A new online tool has been released; letting leaseholders interested in taking over management of their building know whether they could work with their neighbours to do just that.
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The Corporate Manslaughter Act – Construction Death Conviction
Construction company convicted for the death of a geologist, killed in a collapsed trench, and fined £385,000 under new legislation.
On the 15th February 2011 the first conviction under the Corporate Manslaughter Act of 2007 reached its completion. The case saw Gloucestershire-based firm Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings convicted for the death of Alex Wright, a 27 year-old geologist killed in a collapsed trench site near Stroud. The company was deemed to have allowed the geologist to work in a dangerously unsecured deep trench and was fined, three days later, the sum of £385,000.
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Britain’s countryside to be blighted by 300 miles of Electricity Pylons
300 miles of pylons planned to link nuclear power stations and sprawling wind farms into the national grid threaten the peace and tranquillity of the English countryside.
The revised National Policy Statement issued by the Department for Energy and Climate Change in October 2010 did not take a strong stand on over-ground energy pylons. Consequently, countryside areas all over the UK are now faced with the prospect of over 300 new miles of high-voltage power lines and the 150ft metal frames that accompany them.
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Loo with a view goes for £104,000!
Tuesday this week saw a bidding war take place between 10 eager gents as each made a mad dash for a decommissioned public toilet. Some went expecting only to pay a penny, but Cawston builder Nick Willan came away £104,000 lighter, having paid £74,000 more than the guide price. Reports indicate that the rest seemed exceptionally uncomfortable at the result.
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Proposals to Change Planning Laws
The Government has announced a consultation following its proposal to amend the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (as amended) to grant permitted development rights to changes of use from commercial uses to residential uses.
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Green Roofs are springing up everywhere
Developers try to enhance their green credentials and open their eyes to the need for sustainability, energy efficiency and environmental performance. The iconic skylines that we see across the developed world are growing as we speak.
Shock Horror Property News
Property Surveyors around the Country have reported that over a quarter of British Streets do not have a number 13.
Cashback scheme for social housing tenants being piloted.
A large housing association has started a scheme for social tenants which gives the tenants more control over their homes’ maintenance budgets.
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Housing Benefit Changes April 2011
Housing Benefit Changes Commence in April 2011
Changes may impact on anyone in the three main sections of the property market affected by Housing Benefit commencing from this April.
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First resident of The Shard evicted
Romeo, the urban fox, had been living at the top of The Shard, in London, until he was evicted.
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