Properties

It's not often you see planning granted for new-build houses in open countryside, especially not for ones that sprawl over nearly 10,000 square feet.

Francis Maude has been setting out plans to "clear the attic" by selling off vast swathes of redundant real estate from the government's portfolio.

A joint venture led by Steve Boultbee-Brooks' newish acquisition/development/asset management firm Boultbee LDN has just signed off on the purchase of an 83,000 square foot site in Southwark.

The battle for Hyde Park Barracks just got even tastier, with reports of new Middle Eastern-backed consortium entering the fray.

Property developer Galliard, which formed a major JV with US investment house Cain Hoy late last year, has sold its luxury scheme in Westminster off-market for £28.6m.

A plan to regenerate "a substantial section of Chiswick High Road and underutilised sites along Essex Place" with a snazzy-looking resi and mixed scheme has been given the green light by Hounslow's planners.

The honey-hued period architecture of Somerset will take centre stage at The Georgian Group's HQ on Fitzroy Square later this month.

Stanley Crescent, Notting Hill £9.5m The key to successful property development, as we are constantly told, is to remain rational throughout. Don't get carried away. Or bite off more than you can chew.

The Battle of Ramsbury is over;

A planning officer from Westminster Council has put the kibosh on the Qatari royal family's efforts to create a 33,000 square foot mansion in Regent's Park.

The Malins Group, the developer behind 2013's Apple Apartments scheme on Baker Street, has lined up another cultural landmark for a prime resi conversion.

The new English Heritage - the current version splits in two in April to become Historic England (a government service) and English Heritage (a charity) - has announced it's first Chief Executive.