Planning

Tower Hamlets and Hackney have dealt Hammerson and Ballymore's controversial Bishopsgate Goodsyard scheme a hefty one-two by simultaneously rejecting the latest proposals.

Galliard Homes has netted planning permission for a major regeneration scheme in Wimbledon, south west London.

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.

London's oldest car park takes up nearly half an acre of Shepherd Market in Mayfair

For developers, changes announced in November's Spending Review signal a huge opportunity.

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...

A major new scheme has just been given the thumbs up in Covent Garden, involving the complete demolition of a giant 80s office building.

The government has announced two new "garden towns", which will get £1.1m in new funding to help deliver up to 50,000 new homes between them.

A developer has been ordered to pay £4k in fines and costs for cracking on with a basement extension after being served up with a stop notice.

Strutt & Parker has bought AKA Planning, an independent planning consultancy based in Leatherhead. AKA's team of six planners will join Strutt & Parker’s existing development team in Guildford;

Plans to turn a grotty Mayfair car park into a 296,000 square foot neo-classical scheme worth an estimated £2bn have received the initial thumbs up from Westminster planners.

If you missed out on the unexcavated basement beneath this Bloomsbury mansion block last month, you can now snap up the empty air space above it.