Construction
116% jump in units awaiting planning consent
It appears that developers are capitalising on the build-up of confidence in London's prime resi market, with reports of a massive boost in the number of units awaiting planning consent
ISG wins Oakvest’s £5.5m Westbourne Grove Mews gig
ISG has been given the construction nod by development managers Medici Asset Management to deliver Oakvest's mixed-use luxury residential and office mews scheme in Notting Hill.
The £5.
Get In: Reubens win Mayfair mansion planning
The Reuben brothers scored a big win at Westminster Council's planning meeting last night, securing approval on their plans to turn the old In and Out Club on Piccadilly into London's most expensive home,…
Graffiti, Hampstead stylee
The latest graffiti tag to mark Hampstead's Millfield Lane - arguably the last country lane in London - is not likely to be confused with a Banksy
New Director of Affordable Housing for Jones Lang LaSalle
Jones Lang LaSalle has confirmed the appointment of Vivian Rosser as a Director of its Affordable Housing Consultancy team
Owner-occupiers to be exempt from CIL as new consultation opens
The Government has launched a new consultation into the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), confirming that it is "committed to the levy and to ensuring that it is workable and effective" whilst accepting…
One in four construction sites, including nearly a third of prime basement conversions, are unsafe – HSE
One in four construction sites in London and across the South East would fail health and safety checks, according to the Health & Safety Inspectorate (HSE), with basement conversions in prime London being…
The Doer-Upper Diary: A cracking party
It's not the neighbours that are driving doer-upper Alan Page up the (party) wall in Kensington; it's the surveyors..
Thumbs up for TateHindle’s Cambridge scheme
Countryside Properties, supported by architectural practice, TateHindle, has secured reserved matters planning consent from Cambridge City Council for a 5.2
Ferguson urges design innovation to drive a Bristol self-build boom
Design is the "missing link" in house-building, according to Bristol's architect mayor George Ferguson
Extension extension plans will still go ahead, despite Lords defeat
The House of Lords' rejection of coalition plans to allow double-size planning-free extensions to properties for three years will not, according to the Government, change anything
NPPF goes live after 12 months in the pipeline
A year after it was published, and the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) properly comes into force today. The guiding force of the document is a "presumption in favour of sustainable development