Planning
LGA calls for full Council Tax to be charged on unbuilt homes
There are a record 475,647 homes in England which have been given planning permission but have yet to be built, says the Local Government Association as it calls for developers to pay full council tax …
RBKC considers policy change after hundreds of homes ‘lost’ to de-conversions
Council taking a long hard look at its stance on amalgamations
Encourage estate owners to release land for affordable homes – RICS
The owners of England's 5,000 biggest country estates should be giving up some of their land to make way for more affordable housing, the RICS has suggested.
Planning nod for rare new-build resi scheme in Bayswater
34 Palace Court project designed by PDP London
Major Edinburgh luxury resi scheme gets the green light
JV developers CALA and City & Country have been given the go-ahead by planners for their residential redevelopment of the Donaldson's College building in Edinburgh.
Sellar Group puts in Paddington mega-plans
After floating the idea in October, Sellar Property Group has submitted the actual plans for its 31 London Street scheme (now rebranded as Paddington Place).
Developer hit with record £700k planning fine
The biggest planning fine in history has reportedly been handed down to a private developer after a six-storey block of flats went up in Hoxton without permission
Galliard scores planning for stadium-led scheme in Wimbledon
Galliard Homes has netted planning permission for a major regeneration scheme in Wimbledon, south west London
Councils rally against Bishopsgate Goodsyard proposals
Tower Hamlets and Hackney have dealt Hammerson and Ballymore's controversial Bishopsgate Goodsyard scheme a hefty one-two by simultaneously rejecting the latest proposals.
London ‘at risk of being irrevocably damaged’ by raft of new towers
Historic England has decided to update its advice on the planning and design of tall buildings after of a surge of new applications in the capital.
Reubens snap up ‘once in a generation opportunity’ in Mayfair
London's oldest car park takes up nearly half an acre of Shepherd Market in Mayfair
Required Reading: How to work with restrictive covenants
Although you might think your hands are tied, there are a number of ways to deal with the existing private agreements that may be hanging over a site, says Glenda Ferneyhough...