Planning
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
Planners OK revamped Regent’s Park scheme as ‘oligarch mansions’ make way for flats
Proposals to turn Grade I listed terrace into 28 units approved after developer reworks original designs for 13 luxury townhouses
Khan calls in rejected Notting Hill Gate development for review
Mayor of London to 'scrutinise' RBKC's decision(s) to knock back the major mixed-use redevelopment of Newcombe House
Nuisance ruling sounds warning for wood floor fans
Flat-owners should be very wary of dispensing with their carpets, says barrister, after nuisance case in Kensington resulted in damages of over £100k...
71% of homeowners believe that protecting the greenbelt is more important than building more new homes
45% of homeowners are self-proclaimed NIMBYs, according to a survey by Jackson-Stops. "Local communities need to challenge themselves to become YIMBYs," says Chairman Nick Leeming
‘Fairly homogenous’ housebuilding is limiting build-out rates, says Letwin
Sir Oliver Letwin shares the early findings of the government's review into ‘hundreds of thousands’ of unbuilt homes
Permitted development rights bumped up for farm-to-resi buildings
Agricultural buildings can be converted to five - rather than three - family homes
Westminster planning chief steps aside over property developer ‘freebie’ allegations
Robert Davis denies any wrongdoing; Westminster Council has launched an inquiry to look at how planning decisions are made
NPPF Reform: Property industry reactions
The Government's consultation is open until 10th May
Government proposes CIL reforms, including linking contributions to the House Price Index
Consultation runs until 10th May
Property developers told to ‘do their duty’ as Prime Minister announces ‘a housing revolution’
Government outlines a major overhaul to the National Planning Policy Framework, the first in six years