Planning
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.
Something in the Air: Shropshire heritage triumphs over the turbine
Double celebrations for William Cash as he celebrates both his recent nuptials and a big win for localism and the Shropshire landscape.
Never Knowingly Undersell: John Lewis development site to go for £150m?
The John Lewis Partnership is reportedly gearing up to offload a massive prime resi development site in Chelsea.
The John Lewis Clearings site from Denyer Street
Call for listed building owners to have their say
The government has been playing around with listed building consents, introducing a swathe of reforms that are intended to improve the lot of heritage home owners and the properties they care for...
Royal Brompton Rejig: RBKC publishes planning guidance
The draft Supplementary Planning Document for 3.5 acres of the Royal Brompton Hospital’s land - potentially the most valuable PCL development opportunity since Chelsea Barracks - has just gone public.
Celebrity stylist vows to take on council in “Battle of Britten”
You don't often hear "celebrity hairdresser" and "local government" in the same sentence, but one SW3-based coiffologist has made it happen by decided to take on the Conservative-heavy Kensington & Chelsea…
Planners return to BBC with Permission Impossible
The BBC is putting more flies on soon-to-be-walls as it's much-discussed show Planners makes a welcome return next week.
New £150m prime resi scheme for St James’s?
Rumours of another big PCL acquisition are doing the rounds, this time in St James's, where its been reported private equity firm Henley Investments has snapped up a period office block with designs…
Final Frontier: The evolving role of space planning in residential development
Space planning - sometimes called interior architecture and often confused with interior design - is coming of age.
Boles swipes at office-to-resi naysayers
Planning Minister Nick Boles has comes out swinging against local authorities that have "an irrational objection" to office-to-resi permitted development rights.
Case Study: Integrating high-end technology into a listed building
How do you kit out a Grade II listed property in Mayfair with oodles of cutting edge technology, without compromising the building or falling foul of ultra-sensitive planning restrictions?
Should we be applying punitive taxes to empty homes?
Rather than complaining and propagating the confiscation of empty homes, commentators should be applying their energies to making the planning process efficient, less political and more productive, says…