Planning
Highgate mansion spared as planners reject £80m ‘Stalinist wedding cake’
Proposals to replace one of Highgate's best-known period piles with a new-build mansion potentially worth £80m have been sensationally thrown out by the government's planning inspector.
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Industry titan enters race for Hyde Park Barracks
It sounds like one of the biggest names in UK property could be making a play for Hyde Park Barracks.
Henley tees up £53m hostel-to-resi project in South Ken
Private equity outfit Henley Investments is about to embark on a 23,000 foot resi scheme, after acquiring three adjacent period buildings near High Street Kensington.
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Green light for Banda projects in Westminster and Chelsea
Edo Mapelli Mozzi's boutique developer Banda Property has been given the go-ahead for planning for two new prime central London sites: a Grade II building on Buckingham Gate and a property on Rawlings S…
In Pictures: The £70m Mayfair mansion merge
The latest plans to amalgamate three buildings in Mayfair into one 18,000 square foot, 190 foot deep mega-mansion have been causing quite the stir this week.
Battersea gasworks scheme delivers first planning success for Berkeley & National Grid JV
The new joint venture between National Grid and The Berkeley Group has bagged its first major planning success, paving the way for the redevelopment of the unloved former gasworks on Prince of Wales D…
Islington & Camden launch legal challenge over Mount Pleasant
Islington and Camden Councils have officially challenged BoJo's decision to green light the development of the massive Mount Pleasant site in Clerkenwell.
Audit reveals London’s planning permission ‘postcode lottery’
Some councils in London are turning down nearly two thirds of the planning applications they receive, according to a review of all the proposals submitted over the last 12 months.
Government should charge for an enhanced planning services – BPF
The British Property Federation thinks that planners should follow the lead of Historic England, and introduce a charging system for enhanced planning services.
Rising house prices drive planning applications up in London
The volume of planning applications for lofts and extensions in the capital has risen hand-in-hand with house prices, notes Landmark Lofts, with Richmond-upon-Thames coming out on top with the highest…
Another ‘country house clause’ triumph for Adam as Norfolk mansion gets the go-ahead
Securing permission for a scheme under 'Gummer's Law', which allows the building of new country houses if - and only if - they are considered to be of ‘exceptional quality or innovative design’, is quit…
Ale Be Back: Demolished Maida Vale pub to be rebuilt?
Westminster is considering issuing an unprecedented enforcement notice that would require the recreation of a demolished pub "in facsimile" within 18 months.
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