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New café and restaurant for Bannold, Cambridgeshire

Planning permission has been granted for a new café and restaurant for Bannold, the landscape materials business and home to Carriages, Cambridge’s iconic tea rooms.

Overhaul of use classes order will be a ‘game changer’ for city centre property

Yesterday the government announced a major overhaul of the use classes order which will come into force on the 1st September 2020.

Vauxhall showroom in Haverhill on the market for lease or purchase

The Vauxhall showroom on Duddery Hill in Haverhill has come to the market to let for a rent of £55,000 per annum.

Land and investment lots order of the day at first property auction post lockdown

Cheffins’ first property auction post lockdown saw an 89 per cent sale rate across the nine lots offered on the 15th July. Operated as a live webcast sale, the auction offered bidding online, by proxy or by telephone and saw strong prices across all sectors of the market.

BioMed@Babraham flagship development fully let as life sciences sector dominates laboratory and office market

Cheffins has advised BioMed Realty, owner, operator and developer of major life science global real estate, on the letting of the 100,000 sq ft BioMed@Babraham development.

Cheffins acts for vendor in 300,000 sq ft office scheme deal with Peterhouse College and Abstract

Peterhouse, the Cambridge University College, and Abstract have exchanged contracts to acquire a 9.17 acres (3.71Ha) site adjacent to the Cambridge global base of ARM plc from the Wright’s Clock Land Charity.

East Cambridgeshire District Council grants planning for major extension to A10 distribution centre

At its Virtual Planning Committee on 1st July 2020, East Cambridgeshire District Council granted full planning permission for a 3,200 sqm extension to the Masters distribution centre on the A10 at Stretham, near Ely.

Development and land opportunities available at first Cheffins property auction post lockdown

Cheffins’ first property auction post lockdown will see nine lots offered on 15th July during a live webcast sale, based at the firm’s salerooms in Cambridge, with bidding available online, by proxy or by telephone.

Completed A14 set to give local commercial property market a boost

Commercial development site in Saffron Walden launched by Cheffins now under offer

A commercial development site in Saffron Walden at the heart of a large development scheme marketed by Cheffins is now under offer