Planning
CPRE launches crowdsourcing campaign to map brownfield development sites
The Campaign to Protect Rural England has launched a campaign - #WasteOfSpace - to crowdsource a map of brownfield sites with development potential.
Ale House Stock: When public houses become private mansions
The £27m sale of the Black Lion pub in Kensington has once again turned the spotlight onto change of use, but converting a pub into prime resi is no easy task, says Rachel Lee...
RBKC planners ‘send a message’ with flurry of enforcement notices
RBKC's planning enforcement team were on the march in June, serving up enforcement notices on twelve separate properties across the borough.
Relationship Building: How LPAs and developers (should) work togethor
Fair society think tank The Smith Institute has been looking at the interplay between local planning authorities (LPAs) and property developers with the aim of finding out what can be done to boost housing…
Boles shuffles on from planning role
Nick Boles has been promoted out of the Planning Minister seat and Kris Hopkins has left the Housing gig, making way for Brandon Lewis in David Cameron's Cabinet reshuffle.
Rights to Light: Landscape improves for developers
Developers "should be less fearful of going to court" over rights to light - as long as they have acted in a reasonable and responsible way - concludes a panel of experts assembled by Mishcon de Reya to…
King’s Road scheme blocked over affordable housing provision
The Planning Inspectorate has upheld a decision to refuse permission for a new scheme in Chelsea, on the grounds that it didn't provide enough affordable housing.
68% of LPAs to miss April’s CIL charge date; ‘a significant impact on the delivery of housing’ likely
68% of local planning authorities won't have a CIL charge in place by the time Section 106 restrictions come in in April 2015, say Savills and the Federation of Master Builders.
Nine Elms – Pimlico Bridge: Architects to pitch for £40m ‘dream commission’
Fancy designing a London landmark?
Paradise Saved? Heritage triumphs in the Battle for Shropshire
After three years of hard feuding, plans for an 80-metre wind turbine in Shropshire's heritage heartland have been withdrawn.
Cut The Red Tape: Why London’s developers are stuck between a rock and a hard place
The capital's residential developers are finding themselves in an impossible situation;
Government planning portal ‘open to investment’
The Department for Communities and Local Government is on the hunt for a 'commercial partner' to develop its online planning mega-portal.