering a range of projects under the East Midlands Property Alliance (EMPA) framework, including the £800,000 refurbishment of St Anns Wells Primary School for Nottingham City Council.

Graham Shennan, managing director of Morgan Sindall comments: “Morgan Sindall will focus on growing our market share and maintaining and improving our market-leading positions throughout 2012. This will be underpinned by our proven track record, strong local presence and a relentless focus on both an exceptional customer experience and safety. The depth and breadth of our skills as well as those of our supply chain and joint venture partners, combined with our ability to offer a fully integrated service on complex projects, will continue to allow us to capitalise on our strong pipeline of opportunities throughout the year.”

Investing in Nottingham’s children by building better schools £29.6 million is being invested into Farnborough School and the Bluecoat Academy.

The £17 million rebuilding of Farnborough School and Technology College in Clifton is ploughing ahead. The PFI project is currently at the detailed design stage awaiting planning approval. Construction work is due to start in July this year and will be completed in December 2013. Once staff and pupils have moved into the new building in January 2014, most of the existing school buildings will be demolished to make way for mini pitches and a flood-lit MUGA (multi-use games area) which will benefit the local community.

In addition, the design and planning works are progressing well for the £12.6 million refurbishment of Bluecoat Academy’s Wollaton Park. Construction work is due to start in April and will be completed in January 2014. The entire campus will be completely remodelled to create three distinct teaching bases for Years 7/8, Years 9/10 and Year 11 which feature flexible teaching, social and dining spaces with ICT access. The existing temporary accommodation will be removed and replaced with new buildings and the school grounds will be landscaped to provide external teaching and social spaces which inspire pupils to engage with the natural environment.

The construction work will be delivered by Nottingham’s Local Education Partnership (LEP), a public private partnership between the City Council and Inspiredspaces, which has rebuilt or remodelled ten schools to date in Nottingham on time and within budget.

Councillor David Mellen, Portfolio Holder for Nottingham City Council, said: “The significant investment in these two schools supports the Council’s strategy to ensure that every child and young person has access to the very best facilities so that they can get the most out of their school life and have the best possible chance to reach their full potential.”

These are the final two schools that will benefit from the former Government’s Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme. A significant number of Nottingham’s schools have been transformed as a result of BSF investment. The Council is therefore disappointed that these will be the last schools to benefit from the BSF programme following the Governments decision to cancel the funding for the remainder of the city’s secondary and special schools.

An artist’s impression of the Cardiovascular Research Centre at Leicester’s Glenfield Hospital. (Image courtesy of ADP Architects)

Secured by Design launches new 3D design toolkit Flagship UK police initiative Secured by Design in association with Hampshire Police, have launched a new 3D virtual toolkit for planners, architects and surveyors, to help build an understanding of security in housing developments and highlight best practice solutions.

The toolkit, which is free to use on the Secured by Design website, was developed by architecture and graphic design studio Re-Format to allow professionals to explore the principles of designing-out crime within a 3D CADstyle housing plan. A series of scenarios, including the layout of communal spaces, use of lighting, mail delivery and landscape planting, highlight the design decisions that would increase the risk of crime and anti-social behaviour.

For each example an alternative is provided, detailing the relevant standards recommended by Secured by Design and the Police services.

The requirements and recommendations within the toolkit are based upon verified research and have been proven to achieve a reduction in crime risk of up to 60%. To use the toolkit visit www.securedbydesign.com/toolkit

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