Planning
Get cracking if you want to build big in Westminster…
There's only a narrow window of opportunity to submit an application and have it determined under the existing City Plan, warn agents and architects
Knock-back for Kensington hotel-to-mansion plan
A plan to turn a "severely dilapidated" former hotel near Hyde Park into a "very large" family home has been dismissed by RBKC's planning inspector.
Ease planning rules to allow lockdown-hit hotels to be converted to resi, says top agency
"Looking at redevelopment options [rather than re-opening after lockdown] may be a far more realistic and rewarding route for a few hotel owners," says Colliers, as it calls for an extension to permitted…
High Court quashes Westferry Printworks planning consent
Northern & Shell's 15-acre waterside scheme near Canary Wharf has been sent back to the drawing board.
Outside the Box: What will the property sector’s ‘new normal’ look like?
Disruption on the scale of the Coronavirus crisis is sure to alter long-term behaviours in the property sector, writes Olivia Holt, but it will take time for some changes to unfold...
We are finally getting some much-needed CIL & planning reform
Hidden away beneath the government's latest advice for estate agents and construction firms were two short paragraphs which will be music to the ears of any planning lawyer, says Nicola Gooch...
Rock god battles another basement in Holland Park
Just when things seemed to have quietened down on Melbury Road, rock god Jimmy Page has become embroiled in another planning row over proposed excavation works near his Grade I listed mansion, The Tower…
In Pictures: Grosvenor finalises Cundy Street plan
Grosvenor Britain & Ireland has finalised its plan for the controversial redevelopment of the Cundy Street Quarter in Belgravia, sharing a revamped proposal after 12 months of banter with locals and three…
Green light for Grosvenor on Elizabeth Street
New lease of life for the old Natwest bank and the derelict building next-door, as Westminster green-lights Moxley Architects-designed proposals at its first ever virtual planning meeting
Green light for ZHA’s Vauxhall Cross Island
Great Marlborough Estates has won approval for its major ZHA-designed redevelopment of Vauxhall Cross, following a call-in by the Housing Secretary last year.
Conran and Partners to redesign historic Sussex town
Architecture practice appointed to completely rework the the centre of Hailsham, with all-new resi, retail and green space
Four Thoughts: The UK planning system enters a new virtual reality
'It’s unfortunate that it has taken a global pandemic for the system to finally move into the 21st century'