Planning
Stanhope and BBC submit TV Centre plans
Stanhope and the BBC have just submitted their planning application to turn West London's Television Centre into a 14-acre mixed use development with around 1,000 residential units.
A year on, what has NPPF done to the housing supply?
Has the National Planning Policy Framework had the intended effect of smoothing the way for housing delivery in England, asks Savills' Melys Pritchett.
Planning nod for Oakvest’s Grosvenor Gardens House scheme
Westminster planners have given the thumbs up to a right royal restoration and development of Grosvenor Gardens House in Belgravia.
Shell Centre plans approved; works to start this year
**UPDATE: Plans approved! Braeburn Estates (the JV between Canary Wharf and Qatari Diar) has bagged planning permission for the Shell Centre site.
BPF calls for a review of the review process
The British Property Federation has today called for the government to consider further reforms to streamline the judicial review process and reduce the unnecessary delay and cost to development projects.
Magic planning run for Alchemi as Leinster Square development approved
Property development group Alchemi is having a pretty strong run of it, bagging three major prime resi planning approvals within the last month.
RBKC rejig; New planning line-up unveiled
The top brass at the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea have undergone something of a reshuffle, announcing a raft of internal changes including a new Chairman of the Planning Committee.
UK’s Eastern Region is fastest growing market outside London – Bidwells
The UK's Eastern Region looks to be in bullish form after a marked increase in planning applications, new developments, transaction volumes, town and country house prices and mortgage approvals.
Shell Centre plans shaping up
It's looking good for Canary Wharf and Qatari Diar on the Southbank, as their 2.
Off-Plan: Only 15% of respondents supported extended permitted development rights
Only 15% of respondents to the Government's consultation supported new permitted development rights that double the size of extensions allowed without the need for planning permission, according to results…
HS2: Majority of compensation applications “turned down”
299 of the 455 applications made by homeowners living in the shadow of HS2's first stage have been rejected, according to reports today.
“One Stop Shop” for infrastructure planning opens for business
A new "one-stop-shop service for planning consents" will, according to Whitehall, make major infrastructure projects easier to get off the ground by reducing the number of bodies developers need to consult…