Planning
Planning nod for resi scheme at Fitzrovia former BBC office
PCL specialist developer Dukelease and Brimelow McSweeney architects have bagged planning permission for a big office-to-resi scheme in Fitzrovia.
Stiff competition could spell profit squeeze for London’s prime resi developers
20,158 prime resi units (over £1,250 psf) could be delivered in London over the next ten years, with project activity peaking in 2017 and a combined sales value of over £50bn, according to the latest…
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.
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.
“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.
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.