Planning
Major planning permissions ‘at a 10 year high’ as permitted developments take off
There's been a slight increase in the number of planning applications and approvals, according to new data released by the UK Statistics Authority, which takes the number of major approvals to a ten year…
Three of the Best: Single-Unit Development Opportunities
It's been a bumper week for those looking for big-budget single-unit development projects in and around the capital, with a slew of super-prime parcels of land and trophy houses of tomorrow hitting the…
Greenland brews bigger Ram plans in Wandsworth
Greenland Group, the Chinese state-owned property developer and investor, has applied for an upgrade to its plans for the residential tower at the heart of its Ram Brewery scheme in Wandsworth.
‘Legal battle’ over US Embassy redevelopment
Tempers appear to be fraying in Grosvenor Square over the redevelopment of the US Embassy building, or rather the lack of it...
Product Basement: The Ladbroke Road project with big plans
A rare development opportunity on one of Notting Hill's best streets has just come up for sale, complete with permission for a double-storey basement extension. Got to be worth a look...
Galliard on track for luxury loft scheme in Camden
Galliard is cracking on with another luxury resi scheme, having won planning permission to convert an Edwardian warehouse in Camden into 85 loft style apartments.
Has this Vauxhall tower block just been sold for £90m?
A brutalist landmark in Vauxhall, SW London, has reportedly been sold for £90m to make way for a £600m luxury resi scheme.
Savills hires neighbourly matters expert
Savills has bolstered its building and project consultancy team with the appointment of former CBRE man Andrew D Thompson.
South Ken basement dig halted by planners
RBKC planners have stepped in to stop an unauthorised basement excavation on Stanhope Mews.
The New Victorians: The rise of the SW1 skyline
As Victoria hits the property headlines yet again - this time for the sale of New Scotland Yard - local agency Hathaways casts an eye over the developments that are returning this transport hub to…
Homeward Bound: The West End’s 1.8m sq ft office-to-resi pipeline
Just under 800,000 sq ft of West End offices were converted into homes in 2013, says Colliers International, with another 1.82m sq ft of conversion projects now in the homeward-bound pipeline.
Brouhaha in West Hampstead over plans for thirtieth estate agency
It's all kicking off in NW London. The tally of estate agencies in leafy West Hampstead could be about to top thirty, and other high street businesses in the area are not happy. At all.