Planning
Henigman’s Abbey Road resi development opp offered for £22.5mn
Dean Main's luxury property development firm is looking to sell a prominent block in St John's Wood, with full planning consent for 29 apartments.
Planners block new 60-home scheme in Belgravia
Pilbrow & Partners-designed proposals to redevelop Kilmuir House had been recommended for approval
Resi development plans submitted for Bristol Zoo’s historic Clifton site
Plans to create 201 new homes on the Bristol Zoo Gardens site in the heart of up-market Clifton have been submitted to the local council
Lichfields recruits Planning Director in London
Ben Simpson has joined 60-year-old planning consultancy Lichfields as Planning Director.
Green light for ‘lux-loft’ office-to-resi development in Wapping
The Malins Group is bringing forward a £14.5mn GDV mixed-use scheme in Wapping.
Planners deal a blow to billionaire’s South Ken mansion project
Hospitality tycoon Richard Caring has been served with an enforcement notice requiring the removal of some ‘incongruous and dominant’ new windows at Park House
The Infrastructure Levy: A clearer direction on the future of Developer Contributions?
William Clutton of Iceni Projects delves into the government's proposed overhaul of the Community Infrastructure Levy and Section 106 Agreements, as outlined in the recently-published draft Levelling …
LonRes adds planning data to property listings
LonRes users can now quickly check planning applications that could affect a deal, directly from a property's sales details.
Office-to-resi approvals on the rise
Unused office space is being put to use by developers, notes law firm Boodle Hatfield
In Pictures: New visualisations of Queensway’s £3bn transformation
Five property developers are working together to overhaul Queensway in Bayswater, promising "a blueprint for the future of London’s high streets", book-ended by super-prime residential schemes.
Planning Reform & Levelling Up: What is the government planning to do this year?
Last year's "radical" Planning Bill is long gone, replaced with watered-down reforms that promise local referenda on planning decisions and a few other tweaks.
Opening of Parliament heralds planning and rental reforms
There's not a lot of detail to go on, but early property industry reactions to the latest proposed planning reforms have been less than positive.