Planning
Planning permissions drop by 15% – but the annual tally is sustained at 350,000+
For the first time in a decade, more than 20,000 resi development sites have been granted planning permission in a 12-month period, as SME developers step up
City Hall ‘beefs up’ London councils’ planning budgets
£10m cash boost follows eight years of cuts
Firmdale Hotels wins approval for mixed-use development in Soho
Luxury hotel operator ditches plans for a remarkable resi scheme - featuring a quadruplex "Skyhouse" - in favour of office space plus two apartments next to the Soho Hotel
Chalk Farm resi development gets the go-ahead
PPR Estates' scheme will deliver 29 new apartments on Haverstock Hill
£230m 48-storey resi tower in South Quay gets the go-ahead
LBS Properties has won its appeal for a new Make Architects-designed residential tower next to Canary Wharf
Westminster Council poised to reveal ‘biggest changes to planning for a generation’
"It's a new dawn; It's a new day; It's a new life for Westminster; And I'm feeling good", chants Cllr Aitken
Westminster Councillors moot ‘major changes’ to improve the borough’s planning system
Westminster's Labour faction demands more transparency over planning decisions, and a bigger voice for the public
Consultation to be held on permitted development rights for upward extensions
Housing Minister outlines a suite of planning policy tweaks
£1bn planning nod for East London’s former Ford plant
Countryside and L&Q win approval for their 3,000-home Beam Park regeneration project
Planners knock back SimpsonHaugh’s Kensington Forum hotel & resi scheme
30-storey development promised to deliver a 749-room hotel plus 340 serviced apartments and 46 new homes
Twentieth Century Society in last ditch attempt to save ‘iconic’ former Birds Eye HQ
Conservation group seeks legal advice in bid to halt demolition of 1960s building in Surrey
All-clear for Crest Nicholson’s ‘gateway to Victoria Park’ hospital-to-resi development
The old London Chest Hospital in Bethnal Green will be converted into 291 homes