Planning
Camden Market owner buys Primrose Hill Utopia to block resi conversion
Utopia Village, an office complex in Primrose Hill that's been in the sites of many a luxury office-to-residential developer over the past few years, has been snapped up in a surprise move by the billionaire…
Don’t Miss: Millionaire Basement Wars
It's been slim pickings on t'telly since Messrs Hersham and Mead left our screens, but a new show on BBC One promises to go behind the hoardings and investigate the "iceberg homes" of central London.
Mega-basement plans ditched on Melbury Road
The row between two of Holland Park's most famous residents over a basement dig has taken yet another twist.
Growing Pains: Why London’s dynamism depends on housing delivery
For the best part of 30 years London’s renaissance has seemed unstoppable, says Jonathan Manns.
Crescent Tense: New plans go in for £500m Regent’s Park scheme
Controversial new proposals have gone for one of Regent's Park's punchiest projects, now potentially involving the demolition of a Grade I listed crescent of stuccoed houses.
Telereal Trillium scores planning consent in West London
Planners have given property management and investment firm Telereal Trillium the green light for a chunky new scheme in chichi Chiswick.
£2bn New Covent Garden redevelopment set for summer start
The joint venture behind the transformation of the ginormous New Covent Garden Market site in Nine Elms has just gone unconditional, meaning that work could begin on site as soon as this summer.
Final approval for Mount Pleasant scheme
One of the most controversial projects in the capital - the proposed transformation of a massive Royal Mail site in Clerkenwell - has bagged final approval.
RBKC names new planning chief
The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea has appointed a new Executive Director for Planning and Borough Development to replace the outgoing Jonathan Bore.
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.