Planning
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…
Tonic for Tomorrow: 10 steps to a healthier UK property market
A trio of big-hitters - Countrywide, Hamptons International and Lambert Smith Hampton - have strapped on their stethoscopes and come up with a treatment plan for the UK's ailing property market.
Planners ‘astonished’ to find Kensington property had been demolished
RBKC planners have halted work on a site in Kensington after an ad hoc visit revealed the developer had cracked on before fulfilling a key condition of the permission.
Abingdon Road in Kensington (archive)
McCloud’s HAB moves into the luxury market
Kevin McCloud's HAB Housing has landed planning approval from the Vale of White Horse District Council for its first luxury resi development: Five houses just outside Oxford that "will embody the company’s…
TfL partners up for resi-led project in Southwark
TfL has teamed up with Development Securities to transform a one-acre site between the South Bank and Elephant and Castle.
Southwark station back in the day
Take This: Battle of Melbury Road heats up
As you've probably heard by now, Holland Park-dwelling rock god Jimmy Page hasn't been particularly entertained by his popstar neighbour's subterranean extension plans.
The Tower House