Planning

Christian Candy is planning to create one of the biggest resi basement complexes in London under his new family pad, Gordon House in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea.

It's turning into a long Summer for our resident doer-upper Alan Page, as development matters take their sweet time to develop into a margin-worthy sale.

Planning Minister Nick Boles has announced a new batch of permitted development rights under a "town centre first" banner, including the right to turn non-prime retail sites and agricultural buildings…

Developer Native Land had a corking result at last night's Westminster Planning & City Development Committee meeting, where approval was finally granted for the firm's £300m Old Burlington Street scheme.

Legal eagle Nicky Richmond runs us through some of the big questions to ask before getting all romantic...

Hot on the heels of Knight Frank's upbeat stats last week, CBRE is also pretty sanguine on the resi land value front, crediting improving consumer sentiment and government initiatives with an increasingly…

The Help to Buy Scheme may be a brave effort, says Trevor Abrahmsohn, but the Government needs to deal with the banks and the planners if it really wants to provoke a healthier property market...

The DCLG is looking to flog its Planning Portal website.

Resi land values in prime central London shot up by 4% in Q2, whilst prices across the UK rose by an average of 1.2%, according to Knight Frank today. This means that average UK values have risen by 1.

As a single parking space hits the market with a record £300k price tag and a new report reveals how councils are raking in vast profits from parking fines, Sheila McCusker explains how developers are…

What does the "P" in planning really stand for? Petty, Potty and Pointless, says our resident Doer Upper Alan Page... I'm all for Planning, but not necessarily for planning.

A scheme to turn the former DFID offices at 1 Palace Street SW1 into 78 luxury flats has been approved by Westminster council.