Planning
A ‘blip’ or ‘a once in a generation event’? Mixed opinions in Garrington’s July property market review
"Opinions are increasingly divided as to whether the property market is enjoying a temporary blip in activity due to the released pent-up demand, or whether what is being witnessed is a ‘once in a generation’…
Is ‘build build build’ really the best way forward for England’s planning system?
The Prime Minster's latest housing mantra "is the wrong starting point", says Professor Alister Scott, as he outlines six core challenges that need to be addressed by the planning system first...
Grosvenor lodges plans for a 2,200-home ’21st Century garden village’ in Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire Garden Village is the largest project to date for Grosvenor’s Strategic Land division, which aims to have a portfolio of at least 30,000 homes by 2023.
Native Land & TfL submit plans for South Kensington revamp
Designs by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners promise to create 50 new homes next to "the gateway to London’s internationally renowned museum and cultural quarter."
Johnson unveils ‘most radical planning reforms since WW2’
PM pledges to ‘make it easier to build better homes where people want to live’ by cutting red tape and addressing ‘newt-counting delays’
New permitted development right allows upward extensions on existing blocks
A new permitted development right will allow some blocks of flats to be extended upwards by two storeys without the need for full planning consent.
Green light for Hackney Wick’s Queen’s Yard project
Plans have been approved for a residential-led redevelopment next to the River Lea, which promises to be the "beating heart" of Hackney Wick.
Jenrick gives the thumbs up to controversial Notting Hill Gate scheme
Five years after first submitting plans, Brockton Capital and U+I have finally bagged planning approval for the development of the Newcombe House site on Kensington Church Street.
Planning nod for Malins’ Greenwich police-to-resi project
The Metropolitan Police's former "married quarters" site in Greenwich will be transformed into 29 warehouse-style apartments.
‘Explosive’ Westferry planning docs land Jenrick in more hot water
Newly-released documents and text messages between the Housing Secretary and property developer Richard Desmond show "discrepancies", says Labour.
Plans go in for a 1,500-home riverside scheme in Greenwich
In Pictures: Morden Wharf is U+I's latest massive regeneration project in London, promising to transform a 19 acre former sugar factory site into "a distinctive, green, mixed-use neighbourhood".
Jenrick to be shown the door, claims Cabinet source, as Westferry planning scandal continues
More details have emerged about the Westferry Printworks planning controversy; The Guardian has suggested that Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick could be sacked as part of a Cabinet reshuffle in September.