Planning
Most home-owners are NIMBYs, concludes survey; 72% don’t think their local area needs any new-build homes
72% of British home0owners don't think their local area needs any new homes, according to a new survey. Over half don't want new homes built near them.
New report debunks ‘land banking myth’, again
“None of our analysis suggests (at least outside of London) any systemic failure in converting planning permissions to development by the industry”, concludes planning consultancy Lichfields.
Buyer Beware: On the exorbitant cost of building works
Brexit and Covid have utterly changed the landscape in terms of what it costs to renovate a property - but the marketplace remains massively underprepared and ill-informed, warns buying agent Guy Meacock……
Gove puts planning reform on hold
New Housing Minister Michael Gove has put a major suite of planning reforms on hold, following opposition from backbench MPs.
Johnson & Jenrick plot planning reform u-turn
“Radical” proposed planning reforms are likely to be substantially watered down, according to political insiders.
Green light for U+I’s massive Greenwich riverside development
Designed by architecture practice OMA for developer U+I, Morden Wharf promises to deliver 1,500 new homes on Greenwich Peninsula, as well as a four-acre public park, a Thames-side beach, brewery, a public…
Plans revealed for 850 new homes next to Britain’s biggest film studio complex
The Wrotham Park Estate has grand plans to create a new residential community around the UK’s first "film industry cluster", in Hertfordshire.
British Land opens Canada Dock ‘urban wetland’ plan for public view
In Pictures: Property developer plans a new waterside park in Southwark, "where people can really interact with nature and connect to the area’s rich maritime history."
Government pitches a ‘major scaling up’ of custom & self-built homes
30-40,000 custom and self-build (CSB) homes could and should be built in the UK each year, says Richard Bacon, in a report that rails against "houses designed by accountants".
Savills assembles heavyweight new Environment & Infrastructure team
A trio of senior directors have been brought together to advise on infrastructure and planning projects across the UK, including environmental impact assessment and Nationally Significant Infrastructure…
Surrey planners approve a new ‘Para 80’ country house clause project
Manser Medal-winning architecture practice Eldridge has secured approval for a contemporary country mansion in the Surrey Hills, under the newly-updated Paragraph 80 of the NPPF (formerly Para 79).
Slow planning process causes long project delays for architects
Around a third of architecture practices have seen projects delayed by six months or more as a result of slow planning processes. 7% have seen some projects abandoned altogether.