Planning
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…
Office Politics: Most of central London exempt from new permitted development rights
Areas in seventeen local authorities - including vast swathes of central London - have been exempted from new rights that make it easier to convert offices into resi, due to "exceptional economic circumstances".
Alchemi wins approval for SW1 resi conversion
Alchemi's plans to convert 55 Victoria Street from offices into 54 apartments (with a bit of retail on the ground floor) have been approved by Westminster Council, despite the designs being recommended…
Prices in Crossrail “walkzones” already steaming ahead – Knight Frank
Knight Frank’s current market forecast tips prime central London prices to rise by 31% over the next five years, but anywhere within a "walkzone" of a new Crossrail station could see values rocket by…