April 2009 - TCA Property opens new offices in Kent
Due to an expanding team and client base, TCA Property has opened its new offices in West Malling, Kent. Come and see us at 5 Queen Street, Kings Hill, ME19 4DA.
February 2009 - Building Schools Exhibition and Conference (BSEC)
Members of the TCA Property team attended BSEC Manchester, taking the opportunity to network with key figures from the industry. A successful event, TCA is looking to attend the exhibition next year, which is being held at ExCeL London.
January 2009 - Building Schools Exhibition and Conference (BSEC)
TCA Property will be exhibiting at this year's Schools Exhibition & Conference (BSEC) BSEC in Manchester. Now in its fourth year, BSEC is already established as the key event for all those at the forefront of UK school building initiatives, from policy makers to suppliers. The exhibition runs from 11-12 February 2009. Come and visit us at Stand 134 or contact us for further details.
December 2008 - Hereson School, Broadstairs, Kent
Further to the public exhibition in November 2008, TCA Property has held one-to-one meetings with local residents and has presented the proposals at the town council meeting. The feedback received will be fed into the masterplan and further consultation activities are set for the New Year.
November 2008 - Hereson School, Broadstairs, Kent
Nearly 100 resident and stakeholders attended the public exhibition about the proposed redevelopment of the Hereson School site. One-to-one meetings with resident and community groups are also planned.
Using the feedback from this community consultation, the development team will refine the design proposals, and the revised plans will be presented to the community in a second consultation phase, details of which will be confirmed at a later date. Further comments will again be sought and fed back into the proposals.
October 2008 - Hereson School, Broadstairs, Kent
TCA Property is organising a public exhibition regarding Kent County Council's proposals to redevelop the Hereson School site with new homes.
As part of the Building Schools for the Future programme, Hereson School will be merging with Ellington School for Girls at the new school site at Pysons Road.
This initial consultation aims to inform the local community about the proposed residential redevelopment of the site when it becomes vacant in September 2010, and seek feedback to inform the plans.
Visitors to the exhibition will be able to study KCC’s initial proposals, which will show how the site might be redeveloped with new homes. Members of the development team will be on hand to answer questions and people will be asked to complete comment forms to provide written feedback for the development team to use.
January 2008 - New projects in Thanet and Shepway
TCA Property has been appointed by Kent County Council to work on a number of school sites across the districts of Thanet and Shepway. The team will be reviewing various sites, which are due to become surplus to educational requirements, with a view to working up appropriate development proposals to achieve best value when the sites are sold. This in turn will enable maximum proceeds to be available for reinvestment back into the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) projects in the county.
September 2007 - Senacre planning applications approved
Following approval of the Oldborough Academy, the planning application for residential development on the Senacre site has been approved by Maidstone Council.
August 2007 - Oldborough Academy planning applications approved
TCA Property is pleased to announce that the planning application for a new Academy on the Oldborough site has been approved by Kent County Council. The new Oldborough Academy will be built by September 2010.
May 2007 - Public Exhibition New Line Learning, Maidstone, Kent
TCA Property is organising the next phase of the on-going consultation process for Oldborough and Senacre Schools, which commenced in 2006. A public exhibition to explain the current plans for Oldborough and Senacre Schools has been scheduled for 16 May 2007. A planning application has been submitted by Kent County Council to provide a new Academy on the Oldborough Manor site, replacing the worn out buildings at both the Oldborough Manor and Senacre Schools. In order to fund the new school, a residential development on the site of Senacre School is proposed and a second planning application has been made for this.
March 2007 - Creation of a new ‘Double Academy’, New Line Learning, Maidstone, Kent
DfES (Department for Education and Skills) recently made a decision to approve Kent County Council’s / New Line Learning’s ‘expression of interest’ for proceeding with the feasibility work for the creation of a new ‘Double Academy’, comprising the merger of Senacre and Oldborough as a single academy and the operation of Cornwallis School as a single academy.
The SPD process was overtaken in February 2007 by Kent County Council’s urgent need to progress the Academies proposal in order to secure Government funding. The SPD process was therefore dropped in favour of a Development Brief and subsequent outline planning applications for both the Oldborough Manor and Senacre sites.
TCA Property will be preparing both planning applications and undertaking the necessary community consultation.
