Planning
Camden backs Candy’s plans for ‘historic garden’ in Regent’s Park
Billionaire developer creating £200m trophy home
Westminster named ‘London’s most lenient borough’ after approving 99% of new homes requests
Despite all the Brexit uncertainty, new home approvals in London unexpectedly rose to 6,310 in Q2 2016, with Westminster "soaring ahead" in terms of approvals and applications.
Westminster’s anti-iceberg basement rules are now in play
Westminster Council's anti-iceberg rules came into effect this week, making it exceptionally difficult to create big-scale basement extensions in the borough.
Architects come up with 20 ways to ‘tackle the housing crisis’
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has set out a hashtagged batch of proposals to deal with what it calls "the UK’s dire housing crisis".
‘A serious review of London’s Green Belt must be considered’ – LSE
Boffins at the LSE have come up with a plan to make house-building on the Green Belt more acceptable.
New home registrations at highest level since the crash (but what’s going on in London?)
A total of 41,222 new homes were registered by the National House Building Council throughout the UK in Q2, an uptick of 1% on the same period last year.
Fruition gets green light for Putney air rights development
Four one- and two-bed penthouse apartments on top of an existing block in Putney
RBKC developer fined for noisy building work
The Royal Borough is coming down hard on noisy construction works at the weekend after bringing in its “tough new regime".
Scotland plans to extend permitted development rights to build more, faster
Scotland's government is planning to extend permitted development rights (PDRs) in an effort to get more homes built and to speed up the planning process.
King’s Road Crossrail hub gets TfL backing
The prospect of a Crossrail station on the King's Road in Chelsea has moved a step closer.
Gavin Barwell steps up as new minister for housing, planning and London
Appointed as Minister of State for Housing, Planning and Minister for London
Government ‘must up housing target by 50% and build 300,000 homes a year’ says Lords’ report
The Government must lift its target by a full 50% and build 300,000 homes each year to tackle the housing crisis, according to the cross-party House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee.