MK Community Property

MK Community Properties Ltd is a subsidiary of the Milton Keynes Community Foundation, which owns and manages a portfolio of property and land for the benefit of the local community.

The company provides extensive rent subsidies to local charities and voluntary sector organisations, and any surpluses made are then passed over to the Foundation for grant-making.

The properties were originally gifted to the Foundation by the Milton Keynes Development Corporation and the Commission for New Towns in 1987. The Corporation recognised the importance of offering an attractive and thriving city to families and companies, which were considering moving into Milton Keynes. As part of their social development policy, the Corporation encouraged and supported a vibrant voluntary sector, in part by providing affordable, good quality premises from which the various groups could operate. That need is as important, if not more so, today.

The property portfolio includes Acorn House, a City Centre office block which is undergoing ongoing refurbishment toward becoming a flagship building for the local voluntary sector..

Local charities operating from Acorn House include Citizens Advice Bureau; Brook Advisory Clinic; MK Council of Voluntary Organisations; MK Racial Equality Council; Home–Start and Family Mediation.

More information on the new services, facilities and shared resources can be found on the Acorn House website: www.acornhousemk.co.uk.

MK Community Properties Ltd also owns two industrial units, one at Kiln Farm and another at Stacey Bushes, where the Play Association, SNAP (Special Needs Advancement Project), MK Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Group and others operate.

Plots of land, known as Community Reserve Sites, are also available for disposal for community benefit. Also a gift from the Development Corporation, the sites were made available so that the Property Company would ensure groups such as the scouts and guides, church groups and drop in centres for older people or families would all benefit.

Community Reserve Sites are released as leasehold* sites to benefit the local community. The Property Company also retains some of the sites with a view to meeting the future needs of the growth of Milton Keynes.

Sites which are Available, Let and Reserved are as follows:

Available Sites
Site                                  Location                                                               Size (acres)

Bletchley 2                        Corner of Chepstow Drive & St Clements Drive              0.38
Bletchley 3                        Corner of Wincanton Hill & Chepstow Drive                    0.84
Coffee Hall 1                     North of Lloyds, West of Saxon Street V7                       1.08
Fishermead 9B                 Adjacent to local centre, Fishermead Blvd                      0.37
Fishermead 12                  Corner of Pencarrow Place & Talland Avenue               0.17
Furzton North 5                 East of Loxbeare Drive, North of Allerfield Court            1.11
Loughton 3                       Next to 1st School, Portway H5 & Paynes Drive              0.55
Loughton 4                       Opposite Middle School, adjacent to car park                 0.66
Neath Hill 2                        North of Glazier Drive, East of Marlborough Street V8   0.63
Old Farm Park 1               South of Bletcham Way H10                                           1.14
Shenley Brook End 1        Corner of Egerton Gate & Cressey Avenue                    0.76
Shenley Church End 4      Fortescue Drive, South of Watling Street V4                  0.59
Shenley Lodge 3               Corner Chaffron Way & Redwood Gate                         0.54
Springfield 4                      Adj. Springfield Middle School, E Marlborough St V8     0.20
Wavendon Gate 1             Ortensia Drive, South of Groveway H9                           0.94
Wavendon Gate 4             SE of Wavendon Gate                                                    0.92
Westcroft                           Wimborne Crescent, behind library                                0.42
Walnut Tree 6                   West end of Lichfield Down                                             2.20
Walnut Tree 7                   Hockcliffe Brae & Twyford Lane                                      2.03
Walnut Tree 10                 Hindhead Knoll & Blackberry Court                                 0.85

Let Sites

Giffard Park 1                   East Hainault Ave Let to MK District Reform Synagogue

Giffard Park 4                   West Hainault Ave Let to Jehovah's Witnesses

Greenleys 1                      H1 Ridgeway Let to St John's Ambulance

Greenleys 3                      Local Centre Let to NCH Action for Children

Kents Hill 4                        Sth Standing Way Let to BT for Nursery

Leadenhall 6                     Moorgate/Phoenix Dr Let to Broadland

Leadenhall 8                     SE of Woughton Leisure Centre Let by Rhema Church  

Oldbrook 2                        Strudwick Drive Let to Spinal Injuries Assoc

Peartree Bridge 5             Chadds Lane Let to Age Concern

Walnut Tree 5                   Bourton Low Let to MK SNAP

Woolstone 1                      Sth Woolstone Let to St Francis' Children's Society

Reserved Sites

Shenley Brook End 2a Reserved by The Church of God of Prophecy
(Wallinger Drive & Manifold Lane, North of Chaffron Way H7)

*NB In exceptional circumstances, the freehold of a Community Reserve Site will be considered - using relevant and testable evidence

Further information and stories of recent build projects, can be found on the Acorn House website: www.acornhousemk.co.uk. MK Community Properties is based at: 

Acorn House
381 Midsummer Boulevard
Central Milton Keynes
MK9 3HP

For general property enquiries:
information@mkcommunityfoundation.co.uk

Our managing agents are Douglas Duff who can be contacted on: 01908 679900

The Property Company Registered Number is 2650530

MK Community Properties Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Milton Keynes Community Foundation.