Last year it was announced that the BBC would vacate the 1850-built Caversham Park house, where its foreign media monitoring service is based, and sell off the estate. This week it emerged that the council and the BBC are in dispute over a “Tree preservation order” covering the site. The council has dug in meaning the BBC cannot start clearing the site in an attempt to maximise the appeal to any developer. Continue reading “Caversham Park – Blue Sky Thinking”
Month: February 2017
Foundry Quarter, Weldale St
A new residential district for Reading is proposed at Weldale St – the current disused Wickes site. The plans were on display this week at an exhibition at Greyfriars Church. For those who didn’t make it, here’s what was presented. Continue reading “Foundry Quarter, Weldale St”