Planning
Ballymore & LLDC secure planning consent for 700-home Stratford Waterfront
The resi development in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is next-door to the V&A East Museum, London College of Fashion: UAL, BBC Music Studios, and Sadler’s Wells East.
Revealed: The 15 local authorities that block one in two residential planning applications
Planners in London and the South East refuse the highest proportion of housebuilding proposals.
Lichfields strengthens London planning team
Anna Snow has moved from Iceni Projects; Sakhi Sumaria from Arup.
Less is moored: RBKC takes action against Chelsea ‘mega-boats’
Council updates on long-running saga at Chelsea Reach.
600 new towers set to transform London’s skyline amid ‘huge changes’ for tall buildings
But 'momentum has slowed considerably' for high-rise residential development projects, says NLA.
Artisan reveals plans for residential reinvention of Edinburgh’s Caledonian Brewery
A proposal has been submitted to create 168 new homes on an historic site in the Scottish capital.
Henigman lobbies for Savile Row scheme with style
Westminster Council's Planning Committee is due to consider luxury property developer Dean Main's proposal for the former West End Police Station site on 14th May.
Green light for ‘landmark’ mixed-use South Bank scheme
Designs by Foster + Partners and Lipton Rogers for Hines promise to create 400 new homes on a long-vacant prime site on Blackfriars Road.
Lichfields installs new chair
Jonathan Wallace has taken over from Justin Gartland as chairperson of planning consultancy Lichfields.
‘World first’ digital tool aims to help small developers with new biodiversity net gain laws
As new BNG rules kick in, proptech start-up Joe’s Blooms has launched a new product for SME property developers, backed by Planning Portal.
Land Registry seeks views on ‘unnecessarily complex’ fee structure
The official register of land ownership in England & Wales says its fee & charging structure 'hasn’t been significantly revised since the organisation’s inception in 1862.'
Westminster floats ‘retrofit first’ planning strategy
'We will not reach net zero without a significant shift in how we view development,' says Westminster Council's Geoff Barraclough.