Planning
How Luxury Developers Use a Loophole to Build Soaring Towers for the Ultrarich in NY
Matthew Haag reveals how high-rise property developers are exploiting a 'planning loophole' to add extra storeys to tall towers, for the New York Times
Green light for Mount Anvil’s Royal Eden Docks
London developer secures planning for its biggest ever scheme, creating 901 new homes in the Docklands
Westminster rolls back office-to-resi permitted development right
Council invokes an Article 4 Declaration to protect workspace and limit residential conversions in the West End, Victoria and Paddington
Tech firm looks to ‘gamify’ community engagement with planning proposals
Built-ID's Give-My-View platform promises to boost community engagement with planning decisions and major property developments.
Demolition ordered for ‘pharaonic’ £50m French mansion
Neighbours' 14-year planning battle ends with a demolition order for a vast party pad near Cannes
Homes England offers 148 sites for development; launches interactive plot finding tool
An interactive tool to help match property developers with plots of land that are ready for home-building has been launched, featuring 148 sites available for development in the next 18 months.
Alfred Homes picks up resi development site in Winchester
Unlisted Arts & Crafts mansion to be replaced with 11 new-build homes.
Regal lodges plans for a 282-home scheme opposite Lord’s Cricket Ground
The St John's Wood development includes 112 private sale apartments, designed by Squire & Partners.
2019 is ‘the year of the tall building’: London’s skyscraper count to double by 2030
541 new skyscrapers are in London's development pipeline, and a record 76 are set to complete this year.
Developers double the resi element at Bishopsgate Goodsyard
JV partners Hammerson and Ballymore have bumped the number of residential units at the ten-acre Shoreditch scheme back up to 500.
Which London boroughs have had the most planning approvals?
Croydon, Westminster and Wandsworth top the list; the City has had the fewest permissions since 2006.
Caring gets the all-clear to build ‘magnificent’ new home in South Ken
RBKC officially grants planning for demolition and reconstruction of two 1840s lodges on a 'mini country estate' between Pelham Crescent, Pelham Street and Onslow Square, which the hospitality tycoon…