Properties
Smiths Gore lands Scottish Natural Heritage contract
Rural property consultancy Smiths Gore has successfully tendered to deliver surveying, architectural and estate agency services to Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) from 2013 to 2016.
NPPF goes live after 12 months in the pipeline
A year after it was published, and the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) properly comes into force today. The guiding force of the document is a "presumption in favour of sustainable development.
Linley briefed on Henry Moore Court design
Developer Athos Group has appointed LINLEY to design its showcase apartment at Henry Moore Court in Chelsea. The £13.
Planning nod for Artillery Row luxury resi scheme
Westminster Council has granted planning for an eight-storey resi scheme at 4-16 Artillery Row, Victoria.
Songbird opening up to more resi
Songbird Estates, the owner of 69% of Canary Wharf Group, has indicated that up to a third of its new developments will be residential, despite being known as principally commercial titan.
Londonewcastle & The Third Quarter partner up on Butler’s Wharf scheme
Luxury London property developer Londonewcastle has been appointed as development manager on The Third Quarter's latest acquisition on the South Bank.
Prime Property of the Week
Is this the perfect West Country manor house?
Midelney Place, Somerset £2,950,000
Land Securities awards Victoria Circle job
The transformation of 5.5 acres of land by Victoria Station - billed as "the capital's most exciting master-planned mixed use scheme in decades" - looks to be gathering pace.
Planners sweet on Candy’s City scheme
** UPDATE: The City of London Planning Committee granted full permission for Sugar Quay today **
Budget Analysis: George misses a trick on VAT
Despite some laudable aims, will this Budget lead to the demolition of even more of our historic architecture, asks Trevor Abrahmsohn...
A neutral budget in these austere times is always welcome.
Berkeley to grow land bank by 10% this year; starts with three new acquisitions
Berkeley Group has announced plans to expand its land bank by 10% this year, and has already made three significant acquisitions in Finchley, Mill Hill and Maidenhead.
Resi plans mooted for Manchester’s Royal Exchange
A major chunk of the famous Grade II listed Royal Exchange, at the beating heart of Manchester's city centre, could soon be about to undergo a prime resi makeover.