Planning
Consultation launched on upwards extension PDR & easier change of use
Government seeks views on new rights to allow greater flexibility for change of use, and to use the airspace above existing buildings for additional new homes and extensions
Coastal homes & communities could be swamped by rising sea levels within 80 years
A one-metre increase in sea levels could happen within a generation, warns the Committee on Climate Change, putting millions of homes at risk and wiping out many of Britain's most coveted waterfront locations…
Westminster backs planning ‘shake-up’
'We want a bottom up and not top down system', says council as it prepares to publish a new City Plan
Landlord fined £80k for ‘gutting’ a listed manor house without planning permission
“It’s inconceivable that, knowing that this is a listed building, [the owner] would not have known this was a kind of work which would require planning permission or that that required proper oversight",…
Hammond eyes landowner profits in affordable housing drive
Is a Budget bombshell on the cards for Monday?
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