Planning
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.
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.