Planning
Land Registry goes 24/7
Some good news for impatient property hunters today; after a trial last year, the Land Registry has announced it will be offering its "Find a Property" service 24 hours a day, seven days a week from next…
Planning nod for Artillery Row luxury resi scheme
Westminster Council has granted planning for an eight-storey resi scheme at 4-16 Artillery Row, Victoria
Rural property owners risk losing manorial rights as deadline looms
Over half of landowners are unaware of this year's deadline for registering manorial rights, according to a survey by Knight Frank
Planners sweet on Candy’s City scheme
** UPDATE: The City of London Planning Committee granted full permission for Sugar Quay today **
Boles’s plans to lift planning restrictions are a “war on the countryside” – Telegraph
The Budget's hints of relaxed planning regulations, the temporary office-to-resi permitted development right and the impending NPFF are just the beginning of a developers' free-for-all and a war on the…
RBKC to limit size of super-prime homes; calling time on “iceberg houses”
The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea has announced planning guidelines to "help limit the size of super-prime residential properties" in a bid to ensure a "balance in property sizes"
Buyers and Cellars: Deep thoughts on RBKC mega-basement plans
As the Royal Borough announces new planning guidelines, we asked four of the area's top buying agents for their take on "iceberg houses"..
Resi plans mooted for Manchester’s Royal Exchange
A major chunk of the famous Grade II listed Royal Exchange, at the beating heart of Manchester's city centre, could soon be about to undergo a prime resi makeover
Grade I victory over Northants wind farm
A judge has overturned a planning decision to allow four 125-metre wind turbines within a mile of the National Trust's 17th century Grade I listed Lyveden New Bield site in Northhamptonshire, concluding…
Over half of English councils are not ready for NPFF
Just over half of English councils are not prepared for the Government’s planning reforms which are due to kick-in on 27 March, according to The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE).
The Only Way is Down: RBKC basement applications up by a third
2012 was a busy year for basement companies, with a whopping 33% year-on-year increase in "subterranean development" cases registered in Kensington & Chelsea
Super-sewer “stink pipe” threatens riverside developments
Thames Water's Development Consent application for the new £4bn, 25km Thames Tideway Tunnel, submitted yesterday, runs to 50,000 pages.