Planning
Hammersmith & Fulham goes through the roof
Hammersmith and Fulham Council has been praised by estate agency Winkworth for creating a particularly robust property market over the last five years.
Thumbs-up on Hans Place for Finchatton’s Squire & Partners scheme
Finchatton has been granted planning permission for a Squire and Partners-designed residential development in Knightsbridge, round the corner from Harrods and The Lansbury.
London’s heritage skyline under threat – Unesco
Unesco has called for a stop to works on a series of high-rise developments in Waterloo, Nine Elms, Vauxhall and Elephant & Castle ahead of it's annual meeting in Cambodia.
Gone with the Wind Farms: Locals to have more power over turbines
Locals are to be given more power over the placement of wind farms, but energy companies will be able to offer chunky "incentives" - of five times their current level - to try to persuade communities and…
Give and Take: The need-to-know on new permitted development rights
Several new permitted development rights, including office-to-residential and extended extensions, came into force on 30 May to allow certain works or changes of use without the need for planning permission.
New £250m office-to-resi scheme on London’s South Bank?
A prominent building on the South Bank could be about to undergo a blockbusting office-to-resi makeover.
According to reports out today, Singapore-based Ho Bee Investments Ltd.
The Law Review: Judicial reviews, squatters, office-to-resi and social media
Mishcon de Reya's Real Estate team gives the skinny on the latest machinations in property law, including office-to-resi permitted development rights, changes to the judicial review system, squatters,…
Candy wins office-to-resi approval in Westminster
Christian Candy's CPC Group has got the nod for a 31-unit residential development at 26 Chapter Street, SW1.
Office to resi rules in play from today
New permitted development rights that allow the conversion of unused office space into residential use come into force today, although 17 local authorities, including swathes of London, are exempt from…
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.