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Bournemouth Town Hall, also known as the Civic Centre and formerly the Mont Dore Hotel, is a municipal facility in Bourne Avenue, Bournemouth, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council , is a Grade II listed building . [ 1 ]
The council is based at the Civic Centre on Bourne Avenue in Bournemouth. The older part of the building was completed in 1885 as the Mont Dore Hotel. It was acquired by Bournemouth Borough Council and converted into Bournemouth Town Hall in 1921, with several extensions and annexes being added since then. [26]
As of January 2023, there are 48 Conservation Areas in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, in Dorset, England. Conservation areas Name Image Area Year Notes Refs Ashington Poole 2002 Historic hamlet in the green belt north of Poole Ashley Cross Poole 1987, amended June 2012 Victorian suburb of Parkstone Avon Buildings Christchurch 1991 Suburb of Christchurch Boscombe Manor Bournemouth ...
The group then grew through acquisition, buying Nationwide estate agents and surveyors from Nationwide Building Society in 1994, Spencers from National and Provincial Building Society in 1995 and London firms Faron Sutaria, PKL and John D Wood & Co. in 1997. In 1998 the business was renamed Countrywide Assured plc and demerged from Hambros plc.
In 1936 the first Connells estate agency branch was opened in Luton, Bedfordshire. [4] Connells acquired Sequence estate agency in 2003', [5] increasing its estate agency network to around 500 branches. In the same year, Connells acquired estate agency Sharman Quinney. [6] In 2008 Connells Group sold its remaining 18% stake in Rightmove plc. [7]
In 1999, SITA UK won a 25-year waste management contract for Surrey County Council. [6] Revenue then grew from £50m in 1990 to over £100m in 1995 and £350m by 1999. [7] SITA UK is now a recycling and resource management company and provider of services to local authorities and businesses. SITA UK is now part of the Suez Environment business ...
There had been some modernisation of the farm over the years - in 1945 the trustees of the Talbot estate, who owned the freehold, applied for planning permission for a 'milk cooling shed' [3] there - but by the 1960s the entire site had fallen out of use. When Bournemouth Council eventually purchased the land, proposals were drawn up for around ...
John D Wood & Co. is a British estate agent business, established in London in 1872. The company provides services for buying, selling and renting houses across the UK and a number of other countries. It has a focus on the high end properties in the London suburbs and south east England.