Planning
Major developer calls time on London as viability ‘fundamentally broken’
Economic rewards for taking development risk in the capital have 'evaporated,' says housebuilding giant boss.
JLL consults on shuttering UK planning dept
Reports suggest staff in five offices are at risk of redundancy.
New home planning consents slump to lowest level since 2012
Housebuilding permissions are now running 36% below their 2017 peak.
Green light for £2bn Vauxhall Square mega-scheme
Pilbrow & Partners' 69-storey Vauxhall regen project squeaked through Lambeth's Planning Committee.
Developer reintroduces resi in new mixed-use plan for major Waterloo site
Designs for HB Reavis by PLP Architecture pitch a repurposing of existing buildings, and reintroduce residential units to the mix.
English Mayors handed powers to call in planning applications
New regime will give regional leaders authority over strategic schemes, with ministers consulting on intervention in developments as small as 50 homes
South East resists national ‘YIMBY’ mood
Mortgage lender's research includes useful insights for property developers about attitudes towards new resi schemes.
Required Reading: Government rewrites planning rulebook
The revised National Planning Policy Framework has landed, heralding some significant changes to England's planning regime. Here's what prime resi professionals need to know...
‘A good day for planning reform’: Karen Charles on the new NPPF
The new National Planning Policy Framework 'offers the first complete overhaul of the way national planning policy is structured,' says the Boyer chief and planning expert.
Land Reg teams up with Ordnance Survey to ‘boost confidence in property rights & the housing sector’
Collaboration promises to 'help unlock a better and less stressful property market'
Lichfields installs new Planning Director in London
National planning consultancy announces another 14 promotions.
Knight Frank boosts planning division with heavyweight hire
David Churchill has moved from Carter Jonas.