Property Management: Volume 5 Issue 1

BUILDING KNOWLEDGE AND THE ROLE OF THE GENERAL PRACTICE SURVEYOR

Jonathan Bryson

This research was inspired, to some extent, by the growth in negligence claims against general practice chartered surveyors in recent years and the concern expressed in the…

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT IN LOCAL AUTHORITIES

John Fielden

This paper is written from the perspective not of a computer expert but from that of the public sector property manager. It reviews the changing information needs of this function…

‘UMLEGUNG’ — THE THINKING MAN'S THREE‐DIMENSIONAL MONOPOLY

M.R. Farrell, G.A. Jones

There is in West Germany an impressive array of statutory measures available to ensure that the planning aims are achieved. This joint paper deals with one of these — Umlegung…

PROPERTY MARKET DEFINITION: A FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM

John Henneberry

Increasingly, rigorous market research is being seen as a necessary prerequisite to the successful and profitable construction and disposal of property developments. Norton, for…

CARDIFF DOCKLANDS PLAN

A plan for Cardiff docklands was announced at the end of 1986 by the Secretary of State for Wales, the Rt Hon Nicholas Edwards, MP. It is proposed that a Cardiff Bay Development…

THE PROSPECT FOR RENTS AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN HOUSING

Peter Fisher

At the Conservative Party Conference of 1986, the Minister of State for Housing, Mr John Patten, outlined his intentions for a new Rent Bill to be included in his party's general…

SKYPARK, EXETER

A £150m, 238‐acre site development adjacent to Exeter Airport is proposed by Deepdene Consultants. A planning application to develop land at Clyst Honiton, Devon, has been…

SWINDON: £500m PLAN

It was announced at the end of last year that the Secretary of State for the Environment had ‘called in’ an application by the Haydon Development Group for planning permission to…

FIRE SYSTEM MAINTENANCE ? AN INCREASED AWARENESS

Ray Stilgoe

MANY PROPERTY owners, often responsible for the safety of hundreds of employees in addition to their organisations' success and profitability, are turning their attention to…