Planning
Robert Adam: How can new-build homes be green, beautiful and high quality?
Speaking at a fringe event hosted by the Policy Exchange at this year's Conservative Party Conference, one of the UK's most respected architects flagged up some serious structural issues with the current…
New Government design manual & planning reforms promise a ‘green housing revolution’
Housing Minister reveals an "ambitious revamp of planning rules" and bans gas boilers in new homes, as the Government publishes its first-ever "design manual to promote the building of beautiful new homes"…
Ten characteristics of well-designed places: official guidance
The Government's new housing design manual, aimed at property developers and architects, offers "planning practice guidance for beautiful, enduring and successful places"
Green light for British Land’s 53-acre Canada Water masterplan
Southwark Council has approved plans for a massive development in South East London, delivering 3,000 new homes, the first new high street in London for 100 years and 16 new streets
Westminster names new planning chair & additional deputy leader
Tim Mitchell will now be sharing deputy leader duties with Richard Beddoe, while Melvyn Caplan steps up as chairman of planning
Add up to two storeys without planning permission – Jenrick
Bold new measures will 'give families the freedom they need to expand their homes and ensure small developers get a fair chance to succeed', says the housing secretary
Mayfair architect fined £1,000
ARB highlights case involving 'serious breaches of the Architects Code'
Grosvenor bulks-up Bermondsey build-to-rent scheme with more affordable homes
Revised plans for the 12 acre former biscuit factory and college campus site add over 100 resi units and boost affordable homes to 35% of the total
Sandbanks homeowner hit with £60k fine for lopping protected pines
Court hands down hefty penalty after illegal works boost value of high-end holiday home 'by between £20k and £100k'
Green light for 18-home Little Venice mews development
28 single-storey garages in W2 will be replaced with 14 flats, three mews houses and one six-storey townhouse
Hawkes wins green light for railway-inspired Para 79 Lake House
A former fishing lake complex and derelict railway in East Sussex are to be turned into a stand-out new home, designed by Hawkes Architecture
Superblocks: Barcelona’s car-free zones could extend lives and boost mental health
An urban planning idea from Catalonia is reclaiming city streets from cars, and delivering considerable long-term benefits for residents and visitors alike. Anupam Nanda explains how...