Planning
Average land prices rising as demand continues to grow – Savills
Builders are once again taking on more challenging urban sites and strategic land, says Savills in its latest UK Resi Development Land update.
Britain’s most expensive repo: a £29.5m demolition job on Billionaires’ Row
Britain's most expensive repossession - a "quite modest" £29.
Strange & Beautiful: Developing unusual and quirky residential opportunities
Don't be put off by the potential complexities of an unusual development opportunity, says Paul Reed, they often end up as unique and valuable assets...
Howard de Walden wins ten approvals to develop Marylebone Lane
The Howard de Walden Estate has managed to piece together planning permission for ten linked sites over 78,890 sq ft to enable a major redevelopment of the Wigmore Street end of Marylebone Lane.
Great Portland gets nod for West End Post Office site development
Great Portland Estates has been given the thumbs up for its proposed £500m development of the former Post Office site at Rathbone Place, W1.
Cadogan signs up McAslan for Sloane Street masterplan
The Cadogan Estate has gone with John McAslan + Partners to carry out an initial feasibility study for "a new vision for Sloane Street".
Farm-to-resi rights a “disaster for the countryside” – CPRE
The Campaign to Protect Rural England has come out strongly against Government plans to allow farmers to turn buildings into houses: the proposals, which are being consulted on now, "are badly thought…
Concord Pacific & Ridgeford JV bags key Marylebone site
The fate of a major development site in Marylebone - the infamous Moxon Street car park - has finally been decided.
Westminster wages war on mega-basements
Westminster is the latest London council to wage war on mega-basements, which can reach "the depths of a nuclear submarine", according to Deputy Leader Robert Davis.
Storage Hunters: McLaren eyeing up Vauxhall Bondway
McLaren Properties is looking to turn 69-71 Vauxhall Bondway, the Vauxhall Bondway Self-Storage site, into around 300,000 sq ft of high-end high-rise resi units.
Earls Court Masterplan scoops World Architecture Festival Award
London masterplans featured heavily at this year's World Architecture Awards in Singapore, with both Earls Court and the BBC redevelopment in White City being shortlisted.
£2.5bn wall of resi investment for London’s Docklands
After four years of very little action to speak of, it's all kicking off in London's Docklands after a flurry of "game-changing" resi land deals.