Location: Prime Central London
Planning approvals for new homes in London tumble by 64%
Four in ten new London homes were rejected by planners in Q1, as the total number of approvals tumbled by 64% compared to the same period last year - although Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea approved…
Picky planning is ‘contributing to a completely unfair and immoral housing shortfall’
"Change isn't happening", says Stirling Ackroyd's Andrew Bridges as new figures show that the number of new homes granted planning permission in London has plummeted by 64% in the last year, with…
Emaar sets up shop in Harrods to sell the “Riviera of the Middle East”
Dubai-based mega-developer Emaar Properties, the firm behind the world’s incumbent tallest building, Burj Khalifa, has teamed up with Harrods Estates to promote its latest project: Dubai Creek Harbour,…
Merchant Land unveils new Marylebone scheme
Boutique developer Merchant Land has pulled the covers off this rather handsome Georgian-inspired scheme in London's Marylebone.
LCP brings in former FTSE Chairman as Director
Property fund and asset manager London Central Portfolio has followed up the appointment of Triangle Group's Rick Denton to its board by securing the services of a former FTSE 250 Chairman.
A-list Caribbean holiday home asks $60m
Chestertons has been instructed to sell a famous celebrity haunt on the west coast of Barbados.
In Pictures: Inside the incredible Woolmers Park Estate
With 232 acres of completely private land, a Grade II* listed Georgian country house, a famous polo club and some serious provenance, Woolmers Park Estate in Hertfordshire is what you'd call "the whole…
City of London elects new planning chief
Christopher Hayward has been named as the City of London Corporation’s new Planning and Transportation Committee Chairman.
Top artists line up for £1m public art display at Sager’s Islington Square
Futurity, one of the UK's top cultural and placemaking agencies, has been brought in to curate and deliver £1m-worth of new public artworks at Sager Group's Islington Square development.
Investor charge drives big rise in cash purchases across prime London
New figures have shown that 40% of the properties purchased in Prime London over the last three months were bought in cash, as investors charged on the capital.
Chelsea Barracks apartments ‘already selling at £4,500 psf’
It's been claimed that Qatari Diar has already sold off a batch of super-prime units at Chelsea Barracks, ahead of the official launch later this year.
Green light for ‘industrial style’ resi development of the Royal Academy of Dance
Wandsworth's planners have given the go-ahead to a £55m, 39-unit residential development of the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) site near Battersea Square.