Planning
British Land on track as Mayfair masterplan marches on
British Land has reported a "robust" operational performance across the board in its Q3 2012/2013 Interim Management Statement, as progress continues behind the scenes of its monumental Clarges Estate …
Planning Awards
The Tenth London Planning Awards are building up to a climactic finish this week, with the capital's standout projects due to be celebrated at a ceremony at City Hall on Thursday
Northern Lines: HS2 Phase Two route revealed
As the controversial consultation on property and compensation draws to a close (responses need to be in by Thursday), the Dept for Transport has announced the preferred route for the HS2 rail link's next…
Qatari Diar puts Chelsea Barracks on hold
Qatar's property investment arm, Qatari Diar, has put its £3bn Chelsea Barracks super-prime resi scheme on ice, according to a report in The Guardian.
Banda builds on Battersea power
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Kensington-based search, acquisition and development management firm Banda Property has purchased and secured planning on two major sites in hotly-tipped Battersea, SW London
Office-to-resi conversions: planning-free for three years
Eric Pickles and Nick Boles have confirmed that new permitted development rights will allow office space to be converted into homes without the need for planning permission
Industry Reaction: Resi payday as Boles opens plans for office conversions
"Imminent" plans to relax planning regulations to allow the conversion of office blocks into residential units under Permitted Development Rights (reported yesterday here) have got the prime property industry…
Homes Work: office-to-resi conversions to be planning-free
Converting offices into residential units will no longer need planning permission if rumours are right about about "radical changes to the English planning system." Let the goldrush begin
Council “should not interfere with the market” as thumbs-up for Caudwell’s Mayfair resi scheme
Westminster council has overturned a planning officer's recommendation of refusal on John Caudwell's scheme to turn a Mayfair carpark into a 24-unit luxury resi development, arguing that the council "shouldn’t b…
GLA publishes London Plan Implementation Guide
The Greater London Authority has released an Implementation Guide for its London Plan, which aims to make new property, technology and infrastructure developments in the capital a bit more coherent
Battersea Power Station UK sales start today
SP Setia's development of Battersea Power Station just got real
Pigs shouldn’t fly in Shropshire
The swine! says William Cash as one of Shropshire's crown jewels is once again under siege