Planning
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...
Dubai royal’s gothic mansion is one of the UK’s ‘most endangered’ buildings
The 'exemplary' Shadwell Court in Norfolk has been neglected for far too long, according to the Victorian Society, releasing its annual rundown of architectural treasures under threat...
Westminster signs off subterranean art gallery project in Regent’s Park
Five years after controversial plans first emerged, councillors have authorised the completion of a double-height space under a Grade I listed mansion widely reported to belong to the world's richest living…
Kensington & Chelsea adopts new planning regime
Key policy changes include a lower threshold for triggering the requirement for affordable housing, and a new stance on amalgamations in the royal borough...
‘Unscrupulous’ Westminster landlord hit with record £500k planning fine
Southwark Crown Court hands down the biggest ever penalty for a planning offence in Westminster after enforcement officers discover eight flats crammed into a three-bed house in Maida Vale
‘The planning system has been captured by those most opposed to new house-building’
A new report by Demos & Nationwide makes six recommendations to improve the UK's planning regime
50 years on: Why don’t local people have a greater say in their neighbourhoods?
There have been lots of planning policy overhauls since 1969, when the Government's Skeffington Report suggested 50 ways to get communities more involved in local property development matters.
Developers contribute £6bn a year to community infrastructure projects
New CIL reforms mean local councils now have to declare developers' contributions and how levies are spent
Robert Jenrick: Housing is my generation’s greatest challenge
Writing in The Times, the newly-appointed secretary of state for housing, communities and local government (and officially the cabinet's first millennial) promises to "level up" efforts to increase home…
Grosvenor’s McWilliam on how property developers can rebuild public trust
Following some public backlash to the proposed demolition of the Cundy Street flats and Walden House in Belgravia, Craig McWilliam, Chief Executive of Grosvenor Britain & Ireland, sets out the case for…