Planning
Green light for FEC’s second Canary Wharf project
Far East Consortium's newly-approved 230-metre residential tower will be topped with a huge light-up spire, inspired by New York's Chrysler Building.
RBKC weighs up new clampdowns on amalgamations & Airbnbs
Residents are being invited to have their say on the borough’s 20-year planning and development blueprint
Thumbs-up for innovative modern mansion blocks in Pimlico
Proposed mixed-use mansion blocks are "exactly the sort of thing Prince Charles has been calling for over the last few years," say MATT Architects, as Westminster's planning inspector praises an "exemplary…
The Times: Mice! Cracks! Life with the super-rich neighbours who can’t stop digging
Long-drawn-out super-prime development projects are causing 'chaos' for residents in leafy Notting Hill, reports Helen Kirwan-Taylor in this piece for the Times...
RBKC looks to green-light solar panels on historic homes
Simplifying planning permission will make going greener appealing to many more homeowners, says council.
Planning nod for Heaton’s ‘Other House’ project in Covent Garden
Designs for The Other House Covent Garden - a JV between London Central Portfolio and APG - have been drawn up by architects Falconer Chester Hall and interior designers Bergman Design House.
Holiday lets boom ‘crippling’ local rental markets
Countryside charity CPRE estimates there has been a 1,000% increase in homes listed for short-term let across the UK over the last five years
Government launches new biodiversity net gain consultation
Latest proposals are designed to ensure developments are ‘nature positive’, with biodiversity gain ‘at the heart of all decision-making and design’
Chelsea scheme paused after locals push back on designs
Residents have raised concerns over the look of the buildings planned for the 'Cheyne' site off the King's Road
Buyer of landmark Grand Designs project rails against new tower block plans
Proposals would ‘overbear local historical assets and unique homes’ in Kennington, say local residents including the new owner of a Grade II listed landmark once featured on Channel 4's flagship design sho…
‘A cracking idea’: Gove backs proposals for hyper-local planning referendums
Housing secretary wants to ‘shamelessly rip off’ the concept of Street Votes, which would allow residents much more say over planning rules in their local area
Fosters’ NYC penthouse plans still up in the air
The world famous architecture practice has been told to rethink its vision for a two-storey glass residence overlooking Central Park, described by one local as ‘like a Malibu beach house that got blown o…