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HARRIS LAMB REDUCES RATES LIABILITY FOR MAJOR TELFORD BUSINESS BY £75,000
Rating specialists Harris Lamb have saved a commercial refrigeration firm in Telford almost £75,000 in business rates after it merged their three industrial rating assessments into one single assessment. The business, who manufacture and distribute ice making equipment, instructed Harris Lamb to undertake a Business Rates review of their premises,… Read More
HARRIS LAMB WARNS RATEPAYERS OVER PENALTIES BEING BROUGHT IN WITH THE NON-DOMESTIC RATING ACT 2023
Rating specialists at Harris Lamb have welcomed key aspects of the Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023 but are warning Ratepayers that requirements to provide annual updates on their properties could result in hefty fines if forgotten or disregarded. The Government has brought in new legislation affecting Ratepayers, with key changes in… Read More
BIRMINGHAM WAREHOUSE OPPORTUNITY PURCHASED FOR MORE THAN £1.5 MILLION
Commercial agents at Harris Lamb have sold a Birmingham warehouse to an undisclosed buyer for in excess of £1.5 million after fierce competition to secure the site. The 12,000 sq ft industrial unit on Brickfield Road attracted significant interest from potential buyers due to the ongoing shortage of high-quality warehousing… Read More
HARRIS LAMB PLANNING CONSULTANCY SECURES GREEN LIGHT FOR SOLAR FARM IN SHROPSHIRE
Planners at Harris Lamb have successfully secured permission for a solar farm in Shropshire. Acting for Anglo Renewables, the business’ planning consultancy and environmental teams prepared detailed reports and applied to Shropshire Council for the 40-megawatt solar farm and 12-megawatt Battery Energy Storage Site (BESS) on land south of Rocks… Read More
HARRIS LAMB APPOINTS GRADUATE SURVEYOR TO BUILDING CONSULTANCY TEAM
Harris Lamb has grown its building consultancy department with the appointment of a Graduate Surveyor. Lachlan Macphail has joined the business having achieved a first-class degree in Building Surveying from Liverpool John Moores University. Lachlan is now enrolled in the rigorous APC (Assessment of Professional Competence) programme to achieve accreditation… Read More
STAFFORDSHIRE CARE HOME PLACED ON THE MARKET FOR RESIDENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT
Residential land agents at Harris Lamb have been instructed to sell a former care home in Staffordshire for redevelopment. Butterhill House, a three-storey Georgian property with ancillary outbuildings, has most recently been used as a care home, having previously been converted in the 1950s into flats. The property currently falls… Read More
HARRIS LAMB APPOINTS GRADUATE ECOLOGIST TO ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM
Harris Lamb has expanded its successful environmental consultancy department with the appointment of a Graduate Ecologist. Tim Jones has joined the business further to achieving a Masters degree in Applied Marine Science from the University of Plymouth; a qualification he studied after securing a first-class Honours degree in Environmental Sciences… Read More
EAST MIDLANDS WAREHOUSE LEASED TO AEROSPACE SPECIALISTS
Commercial agents at Harris Lamb have let an Alfreton warehouse to a leading aerospace specialist. The 68,357 sq ft building on Clover Nook Road has been let to Daher, who design and operate logistics services for the aerospace and advanced technology industries. Matthew Tilt of Harris Lamb’s Commercial Agency team,… Read More
HARRIS LAMB REPORTS STRONG INVESTOR INTEREST IN FORMER JEWSON SITE IN BURSLEM
Agents at Harris Lamb are reporting high enquiry levels in a rare opportunity to purchase the freehold of a former builder’s merchant in Stoke on Trent. The former Jewson site on Westport Road in Burslem is being marketed at a guide price of £995,000. Mike Burr, of the business’ Stoke… Read More
COVENTRY STUDENT DEVELOPMENT TO GO AHEAD AFTER SUCCESSFUL HARRIS LAMB PLANNING APPEAL
Planners at Harris Lamb have been successful at a Public Inquiry, having appealed Coventry City Council’s decision to reject proposals to demolish an industrial building and replace it with purpose-built student accommodation. Acting on behalf of DR2H Limited, the Planning Consultancy appealed the decision to refuse the plans to demolish… Read More
MIDLANDS MANUFACTURER SELLS BIRMINGHAM WAREHOUSES FOR OVER £1.6 MILLION
An established Birmingham manufacturer has sold two industrial properties in Tyseley for more than £1.6 million. RCS Manufacturing Ltd has sold the freeholds to two properties on Weston Lane; Unit 2 Weston Works, and Units 1 and 2 St Andrew’s Works; further to their recent relocation to a 54,000 sqft… Read More
GREGGS CONFIRMED AS NEW OCCUPIER AT HINCKLEY RETAIL DEVELOPMENT
Harris Lamb has secured food on-the-go favourite Greggs as the occupier of a new retail unit in Hinckley. The 1,200 sq ft premises are part of a newly developed two-unit site constructed by developers HDD and subsequently purchased by Heart of England Co-Operative Society. Further to the Fieldfare Road development being completed earlier this year, Heart… Read More
BEWDLEY LAND PARCEL SOLD TO ELAN HOMES FOR 100-HOME DEVELOPMENT
Residential land agents at Harris Lamb in partnership with Hawksmoor sold an eight-acre site in Bewdley earlier this year to developers for above the guide price of £7.5m. The land parcel off Stourport Road was originally acquired on behalf of EPIL, with the 8.25-acre site subsequently being granted outline planning permission… Read More
HARRIS LAMB AND COLLIERS INSTRUCTED ON 70,000 SQ FT SUSTAINABLE WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT IN KINGS HEATH
Commercial agents at Harris Lamb and Colliers have been instructed to secure occupiers for a new sustainable warehouse and trade unit development in Kings Heath. Greenlight Kings Heath is a joint venture between real estate investment and asset manager, Delancey, and property development and investment company, Coltham, and is one… Read More
HARRIS LAMB OVERSEES SALE OF TELFORD INDUSTRIAL UNIT TO PRIVATE INVESTOR
Investment specialists at Harris Lamb’s Telford office have recently sold a trade counter unit in an off-market deal. The deal saw the 4,266 sq ft trade counter opportunity, Unit B4 at Stafford Park 4, sold for an undisclosed sum to a private local investor. Currently occupied by Brandon Hire Limited,… Read More