Planning
Housing supply is ‘increasing markedly’ as UK-wide planning permissions rise
The number of initial planning permissions approved across Great Britain has risen steadily every year since 2009, says The Home Builders' Federation (HBF), with actual housing supply also "increasing…
Planning approvals for new homes in London tumble by 64%
Four in ten new London homes were rejected by planners in Q1, as the total number of approvals tumbled by 64% compared to the same period last year - although Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea approved…
Picky planning is ‘contributing to a completely unfair and immoral housing shortfall’
"Change isn't happening", says Stirling Ackroyd's Andrew Bridges as new figures show that the number of new homes granted planning permission in London has plummeted by 64% in the last year, with…
City of London elects new planning chief
Christopher Hayward has been named as the City of London Corporation’s new Planning and Transportation Committee Chairman.
Camden to follow RBKC in publishing planners’ advice
Camden Council has decided to publish its confidential pre-application planning advice after Kensington & Chelsea pioneered the idea earlier this year.
Green light for ‘industrial style’ resi development of the Royal Academy of Dance
Wandsworth's planners have given the go-ahead to a £55m, 39-unit residential development of the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) site near Battersea Square.
Bidwells launches new Heritage Team
"Golden Triangle" agency Bidwells has launched a new Heritage Team, hiring some top names to lead on a raft of UK projects.
Cash in the Attic: London’s untapped rooftop space worth ‘billions of pounds’
'If you have an expensive piece of land in any city centre in the world, you use it, but we have so much unused space in London and owners are unaware they can sell it'
Planning nod for major new Paddington scheme
Westminster Council has green-lighted Berkeley Group's plans to transform West End Green.
The developer bagged the long-term vacant 2.
Planning nod for mass roof extension scheme in Ladbroke Grove
Eighteen residents of Ruston Mews in W11 have been given the go-ahead to carry out a joint roof extension after winning an appeal.
London’s luxury property pipeline peaks, but squeezed margins are pushing investors out
London's prime residential property pipeline is on fire, with over 35,000 new units - worth a grand total of £77bn - expected to come into play over the next ten years.
Don’t kill the golden goose with more tall building ‘mistakes’ – Historic England
Successful architecture is more than a collection of "iconic" objects that might "belong" as much in Dubai as in London, heritage champ Historic England has warned in a withering takedown of the capital's…