Planning
Green light for ‘lux-loft’ office-to-resi development in Wapping
The Malins Group is bringing forward a £14.5mn GDV mixed-use scheme in Wapping.
Planners deal a blow to billionaire’s South Ken mansion project
Hospitality tycoon Richard Caring has been served with an enforcement notice requiring the removal of some ‘incongruous and dominant’ new windows at Park House
The Infrastructure Levy: A clearer direction on the future of Developer Contributions?
William Clutton of Iceni Projects delves into the government's proposed overhaul of the Community Infrastructure Levy and Section 106 Agreements, as outlined in the recently-published draft Levelling …
LonRes adds planning data to property listings
LonRes users can now quickly check planning applications that could affect a deal, directly from a property's sales details.
Office-to-resi approvals on the rise
Unused office space is being put to use by developers, notes law firm Boodle Hatfield
In Pictures: New visualisations of Queensway’s £3bn transformation
Five property developers are working together to overhaul Queensway in Bayswater, promising "a blueprint for the future of London’s high streets", book-ended by super-prime residential schemes.
Planning Reform & Levelling Up: What is the government planning to do this year?
Last year's "radical" Planning Bill is long gone, replaced with watered-down reforms that promise local referenda on planning decisions and a few other tweaks.
Opening of Parliament heralds planning and rental reforms
There's not a lot of detail to go on, but early property industry reactions to the latest proposed planning reforms have been less than positive.
New Planning Director for the Home Builders Federation
Sam Stafford is to replace Andrew Whitaker as the HBF's planning chief.
Developers scale-back tall building projects in London
The number of planning applications to build skyscrapers in London has dropped by more than 13% in the last year, according to the ninth annual London Tall Buildings Survey by New London Architecture and…
New Right to Light guidance for homeowners left in the shadows
“Ancient lights are still a current day safeguard against unwanted obstruction to natural light,” says the RICS.
Bishopsgate Goodsyard clears final planning hurdle
20 years after developers acquired the site, Phase One construction works on Shoreditch's ten-acre mixed-use regeneration scheme are now slated to start in 2024.