Location: United Kingdom
“One Stop Shop” for infrastructure planning opens for business
A new "one-stop-shop service for planning consents" will, according to Whitehall, make major infrastructure projects easier to get off the ground by reducing the number of bodies developers need to consult…
The stately home at the centre of the global economy (for two days)
The Grade I listed Hartwell House in Buckinghamshire plays host to this year's G7 Summit of global economic leaders
The Westminster Constitution: The Hyde Park Estate
Making sense of Westminster's mercurial micro-markets, Martin Bikhit analyses the fortunes of Tony Blair's illustrious stomping ground - the Hyde Park Estate and Connaught Village..
London’s penthouse stock hits £1bn – CBRE
The aggregate value of penthouse apartments currently being sold in the capital has punched through the £1bn ceiling, according to the latest research from CBRE.
New immigration laws to tackle “beds in sheds”
"Tough" measures that will see lettings agents take a front-line role in tackling immigration, announced in yesterday’s (8 May 2013) Queen’s Speech, have not gone down well in the industry (read what Trev…
Turner & Townsend to project manage Battersea’s first phase
Construction managers Turner & Townsend have been given the nod to oversee delivery of Battersea Power Station's Circus One first phase
London: Multi-millionaire (but not millionaire or billionaire) capital of the world
More multi-millionaires call London home than any other city, although there are more billionaires in New York, and more millionaires in Tokyo, according to new research by WealthInsight
Office Politics: Most of central London exempt from new permitted development rights
Areas in seventeen local authorities - including vast swathes of central London - have been exempted from new rights that make it easier to convert offices into resi, due to "exceptional economic circumstances"
Room at the Top: Strong start for London search and acquisition firm Totalis Prestige
There’s room at the top of London’s prime property market for another major player, according to the co-founder of search and acquisition specialist Totalis Prestige.
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Commuter Belters: The changing shape of a nation
As a batch of fast-tracked projects promise to expand the capital's "Magic Circle" into new territories, Tom Hudson takes stock of the current commuter conundrum...
Boles has grand designs on more self-building
The Planning Minister has challenged local councils to step-up to help boost housebuilding by finding land for local self-builders to build their "Grand Design
Alchemi wins approval for SW1 resi conversion
Alchemi's plans to convert 55 Victoria Street from offices into 54 apartments (with a bit of retail on the ground floor) have been approved by Westminster Council, despite the designs being recommended…