Planning
Chelsea hospitals battle over Brompton site
The Royal Brompton Hospital's plans to sell-off a 3.
Electric Boulevard: Plans for Battersea’s new high street revealed
Designs for the next phase of the transformation of Battersea Power Station have been unveiled.
Detailed plans approved for Earls Court Village and Empress State Building
Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham planners have given the first detailed all-clears to Capco's plans for Earls Court.
Fast-track planning court opens its doors
The first hearings at the UK's new specialist 'Planning Court' are getting underway today.
Required Reading: Retail and Agricultural-to-Resi Permitted Development Rights
New Permitted Developments Rights for retail and agricultural buildings are due to kick on the 6th April, as the government ploughs on with planning reforms designed to open up the housing market.
UK needs a proactive planning revolution – Farrell Review
It's been exactly a year since Culture Minister Ed Vaizey asked Sir Terry Farrell CBE to lead an unprecedented, industry-wide review of architecture and the built environment.
Copy Kensington & Chelsea to solve London’s housing shortages – Prince Charles
"The enduring popularity and desirability of London’s Sloane Square, Mayfair and Notting Hill neighbourhoods speaks to the strengths of mid-rise as a form," says a new report by the Prince's Foundation…
Countryside “under siege” from NPPF – CPRE
"The countryside surrounding towns and villages across England is under siege" as local councils are forced to accept major developments against their will, warns a new report from the Campaign to Protect…
La Vida Local: Neighbourhood Planning’s southern appeal
Localism - a cornerstone of the Government's planning reformation - is big in the affluent South, but lacks traction in the rest of the country according to research by Turley.
Rights of Light at the end of the Tunnel: Coventry Vs Lawrence
Developers will welcome a new Supreme Court decision that heralds a more flexible approach to the question of the appropriate remedy for a claimant whose rights of light will be adversely impacted by a…
Power to the People: Boles lays out schemes for planning devolution
"Planning should not be the exclusive preserve of lawyers, developers or town hall officials," pronounces the Planning Minister Nick Boles in a statement of intent for the planning process.
Triumphs, Carbuncles and Hopeful Monsters
A "lively" panel discussion is promised at Portland Place in a few weeks, as RIBA's excellent series of talks moves onto the topic of modern architecture.