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Just 2% of the public trust developers – Grosvenor
Major new survey reveals that public trust in the UK planning system is 'almost non-existent'; GBI describes results as a 'significant wake-up call', pledges to help drive some industry-wide changes
Ease planning rules to allow lockdown-hit hotels to be converted to resi, says top agency
"Looking at redevelopment options [rather than re-opening after lockdown] may be a far more realistic and rewarding route for a few hotel owners," says Colliers, as it calls for an extension to permitted…
Planning nod for Malins’ Greenwich police-to-resi project
The Metropolitan Police's former "married quarters" site in Greenwich will be transformed into 29 warehouse-style apartments.
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