Live near an office? You might be getting new neighbours without even realising it. Over the past couple of years, several under-used office buildings in CMK have been converted into residential apartments. This has come about due to a Government policy called Permitted Development, which allows office building owners to convert them into residential use…
The new Victoria House office block has been completed and is now being fitted out ready for occupants Grant Thornton to move in. The building, which began construction in March 2016, has five storeys and is designed to provide top-quality office accomodation to improve CMK’s business offer, which suffers from the outdated interior design of…
The proposed seven-storey residential development on Silbury Boulevard, between North 11th and 12th Streets, was approved at a meeting of Milton Keynes Council’s planning committee last week. Known as 809/811 Silbury Boulevard, the development will provide 134 new apartments, several of which are intended to be low-cost units. An earlier proposal for the site was…
CMK Residents supported the latest plans for the proposed new community pavilion in Campbell Park in a consultation run by the Town Council during November and December. Leaflets were distributed to all areas of CMK parish, detailing plans for the new centre, which will include meeting rooms, a performance space and a new public cafe…
The public inquiry into plans to build over the open space at Midsummer Place concluded with a final three days of cross-examination at the end of November. The inspector’s recommendation to the Secretary of State, who called the inquiry after an appeal from CMK Town Council, is now awaited. It is not yet known when…
Business in CMK will be able to vote on a new project that could see the city centre benefit from over £1 million a year of additional funding for improvements over the next five years. If CMK succeeds in becoming a ‘Business Improvement District’, many businesses in the city centre will pay a levy that…
Proposals for new high-rise residential buildings along the undeveloped land to the north of Campbell Park have been revealed by Milton Keynes Development Partnership (MKDP). The organisation, which is fully owned by Milton Keynes Council, has issued an invitation for developers to put forward plans for the site. The brief, which is at a very…
Construction work has begun on a new community sports facility next to the Network Rail headquarters on Elder Gate. The new facility, named ‘Sport Central’, will offer a full-size pitch for football and rugby, two multi-use games spaces suitable for sports ranging from tennis to basketball, and a community pavilion with changing rooms for players…
The public inquiry over plans by Intu to build on public space at Midsummer Place commenced earlier in September. The inquiry ran for five days but this was not enough time for all of the evidence to be heard. Therefore the inquiry has been extended and will resume for three days between 30 November and…
It’s all change at CMK’s Theatre District. The complex of bars and restaurants, which has been in decline over recent years, has been sold to real estate firm Otium for £16 million. In addition to the sale, work has now started on a new 130-bed Premiere Inn hotel on the grass site to the south…