Planning
Luxury developer buys former Unite offices for £25m
The former offices of the trade union Unite in West London are to be turned into luxury flats.
Is the government quietly dropping office-to-resi Permitted Development Rights?
The latest version of the Town and Country Planning Order includes a notable omission: The anticipated three-year extension to Permitted Development Rights which allow the conversion of office space into…
Planning nod for St James on Albert Embankment
Developer St James has bagged the green light to redevelop a significant site directly opposite Tate Britain.
Chelsea-Hackney line safeguarding route confirmed
Crossrail 2 "has taken a major step forward" as safeguarding for the proposed route has just been confirmed by the Secretary of State for Transport, with the King's Road station positioned around Dovehouse…
Allow the public to speak at Westminster’s Planning Committee meetings – Labour
Labour Councillors have called on Westminster Council to allow the general public to pipe up at the weekly Planning Committee meetings.
Revival of the Fittest: Plans go in for Cadogan Square mega-mansion
Plans have gone in to reconnect a Grade II* listed stonker on Cadogan Square with a house on Clabon Mews, potentially creating a mansion packing nearly 18,000 square feet of space in one of PCL's top…
In Recent Proposals: Notable planning applications
It's not nosey. Just interesting to see the type of stuff that's going through planning at the moment...
Wainbridge gets nod for Fitzrovia mixed use scheme
Wainbridge Ltd has landed planning permission for its Flanagan Lawrence-designed scheme on Alfred Place, between Goodge St and Tottenham Court Rd underground stations.
Capco gets the go-ahead for West Brompton Village
A key section of Capital & Counties' Earls Court masterplan has been given the official thumbs up by RBKC's planners.
The West Brompton Village application involves a new public square of 0.
K&C Digs In: Eight basement developments stopped in a single day
RBKC Council is digging in over rogue basement development, slapping stop notices on eight projects in a single day on Tuesday.
Candy told to cough up over Sugar Quay
CPC Group and Barratts' Sugar Quay scheme got no sweet treatment from planners over a S106 dispute: The Corporation of London has stuck to its guns, demanding a full £15m in affordable housing contribution.
Last of the iceberg houses? Westminster approves billionaire Bertarelli’s Belgravia mega-basement
Kirsty Bertarelli - Britain's richest woman, a songwriter and a former Miss UK - has won planning permission to dig out a two-storey basement underneath her Belgravia mews house "to make it more conducive…