Planning
RBKC looks to relax more planning rules around listed homes
Adding additional glazing could soon become easier as part of the council's plan to hit carbon neutral by 2040.
Gove resurrects 300,000 housebuilding target
Significant planning reforms are back on the table as the Housing Secretary confirms the government is standing by its 2019 manifesto pledge to build 300,000 new homes a year by the mid-2020s.
Kent planners give Para 80 consent for a contemporary country house on an historic fort site
Holloway Studio has designed an ultra-modern family home near Upnor Castle, securing planning approval via the 'Country House Clause' route - which demands 'truly outstanding' architecture in rural locations
In Pictures: Ballymore submits 336-home plan for Dublin’s new ‘Guinness Quarter’
If planning approval is granted, the mixed-use reinvention of the historic St. James’s Gate brewery in Dublin 8 is expected to be completed in 10-15 years.
Mixed-use plans approved for prominent Mayfair site
Developer O&H Grafton and architects Foster & Partners have secured planning approval for a reworked development on New Bond Street, Grafton Street and Bruton Lane.
Planning Inspectorate boss quits
Sarah Richards will step down as Chief Executive of the Planning Inspectorate - which runs top-level planning decisions in England - later this year.
Electricity grid capacity could thwart housebuilding in West London ‘until 2035’
Property developers in three London boroughs have been warned large resi schemes may be put on hold for ten years or more...
Short lets could need planning permission under new devolution proposal
"I understand that regional mayors may soon be given the power to ban properties from being used as short-term lets," writes James Forsyth, political editor of The Spectator, in The Times.
Henigman’s Abbey Road resi development opp offered for £22.5mn
Dean Main's luxury property development firm is looking to sell a prominent block in St John's Wood, with full planning consent for 29 apartments.
Planners block new 60-home scheme in Belgravia
Pilbrow & Partners-designed proposals to redevelop Kilmuir House had been recommended for approval
Resi development plans submitted for Bristol Zoo’s historic Clifton site
Plans to create 201 new homes on the Bristol Zoo Gardens site in the heart of up-market Clifton have been submitted to the local council
Lichfields recruits Planning Director in London
Ben Simpson has joined 60-year-old planning consultancy Lichfields as Planning Director.