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High Court re-affirms new Permitted Development Rights
The High Court has dismissed a legal challenge against new Permitted Development Rights and changes to Use Class Orders.
Government’s ‘Green Industrial Revolution’ plan zeros-in on home energy efficiency
Green Homes Grant to be extended by a year, as Boris Johnson's latest ten point plan heralds a shift in policy thinking: Sustainability is now being viewed as an opportunity, not a cost.
JLL shuffles international top table; Poppink to replace Grainger as EMEA chief
A "coordinated series of leadership appointments" is being billed as "the final steps in [JLL's] two-year transformation program"
Weakest Links: Top buying agent lambasts ‘bucket shop’ conveyancers & online estate agents for property chain delays
Ed Heaton took drastic action to salvage a property chain - buying the flat at the bottom to ensure all five deals went through, including his own sale at the top.
Oliver Bernard recruits PCL lettings specialist
Former JLL and Carter Jonas agent George Vernon joins the real estate-focused private office set up by Charlie Gibson and Ralph de Wavrin.
‘Ultimate trophy’ Manhattan penthouse project heads to auction with no reserve
“This is the ultimate trophy property," declares architect Peter Pelsinski, while seller Eli Bar calls it "the world’s most unique and trophy penthouse."
Trio of Regent’s Park apartments hit the market with potential for a ‘world-class home’
Agents have been instructed to market a super-rare multi-unit proposition in the most sought-after apartment building in Regent’s Park.
Middleton appoints new lead agent in the Cotswolds
Gemma Maclaren takes on the running of a key territory for the buying agency.
£3.5m boost for heritage construction sector
Historic England receives generous pledge from the Hamish Ogston Foundation to address ‘long-standing and severe skills shortage’
JLL’s Grainger takes new global role to ‘drive major growth of sustainability services’
Property firm creates a new senior role, installing its EMEA CEO Guy Grainger as Global Head of Sustainability Services & ESG. A new EMEA chief is due to be announced later this week.
New national parks & protected landscapes promise local house price boosts
The Government has declared that more National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty are to be created, in line with a renewed strategy to protect more of the Britain's natural landscapes.
Rural rents rise as cities fall – Hamptons
Average rents in the countryside have risen by 5.5% in the last year, reports Hamptons, while city rents have fallen by 5.3%.