Planning
New Master Plan Director for CBRE
Peter Dijkhuis has joined CBRE’s Building Consultancy Project Group as Director of Master Planning.
Locals to have more power over wind turbines
Locals are being given more say in how wind turbines are sited;
Battersea Power Station Public View: Highlights
Battersea Power Station's plans have been on public display for a couple of weeks now; if you haven't managed to be nosy on site in person, here are some of the more visual highlights...
Candy nets Sugar Quay freehold from the fishmongers
Christian Candy’s CPC Group has secured the freehold to "the last big residential development site in the City of London", Sugar Quay.
Ripple in Action: St James lays out plans for 85 acre Ealing gasworks
Developer St James - who brought you Roehampton House, Riverlight &c - has unveiled its mixed-use intentions for the former Southall Gas Works in Ealing, with a scheme to create a "much sought-after new…
Anti-basement bill gets first Commons reading
A bill designed to put the kibosh on willy-nilly subterranean extensions had its first outing in the House of Commons this week.
“Use By” date mooted for land banks; 23% of planning permissions are on hold or shelved
Nick Boles has laid out plans to set a time limit on planning permissions to put a stop to developers building up "land banks" of undeveloped schemes.
Royal Brompton Rejig: Architects appointed to draw up plans and “tempt developers”
Paul Davis & Partners has bagged the brief to draw up plans for the epic swathe of Chelsea soon to be offloaded by the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust.
Green light for St Giles Circus
Seventeen years after shelling out £20m for it, developer Laurence Kirschel has finally been given permission to transform his acre of the West End.
Land Reg trials ownership data on a map
The Land Registry is trialling a mapping interface for its data with Landmark Information Group.
London councils challenge office-to-resi rights
Camden, Islington, Lambeth and Richmond councils are limbering up for a High Court challenge to permitted development rights that allow the conversion of office space to residential use.
Elizabeth House decision called in for review
Air-punching from English Heritage and UNESCO; not so much from London & Regional Properties and Chelsfield.