Planning
Neighbours push back on Hampstead gap house plans
Proposals to turn a pair of garages into a six-bed house have not gone down well with one of Britain’s best-known broadcasters…
Mega Digs: Exploring London’s elite ‘basement belt’
London has seen "a normalisation of single-storey basements as the 21st-century version of the loft conversion," says Professor Burrows in a new study of the capital's "luxified troglodytism".
New high-rise fire safety planning rules are now in play
"Planning gateway one" has been introduced to ensure that high-rise developments consider fire safety at the earliest stages of planning.
London Mayor knocks back Stag Brewery development
"The public benefits offered would not clearly outweigh the harm," said Sadiq Khan as he rejected Reselton's proposal to create 1,250 new homes on the former Budweiser brewery site in West London.
Green light for record-breaking Knightsbridge mansion remodelling
2-8 Rutland Gate is set to become the >60,000 sq ft family home of a Chinese billionaire, following an epic nine-figure refurbishment by Squire & Partners and CC Land.
Jenrick outlines a ‘vision of planning policy that puts communities in the driving seat’
The new national model design code involves encouraging housebuilders to use traditional architectural styles, and planting trees on all newly-created streets.
In Pictures: Shropshire Country House Clause design is ‘a mixture of poetry and science’
Johnson Design Partnership has won a rare Para 79 approval for a striking contemporary country house in Shropshire's green belt.
New Regulator to enforce significant Building Safety reforms
The Building Safety Bill is being published today, setting out "a clear pathway for the future on how residential buildings should be constructed and maintained."
New planning apps aim to make home extensions easier
The RIPA (Reducing Invalid Planning Application) and BoPS (Back office Planning System) web apps represent "a step towards a fully digital planning system," says Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick.
More of England’s countryside to be protected under new plans
The government is looking into creating new AONBs for the first time in over a quarter of a century.
Jenrick pours cold water on £500m Albert Embankment fire station development
The Housing Secretary has refused planning permission for U+I's proposed reworking of the former London Fire Brigade HQ on the south bank of the River Thames.
Liverpool facing loss of World Heritage status
Unesco has recommended the city’s waterfront is removed from its list of world heritage sites, nine years after being deemed ‘at risk’.