Planning
First Look: Liverpool’s new £5bn waterfront district
Peel Group's Liverpool Waters development project will deliver around 9,000 new homes on a 60-hectare waterfront site, divided into five 'unique and dynamic neighbourhoods'
RICS should ‘reconsider’ its guidance on resi development viability valuations, says High Court judge
Planning law experts Landmark Chambers walk us through an important judgment on viability and affordable housing in London
Fitzrovia residents look to thwart Oxford Street pedestrianisation
Work on pedestrianisation 'is to be stopped' says Westminster Council boss, until residents' fears can be allayed
Westminster faces more tough questions over links with developers
'Ousted' councillors accuse troubled Tory-led council of more planning shenanigans
Towers of London: Over 500 tall towers are now in the capital’s development pipeline
90% of London's current high-rise projects are for residential use
Zoning is no ‘silver bullet’ to speeding up housebuilding
Researchers from the RTPI, Bartlett and LSE have published a new study into how greater planning certainty would affect residential development
Planners green-light Dyson heir’s helipad
Council backing for controversial plan after heritage assessment argues helicopter operation would "enhance the societal significance" of Grade II* listed stately home
A brief guide to buying or selling land to make a bigger garden
Strutt & Parker has noticed a rising trend for homeowners looking to grow their gardens or bolt-on a next-door paddock to their property...
Understanding Easements: What you don’t know can hurt you
Uncovering an easement can either be a blessing or a medieval curse - just don’t leave it up to chance, says Goodman Derrick's Morgan Wolfe...
Why is the government sidelining SMEs in the battle to build more homes?
In almost every other sector apart from construction, nimble and hungry start-ups have provided the ideas and talent to drive growth, says Adam Hesse...
Grosvenor to spend £1bn on Mayfair & Belgravia ‘transformation’
"The West End faces fierce international and domestic competition and we cannot be complacent about its continued prestige, popularity or productivity", says venerable landlord of PCL's trophy districts...
Maybourne’s Berkeley Hotel wins planning approval to create 13 residential apartments on Knightsbridge
Luxury London landmark advances plans to create 13 residences, with direct access to the 5* hotel's facilities