Planning
Planners close the book on Hardy country saga
Planning inspector concludes proposals for 120-home development near Dorchester would cause 'permanent damage' to the setting of the Grade I listed Wolfeton House, once frequented by the great Victorian…
AR Design wins planning for a striking contemporary country house in Hampshire
In Pictures: The Well House near Winchester is a one-off eco-home with a bold design that blends into the local landscape.
Thumbs-up for £500m mixed-use Albert Embankment development
U+I's reinvention of the former London Fire Brigade HQ site will deliver 443 new homes alongside a new fire station and museum, a hotel, office and retail space.
Green light for new row of contemporary Knightsbridge townhouses
tp bennett and Highpoint Estates have won planning approval to build five new-build houses on Lancelot Place, replacing a previous permission for five smaller dwellings
Overlapping planning permissions: which one is valid?
The High Court has recently revisited the principles for determining the validity of overlapping consents.
Westminster Council defends ‘gifting’ policy
Council fends off new questions over conflicts of interest after staff receive 240 individual gifts in a two-year period
How England’s broken planning system has created (not reduced) the risk of floods
"Urban areas have been creating flood risk," writes Lee Bosher. "And this is largely due to the government’s focus on making land – low cost, flood prone land – available for development."
Knight Dragon ups resi numbers at Greenwich Peninsula
A revised Allies & Morrison masterplan has been submitted to Greenwich Council, featuring 1,800 more new homes
Pidgley calls for planning system overhaul
'We need a central body that buys land, awards planning permission, then passes on the returns to the local community,' says boss of the UK's most influential housebuilder
Westminster approves its 20-year ‘blueprint for development’
Westminster City Council has voted to approve its new "City Plan 2019-2040"
Green light for major mixed-use scheme in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter
Joint venture partners Galliard Homes and Apsley House Capital plan to create a new neighbourhood called St Paul’s Quarter
Revolutionary ‘live hub’ of London planning data to launch next year
Ambitious project to automate the London Planning Database confirms 2020 rollout, promising to 'revolutionise the way we do things'