Planning
Native Land wins approval for more homes at Bankside Yards
Phase Two of the £1bn Bankside Yards riverside tall tower cluster will now deliver 341 homes, up from 232.
Green light for Grosvenor’s Bermondsey biscuity factory build-to-rent scheme
City Hall has granted planning permission for one of London's biggest build-to-rent developments; the former Peek Frean biscuit factory site in Bermondsey will deliver over 1,500 new rental homes.
Buckinghamshire planners OK ‘futuristic’ super-prime green belt mansion
Southern Grove has secured planning permission for a "£10m" ultra-modern mansion near Gerrards Cross.
‘One in ten’ new homes have been built in flood risk zones
Almost 85,000 new homes have been built in flood risk areas in the last five years, according to Government data mined by The Guardian.
Church floats surgery-to-mansion development on Connaught Square
A planning application to return a Grade II listed townhouse on Connaught Square to residential use has not gone down well with locals.
Birmingham planners approve Britain’s first ‘super slender’ resi tower
211 Broad Street in Birmingham will rise 37 storeys, but will be just 9.5 metres wide.
Eric Parry’s rejected Dolphin Square revamp heads to appeal
Westbrook Partners is appealing Westminster's dismissal of its revamp proposal for Dolphin Square in Pimlico.
City of London names interim planning chief
Gwyn Richards will take the reins from the retiring Annie Hampson OBE next month
Basement planning applications have tanked in Westminster
The annual total fell below 100 last year, following a series of high-profile disputes and a tightening up of council policy
Bristol Council approves Zaha Hadid’s mixed-use neighbourhood
Legal & General's Temple Island - once earmarked for a new arena - promises to deliver around 500 new homes in central Bristol, alongside a conference centre and hotel.
Green light for Galliard & Apsley’s £165m Soho Wharf in Birmingham
12-acre canal-side regeneration project designed by Claridge Architects gets the thumbs-up from planners.
Beautiful homes & tree-lined streets should be ‘the norm not the exception’
Roger Scruton and Nicolas Boys Smith's final report for the Building Better Building Beautiful Commission has been published, offering a series of policy proposals and practical recommendations to make…