Thanks to an interest-free loan, which has been provided through the No Use Empty (NUE) scheme, construction has started to transform the Victoria Club (VC) in Broadway, Sheerness. Although there have been a number of previous attempts to revamp…
Property Drum September 2012
ARTICLE featuring KCC’s MARK DANCE, CABINET MEMBER for REGENERATION and ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY DRUM – SEPTEMBER 2012 Empty Homes – One Local Authority is really doing something Please scroll over the image to access PDF version of Sheila Manchester interview…
Metropole Hotel, Cannon Street, Dover
A former historic hotel in the heart of Dover has been converted into flats to rent following the completion of a £1.5million urban renewal project and is being highlighted as a good example of what can be done under the…
Kent Messenger – August 2012
No Use Empty creating jobs and homes Kent Messenger – Business Section – August 2012 Trevor Sturgess, Business Editor features KCC’s No Use Empty Scheme including interviews with Project Manager and news on the latest injection of funding from the…
Harold Road, Cliftonville
Planning Permission and Building Regulations were approved for the erection of a three- storey extension following the demolition of the existing extensions to facilitate 8 x 2 Bedroom flats, with a life expectancy of 25 years. This project had already…
Dover Express – July 2012
£175K OF NUE FUNDS HELPS TURN SITE INTO NINE FLATS LOAN SCHEME HELPS TO REJUVENATE OLD HOSTEL Dover Express 5 July 2012 Working in partnership with Dover District Council, KCC’s No Use Empty Scheme has returned 201 Empty Homes back…
Inside Housing June 2012
Inside Housing – Construction Development Special NO USE EMPTY “has been an unmitigated success”, enthuses Mark Dance, Kent County Council’s cabinet member for regeneration and economic development. Please scroll over the front cover to access PDF version of Alex Turner’s…
Inside Housing – June 2012
Inside Housing – Construction Development Special NO USE EMPTY “has been an unmitigated success”, enthuses Mark Dance, Kent County Council’s cabinet member for regeneration and economic developmet. Please scroll over the front cover to access PDF version of Alex Turner’s…
Retrofit: Maison Dieu Road
Up until 2006, Maison Dieu Road, a detached Victorian villa in Dover was a residential care home, since then it has been left empty. The property had been the subject of anti-social behaviour, including vandalism and squatting in the following few…
Triple Housing Success in Swanley
For more than a decade, three adjacent village homes located in Swanley stood empty causing problems for neighbours. However, following intervention from Sevenoaks District Council and No Use Empty the properties have been transformed beyond recognition. As with many long…