Location: Prime Central London
Chelsea-Hackney line safeguarding route confirmed
Crossrail 2 "has taken a major step forward" as safeguarding for the proposed route has just been confirmed by the Secretary of State for Transport, with the King's Road station positioned around Dovehouse…
Allow the public to speak at Westminster’s Planning Committee meetings – Labour
Labour Councillors have called on Westminster Council to allow the general public to pipe up at the weekly Planning Committee meetings.
Great Scott’s: Iconic Mount Street parade up for £110m?
A key section of Mayfair's Mount Street could be up for grabs after its British owners reportedly received an unsolicited bid of £90m.
Revival of the Fittest: Plans go in for Cadogan Square mega-mansion
Plans have gone in to reconnect a Grade II* listed stonker on Cadogan Square with a house on Clabon Mews, potentially creating a mansion packing nearly 18,000 square feet of space in one of PCL's top…
London: Still the world’s most expensive city to locate employees but ‘beginning to look better value’
London overtook Hong Kong as "the most expensive world class city" in the middle of last year, and has, according to Savills, just retained its No.
Receding rate rise risk lures borrowers to variable deals
More mortgage borrowers are opting for variable rates that at any time since Nov 2012, as the chances of the Bank of England hiking interest rates anytime soon slips back.
Building Bridges: £50m in bridging loans issued per week as sector ‘rides to the rescue’
Nearly £50m-worth of bridging loans are being dished out each week as the sector posts annual growth of 24%, according to West One's Bridging Index.
RBKC posts slowest property price growth of any London borough
At +7.2%, the Royal Borough now has the slowest annual rate of property price growth of any London Borough, falling well short of top-performing Newham's +23.4%.
Leeds Time: Central Leeds resi development market is ‘beginning to waken from its slumber’
"2015 could be the year when the Leeds city centre residential development market re-ignites," says JLL, as works on at least one resi scheme are set to start imminently.
Wainbridge gets nod for Fitzrovia mixed use scheme
Wainbridge Ltd has landed planning permission for its Flanagan Lawrence-designed scheme on Alfred Place, between Goodge St and Tottenham Court Rd underground stations.
In Recent Proposals: Notable planning applications
It's not nosey. Just interesting to see the type of stuff that's going through planning at the moment...
INTERVIEW: Robert Soning of Londonewcastle on the art of developing
Londonewcastle chief on identifying potential, creating a legacy and staying in fashion